Cooke: I made no plot. I give you my word.
Attendant D'Affairs: Your word is shit, Cooke. Take your leave.

Melissande: So you worship a log?
Trepagny: How often have you knelt before the Virgin Mary?
Melissande: Too many times.
Trepagny: And what is the Virgin Mary but a carved log of a woman with paint?

I am the lady of the house. I steer the man. In time, I will steer him any way I want.

Melissande [to Mari]

Mathilde: You poor, poor Englishman. What would your wife Lily say?
Cooke: I am a flawed man, Mathilde, as are we all.

Don't be afraid. There's nothing to worry about. I have you.

Mathilde [to Renardette]

Melissande: Then you must put [Mari] in her place.
Trepagny: She has long since forgotten her place, I'm afraid.

We are the mothers of New France.

Melissande [to Delphine]

A wise man would run Mr. Cooke out of Wobik, put things in order before it is on your head.

Mathilde [to Bouchard]

Trepagny: I was illuminating them, Mother.
Mother Supreme: Illuminating? I will have them double their prayers.

Cooke: God is watching. He can see us even in this speck of a town.
Gus's widow: Then he can see what you have done.

Delphine: Maybe it is your boasting that arouses them.
Trepagny: Truthfully, Delphine, I fear it is my hat.

Let the tournament of love begin!

Trepagny

Barkskins Season 1 Quotes

It doesn't matter what happened before. Here we can begin again.

Sel [to Duquet]

Duquet: I want to go back to France.
Sel: There's no going back. We must ready for our new lives.