Father quotes from Beauty and the Beast

Vincent

Mine is not the only voice.

It's the truest, and the strongest.

Promise me you will keep our dream alive.

Vincent

I promise.

It won't be without sacrifice...

The colors. I think I miss colors most of all. They've even begun to fade from my mind's eye...I wish you could have seen the blue of the Pacific under a summer sun...the green of the grass at Ebbott's field. The fall leaves blazing orange and yellow in Vermont.

Vincent

But I have seen them all, Father. No child ever had a better guide. Your words painted pictures that I will never forget. You took me around the world. Twain's Mississippi. Kipling's India. Jack London's Klondike. You made them come alive for me...there aren't many places left to go...

Vincent

Chinatown is another world, apart from both of ours.

Dr Wong wants what is best for Lin.

Vincent

Only Lin knows what is best for Lin.

Then you must share the responsibility for OUR decision.

Vincent

This is our home they threaten. We will do what we must.

You don't know them.

Vincent

Chan doesn't know us. They have given us no choice.

None.

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]

John?

Paracelsus

How did you find me?

We've always known where you were. We have looked in on you from time to time.

Paracelsus

Your compassion will kill you one day, Jacob.

It wasn't compassion. It was self-interest-making sure you didn't try to return.

Paracelsus

So they call you Father now. I heard it through the pipes. Ingenious idea, communicating on those pipes.

Yes, it was ingenious...of you, John.

Paracelsus

'Father'....I imagine you like that. It gives you all the authority you need, without making you sound like a despot...But underneath everything, you're no different from me.

I am different.

Paracelsus

Am I wrong, or is this place beyond your influence? Isn't that why I'm here...in exile?

I was only asking-

Paracelsus

Asking?! Asking? Tell me, what right do you have to ask me anything? What power do you bring here?

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.

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...

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.