Favorite line of dialogue?

Since there have been several mentions of Barnabas' and Burke's "dead mans eyes" speech, I decided to include it an the other "card simile" here. They are also part of my list.

"Do you know England personally, Mr. Devlin? Is that one of the places that will be engraved in your eyes when you're dead?" --Barn to Burke, 1967   (the other part is in my previous post)

"Barnabas, I wonder about something." --Burke
"What is it?" --Barn
"I wonder whether we really like each other."
"Why do you wonder that?"
"Well the way we talk to each other. The way we intimate things without really coming out and saying what's on our minds--as if we're playing a card game for very high stakes."
"What an interesting observation. And an interesting simile--a card game. I'll tell you something. I think of our relationship more as a duel. Two superb swordsman with highly sharpened blades. You thrust, I perry. I thrust, you perry."
"I prefer my simile to yours."
"Why?"
"Because mine is merely a game which one wins or loses, depending on the cards."
"And mine?"
"Well, yours seems a matter of complete desperation. Life or death. To lose a duel with you would be to lose everything, including one's life."
"But isn't that a purpose of a duel?"
"If a duel is necessary. Is it?"
"Well, that can't be determined until the sword is in ones hand. But you make me sound so evil, when all the time the stakes in a card game could be life or death."
"I think we've played ourselves into a stale mate."
"A temporary one."          (The hallmark statement!)
"Shall we drink then? To either a deck of cards or a saber."
"Well, that is certainly worthy of a toast."

Thanks Brandon.
That verbal duel between Barnabas & Burke is such a great moment on the show.
Such beautifully written words, and both actors were
cooking!

David

Two more pieces of dialogue from my favorite DS scene stealer, Nicholas Blair:

"I am much too talented to be drugging drinks!"

and

"Drugging drinks is not my style, I felt like an apprentice!"

 

I swear as evil as Nicholas was he was also downright hilarious!

Speaking of Nicholas, one of my favorite things he said, when turning down a drink offer from Roger, was: "I don't have small vices."

That was one telling remark!

"You prayed for them to drop dead!"
   
Quentin in responce to Trask's saying that he had prayed for the Collins family to recover from Petofi's curse everyday.

"Your beautiful face, so quiet as if you were asleep.  Am I never to see your eyes again?? So often they looked at me with love, and I returned nothing but hatred.  I was blinded by my fury that my rejection of you caused. And so throughout the years we battled and fought, and I never guessed, that beneath my rage, I felt a love as strong as yours!!"

A distraught Barnabas to the dead Angelique at the end of 1840....

Miranda, was that from memory?  If so, wow!

onmybelief, it's great to see you posting!

Quentin to Evan Hanley in 1897:

"You should see yourself: the cool, calm, collected Evan Hanley reduced to a terrified little man, no bigger than the rest of us!"
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This was after [spoiler]Gregory Trask busted in on them when Evan was attempting to call the Devil to cure Quentin[/spoiler]
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Quentin to Grandmama Edith in 1897:

"You're quite right, Grandmama, seeing Edward IS reason enough to die!"
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Quentin to Magda about Judith:

"You said it would be a woman who would try to kill me. I don't know if anyone could correctly classify Judith
as that."
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Quentin to Judith about Edward:

"My fear of Edward? Proud, pompous, insufferable, arrogant Edward? My dear, Edward couldn't inspire fear in a mouse!"
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Boy Quentin in the early part of 1897 sure had some great zingers, they were so hilarious.

I will try to post a reply here again...thanks for the kind wishes, Midnite.  I do rather sheepishly admit that I did post that quote from memory, but I had seen the episode a couple of times rather recently when I had DS DVD 25..from Netflix...

"I'll be hiding behind the draperies."

- Barnabas

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Elizabeth to Jason:

"A few years in prison would be preferable to a lifetime with you!"

Great line and insult! 

Gregory Trask to Judith after [spoiler]Minerva's murder:[/spoiler]

"I should have known a woman of your high character would respond to another's grief."

Not exactly a memorable line but he just sounded so full of it it was funny.

(Willie Loomis) "Barnabas....you're talking like a man whose secretary is missing and I know that's how you don't feel!!"

(nothing like a little mangled brooklyneese to make one smile!!..... )

And of course who could forget this piece of dialogue from our favorite witch from Martinique:

"I set a curse on you Barnabas Collins! You wanted your Josette so much, well you shall have her! But not in a way you would have chosen. You will never rest Barnabas, and you will never be able to love anyone. For whoever loves you shall die. That is my curse, and you will live with it through all eternity!"

Great piece of acting from Lara Parker from a great episode.

"You were found on the steps of Collinwood wearing a ridiculously short skirt."

- Count Petofi to Dr. Julia Hoffman

"You were found on the steps of Collinwood wearing a ridiculously short skirt."

- Count Petofi to Dr. Julia Hoffman

Cousin, I hope that means you are finally into the meat of 1897, where a fabulous time was had by all, yours truly included.