Wesley Wyndam-Pryce quotes from Angel

Wesley

I've been accused of a great many things in my time but paranoid has never been one of them. Unless people have been saying it behind my back.

Wesley

There's obviously not going to be any big swirly hole jumping without a big swirly hole.

Wesley

[to Rondell] If you don't mind, I'd prefer a clean kill. The last time I was merely wounded. It took months to heal. Wounded, if I recall, in an attempt to help you.

Wesley

Well, look, a bribe. How thoughtful. Oh, wait, can't be a bribe. Must be a setup.

Wesley

As far as evil plans go, it doesn't suck.

Wesley

There's only one way we're going to defeat this Beast. We need Angelus.

Wesley

Hello, Mom, it's me. No, everything's fine. I was hoping to speak with Father, actually. Yes, all right. Hello, father, how are... oh, I didn't realize it was so early there. I've had a bit of a... Of course we have clocks in Los Angeles. Listen, I wanted to... Nothing's wrong. I just... wanted to call... and...see how you were.

Wesley

[reading through a document] This is a complete list of manners and customs. We should probably all memorize this. Apparently, gazing at a Vinji's ankles can lead to eye gouging.

Wesley

Hello, Angel.

Angel

Wesley.

Wesley

I'll wager you never thought you'd see me again.

Angel

To tell you the truth, I hadn't given it much thought one way or the other. What are you...

Wesley

Hup-up-up! [Wesley points his crossbow at Angel's throat] I'm the one asking the questions here. And I think it only fair to warn you, any sudden movement and I'll be forced to... [Angel casually knocks the crossbow from Wesley's hands] Right. You had a question?

Wesley

I'm a rogue demon hunter now.

Cordelia

Wow. What's a rogue demon?

Wesley

Well, I'll be off then. Farewell, Angel. Who knows when our paths will cross again.

Angel

Wesley. [they shake]

Cordelia

Do you even know where you're headed?

Wesley

Rogue demon hunters rarely do. Wherever evil lurks, wherever the forces of darkness threaten humanity, that's where I'll be. [Angel pours a glass of orange juice for Cordelia.]

Cordelia

Oh, okay. Well, keep in touch.

Wesley

Yes. Yes, I will. But now, the evil lurking everywhere bids me onwards! So... I go.

Cordelia

Take care!

Wesley

Yes. [sets foot on first stair, then leans back into hallway] No rest for the wicked fighters. Through storm and rain. Heat. Famine. Deep, painful, gnawing hunger... I go.

Angel

Breakfast?

Wesley

Ooh! [takes off coat] I suppose so!

Wesley

Hello, Angel.

Angel

Wesley.

Wesley

I'll wager you never thought, you’d see me again.

Angel

To tell you the truth, I hadn’t given it much thought one way or the other. What are you--

Wesley

Hup-up-up! [Wesley points his crossbow at Angel's throat] I’m the one asking questions here. And I think it only fair to warn you. Any sudden movement and I’ll be forced to-- [Angel casually knocks the crossbow from Wesley’s hands] Right. You had a question?

Angel

Interesting look for you. Motorcycle. The Watcher's Council trying out a new image?

Wesley

In point of fact, I no longer work for the Council. I came to the conclusion that I was, of greater value to the 'cause working autonomously.

Angel

They fired you.

Wesley

Hardly. With Buffy unwilling to follow Council orders there was simply no opportunity to function as Watcher. And that's why I became a rogue demon hunter.

Angel

You're a demon hunter?

Wesley

Rogue demon hunter, yes. And I'm on the trail of a particularly nasty bugger right now. So I suggest you stay out of my way.

Angel

Easy, tiger. I think you might be making a mistake. If we're talking about the same demon, hearly seem pretty harmless to me.

Wesley

He's left a trail of corpses, human and demon, all mutilated.

Angel

Mutilated?

Wesley

Each of the victims possessed some unique power. Telepathy, poisoned tongues, healing hands. Whatever the physical source of their power, it was ripped, gouged and torn from their corpses.

Angel

He's collecting powers.

Wesley

To what purpose, I can only guess. The fiend's cut a swath across half the continent. Almost count it in Phoenix. Got a pretty fair look too.

Angel

Kind of short? Ruddy complexion?

Wesley

Short? No, on the contrary. Quite enormous and powerful. More of a yellow green. And it seems lately to be secreting some sort of viscous fluid.

Angel

Like that?

Wesley

You've got to make it tight.

Cordelia

Aghh, like I need instructions from you. My glamorous L.A. life--I get to make the coffee and chain the boss to the bed! I gotta join a union.

Angel

Cordelia, I, I think that's tight enough.

Cordelia

And if it turns out that we're back on the liquid lunch? Better safe than cocktails.

Wesley

I think you'd better sit down. While executing my duties as Watcher in Sunnydale, I did extensive research, specifically on Angel, given his uncomfortable proximity to the Slayer.

Cordelia

He looked pretty comfortable to me.

Wesley

When I saw this story today, it rang chillingly familiar. So, I reacquainted myself with certain facts, confirming, I'm sorry to say, my grim suspicions. In the late 1700s, it was Angelus' custom to sign his victims by carving a Christian cross into their left cheek. He liked to let people know he'd been there.

Cordelia

Okay. You get to leave now. You're not going to come in here and accuse Angel like this.

Wesley

Cordelia...

Cordelia

No! I don't care how many files you have about all the horrible things he did back in the powdered-wig days! He is good now. And he is my friend, and nothing you or anyone else can say will make me turn on a friend!

Angel

Cordelia, he's right.

Cordelia

[to Wes] You stake him and I'll cut his head off.

Angel

I have no memory of doing any of these things.

Cordelia

ah, not exactly the confidence-inspiring denial I was looking for.

Angel

I've been having dreams.

Wesley

Dreams?

Angel

Killing dreams. Always the same, I - I stalk them, toy with them, mark them while they're still alive. And before they can die from the fear I feed on them.

Cordelia

Okay, so you've been having nightmares. It doesn't mean you-

Angel

They're not nightmares. I've enjoyed them.

Cordelia

Oh...