Vincent quotes from Beauty and the Beast

You are truly a demon.

Vincent

All men are demons when their homes and loved ones are at risk.

Vincent

You looked so beautiful...for a moment... I let myself dream.

Catherine

So did I.

Vincent

They have a lifetime together. Our time is always measured-minutes-seconds

Catherine

Then we must learn to measure our lifetime in another way.

Vincent

Yes.

Vincent

Catherine, since that night when I found you in the park, I've felt in you, time and again, a need to confront your fear...As you did last night.

Catherine

Why are you telling me this?

Vincent

I don't want what happened to you to cause you to take unnecessary risks.

Catherine

Vincent, they needed my help.

Vincent

You survived once.

Catherine

It's because I survived then that I'm doing this now...so that others are spared.

Vincent

Who can this be, Father?

A man...No one you know. We banished him from this place before you were born. It was our first real test of government. His name was John Pater, but he called himself Paracelsus.

Vincent

The alchemist?

Yes, John's model...philosopher, scientist, magician...and John was all of those things. A large part of what we have created here we owe to him.

Vincent

What happened?

What happened? I don't know. I think, perhaps, in trying to seek knowledge, he began to desire power.

Vincent

And so, you exiled him.

He wouldn't go at first. Finally, he was forcibly taken beyond the perimeter.

Vincent

And now? Do you know where he is now? [Father nods]

What do you propose?

Vincent

I can stop Paracelsus from leaving the tunnels with his poison...It will give us time to decide on a more permanent solution.

Catherine

What is it, Vincent? What are you thinking?

Vincent

How ashamed I am, that you saw me as I was. How grateful I am that you were there. You saved my life, Catherine.

Vincent

You can't understand how I feel.

It is not your responsibility to decide...

Vincent

It is mine! I have seen the demons Paracelsus has unleashed, felt them inside of me. How can I explain...become disconnected...as if the dark side of your imagination eclipses all compassion, all dignity...I must go...

Vincent

Paracelsus.

Paracelsus

Vincent.

Vincent

You know my name?

Paracelsus

I know more about you than you think...

Vincent

I don't wish to harm you. But you must leave this place.

Paracelsus

Leave? By whose judgment?

Vincent

Mine.

Paracelsus

What does Falstaff say? That "the better part of valor is discretion"? Of course I will. I will do as you say. But wouldn't you like to hear me first? Or are you content to accept Father's story? Found as a babe outside St. Vincent's hospital? Did you really believe that all these years?...I know the truth. Aren't you at all curious to know why you are the way you are?

Vincent

Catherine, I understand why you expose yourself to danger.

Catherine

Because there are some risks worth taking.

Vincent

And there are some things worth risking everything for.

Narcissa and her wild tales...why this interest in mystical caverns?

Vincent

Actually, I am in search of a gift.

For Catherine?

Vincent

It's been a year since she first came into my life.

I just shudder to think what the next year may bring...You know, Vincent, I used to rue the day that you two met.

Vincent

I know.

I never dreamed I'd one day look on Catherine...with the fondness that I do.

Vincent

It's been a time filled with things we never dreamed of...It's been the most miraculous year of my life.

You know, you two share something quite extraordinary...Something that touches the best in all of us.

Vincent

To hear those words coming from you, it must.

You mean, there's still hope, even for an old man like me?

Vincent

Always.

What's it like, Vincent, to have a love?

Vincent

People have been searching for the words for centuries. I think that for each person it must be something different. For me...it was the beginning of a new life...and the end of my aloneness.

Catherine

It was a year ago, tonight.

Vincent

How remarkable you are...remembering such a dark moment...with dancing lights.

Catherine

It's time for a celebration. I found hope again that night...I found you.

Vincent

I have something for you. I wanted to give you something from my world, something for you to carry with you...A keepsake. (The crystal)

Catherine

Vincent, it's beautiful!

Vincent

It comes from our deepest chamber. It reminds me of a piece of eternity.

Catherine

I'll cherish it...I wanted you to have a part of me to hold close. When I was little, I was terrified of the dark, and I used to have an awful time falling asleep. My mother gave me this rose, and she told me that, whenever I got frightened, to hold the rose, and think of her, and to know that wherever she was, she was thinking of me. It helped me to go to sleep...Until you came into my life, Vincent, I'd forgotten how it felt to know that there is someone thinking of me...Someone who knows who I am...Someone that I'm connected to.

Vincent

Every moment since that night, I'm reminded of what a gift life is.

Devin

I've been having these dreams lately, about the tunnels. Weird, isn't it? I've been to Casablanca, the Himalayas, Paris...all over the world. Everywhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La! And I dream...about a hole in the ground.

Vincent

It's not so weird, when that hole in the ground is home.