I'm a dad. Bloody hell, I'm a dad.

Nathanial

Phoebe: When were you born?
Marcus: Seventeen Fifty-Seven, but Matthew sired me in 1781.

Miriam: You can't deny what you are, Marcus.
Marcus: Yeah, well, apparently, I've been doing that my whole life.

Matthew: Well then why didn't he just kill me?
Miriam: He failed to follow orders? You should know by now, with Matthew, actions speak louder than words.

Marcus: Sorry, but I'm keeping it. I'll be using the Knights to make positive change for all creatures.
Baldwin: The Knights of Lazarus were formed to protect the de Clermont interests. It's not a charity.

We have a blood-raged killer on our hands, and you're worried about fucking demons.

Baldwin

My whole life, I've been taught to hide who I am so the humans don't suspect. Now, when I want to convince one, she won't believe me.

Marcus

Matthew: You've never seen what it makes me do.
Diana: You won't hurt me.
Matthew: No! Not you, for you! I would wade through the blood of kings, queens, and emperors. I would stop at nothing to prevent that from happening to you.

This book is made from the skin of creatures. Witches, demons, vampires. The ink is made from our blood, the pages are bound together with our hair! I'm sorry, Diana, but this is more like a book of death.

Matthew

A witch, a vampire, and a Jew meeting in secret. It will set Christian tongues wagging for miles around.

Rabbi Lowe

Diana: Even books that do not provide the answers we seek can still help us to ask better questions. Nothing is worthless to an enquiring mind.
Emperor Rudolf: The deepest truths will always come from the most unexpected sources.

Matthew: I didn't like the way he looked at you like a jewel he wanted to add to his collection.
Diana: Oh, I can handle a little clumsy flirting if it gets us closer to the book.

A Discovery of Witches Quotes

I'm still not comfortable around magic, especially after what happened to my parents. I still find it... I just find it difficult.

Diana

Once the world was full of wonders, but it belongs to humans now. We, creatures, have all but disappeared. Demons, vampires, and witches hiding in plain sight, fearful of discovery, ill at ease even with each other. But, as my father used to say, in every ending, there is a new beginning.

Matthew