I learned to stay in the shadows. To protect such a heart as this you gave me.

Caliban

Who is the child, Frankenstein? Thee or me?

Caliban

Is every newborn creature abandoned the moment they are born?

Caliban

Death is not serene.

Young Victor

You see, you're hunting for a man. You need to start hunting for a beast.

Sir Malcolm

Man does not live only in the empirical. We must seek the ephemeral, or why live?

Frankenstein

Victor, what am I?

Proteus

Galsworthy: They're not for the faint hearted.
Sir Malcolm: My heart has never fainted.

Brona: Jesus, you're not an actor are you?
Ethan: Not precisely.
Brona: Praise the Lord for that.

Ethan: Brona?
Brona: It's Gaelic.
Ethan: What does it mean?
Brona: Sadness

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My mother taught me many things. Among the most useful is that one must always have Shakespeare at hand.

Frankenstein

Sir Malcolm: You have the soul of a poet, sir.
Dr. Frankenstein: And the bank account to match.

Penny Dreadful Quotes

Ethan: You have a name?
Vanessa: Yes.

Ethan: You have made my visit truly memorable. I shall never forget you.
Woman: Perhaps you'd like to know my name, then.