Vanessa:You could say "no." Dorian: I never say "no." Vanessa: Do you get many of those? Dorian: Entirely. Dorian Gray: I don't know the word.ĭorian: It was more of a. Ethan: What does it mean? Brona: Sadnessīrona Croft: Sir, you shouldn't. Not transmutation to an afterlife, but something even more profound: eternal life.Įthan: Brona? Brona: It's Gaelic. Victor: The ancient Egyptian religions were unique in a way. " Vanessa and Victor: "What man has made of man." Vanessa: "If this belief from heaven be sent, if such be nature's holy plan. Victor: Man does not live only in the empirical. Sir Malcolm: You see, you're hunting for a man. Galsworthy: They're not for the fainthearted. Among the most useful is that one must always have Shakespeare at hand. Seance Victor: My mother taught me many things. The moment you realize you are no longer the hunter, you are the prey. The wind changes, the grass stops swaying. You're moving through the tall grass, getting a glimpse of the prey, the shoulders mostly, the mane. I thought of a particular lion hunt many years ago. Sir Malcolm: There was another thought when she was so very close to me, a strange working of memory. Victor: And how much of the world will we have to murder? Sir Malcolm: Do you care? Victor: I've only one other question: Why me? Sir Malcolm: Because you were unafraid to pull back the skin and look beneath. With me, you will behold terrible wonders. Sir Malcolm: I'm trying to rescue my daughter. Sir Malcolm Murray: You have the soul of a poet, sir. The flicker that separates one from the other, fast as a bat's wing, more beautiful than any sonnet. Everything else, from the deep bottom of the sea to the top of the highest mountain on the farthest planet, is insignificant. piercing the tissue that separates life from death. And for what? Knowledge for itself alone? The elation of discovery? Plant your flag on the truth? There is only one worthy goal for scientific exploration. The zoologist caught up in the endless fascination of an adder's coils. The botanist studying the variegation of an Amazonian fern. So too those scientists who study the planets seeking astronomical enlightenment for its own sake. Victor Frankenstein: I would never chart a river or scale a peak to take its measure or plant a flag. Vanessa: That's where we were last night, where some unfortunate souls are cursed to live always. Chandler? A half world between what we know and what we fear? A place in the shadows, rarely seen, but deeply felt. Vanessa: Do you believe there is a demimonde, Mr. A man much more complicated than he likes to appear. I see a man who's been accustomed to wealth, but has given himself to excess and the unbridled pleasures of youth. Your boots are good quality leather, but have been resoled more than once. You have a contusion healing on your other hand, the result of a recent brawl with a jealous husband, no doubt. That's the drink, so you keep it below the table, hoping I won't notice. Your eye is steady, but your left hand tremors. Sentimental about the money you used to have. Or was all that a tall tale as well? Ethan Chandler: What do you think? Vanessa: Expensive watch, but threadbare jacket. Season 1 Night Work Vanessa Ives: I have a need for a gentleman who's comfortable with firearms and not hesitant to engage in dangerous endeavors.
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