What a great thread on one of my favorite subjects. I love the one line zingers more than the longer drawn out conversations, unless there are a lot of zingers in that conversation. Here is one between Trask and Nicholas (Jerry Lacy and Humbert Allen Astredo were fantastic in their scenes together. This one occurred when [spoiler]The wall where Trask had been sealed in 1795 by Barnabas fell down and his skeleton was revealed. Nicholas brought him back to life[/spoiler]
"Why have you disturbed my rest?"
"You have disrupted my plan, Reverend, and one bad turn deserves another."
"Who are you?"
"The one who has commanded you. The one you will obey. Surely you must know by now, Reverend, that there is no rest for the wicked."
"I am a man of God!"
"A man of God indeed. In your time you were the greatest of all possible fools, Mr. Trask!"
"Reverend Trask!"
"You were a blind, overzealous fanatic, a bigot and a fraud, intolerant, cruel and unjust. A man after my own heart!"
Priceless!
Here's one with Evan Hanley and Gregory Trask in 1897
"I have the power of the Almighty fighting on my side!"
"I didn't know that the Almighty faught on the side of the cruel and the greedy."
"Taking over Collinwood was the kindest thing I could do. Can I leave the lunatics to run the asylum? The animals to run the zoo?"
I hated him for this!!!
At the beginning of the 1897 storyline when [spoiler]Judith learned that she had gotten everything in grandmama's will[/spoiler] she called her brothers down and said, "I'm going to read you your obituaries!"
Later in that storyline Quentin said to Trask, "You make my life miserable just by existing!" That's one of my favorite quotes.
When [spoiler]Evan and Quentin called up the devil, who showed up but Trask![/spoiler] and he said, "You called for the devil and you got me!" I thought it was fitting. I thought he'd say, "The devil couldn't make it so he sent me, his head henchman!"
Quentin when [spoiler]Magda told him he was gonna die and it would be a woman with the initial J who would kill him[/spoiler] said, "Of course a woman's gonna kill me! I wouldn't have it any other way!"
I could have more but I prefer to get the quotes at least close to exact. So I'll be back.
Alondra