John Constantine quotes from Constantine

Manny

What brings you back to the streets, John?

John

A young lady, of course. I was asked to protect her by an old friend.

Manny

Dead friend, more likely.

John

Well, he did have to possess a body but he got my attention.

Zed Martin

It's you. You're you.

John

That observation always ends in the same way and it's never in my favor.

Zed

The honeymoon suite?

John

I always get the honeymoon suite. There's lots of extra space. There's a good energy to it.

John

The truth is, I work best alone.

Zed

Me, too.

John

I always put myself first.

Zed

That's the only way I've survived.

John

Everyone who puts their trust in me dies.

Zed

Okay, you got me.

Zed

Just one thing I never understood is why he even wants our souls.

John

The Devil used to be an angel. That's why he's called "The First of the Fallen". You ask a holy type and they'll tell you the soul is the purest expression of God's love, the spark of creation. Every time the First takes a soul, he's exacting revenge, paying back the Almighty for casting him out.

Zed

What are you doing?

John

I'm breaking into the mansion.

Zed

Isn't that illegal?

John

Almost everything I do is, love. C'mon!

John

That recording in your hands gives you more power than I'm comfortable with, mate.

Papa Midnite

Name it and claim it.

John

Come again?

Midnite

It's the basic building block of televangelism. There are promises out there waiting for us, if we only had our courage to name them and claim them.

John

That's exactly the kind of backward-thinking I'd expect from a cheating, drug-dealing, voodoo priest like– [gets knocked out by Midnite's henchmen]

John

Figured we'd work on your training today.

Zed

So, how am I doing?

John

You're showing flashes of precognition, retrocognition, clairtangence. You're a real bitsa.

Zed

Come again?

John

Uh, a bitsa, you know? You've got a bit of everything in you.

Zed

You know, I don't see a lot of people lining up to lend you a hand. Maybe you should accept his help. People can change, you know.

John

Bullocks. We are who we are. Eventually.

Zed

Earlier today, Gary and I, we touched, and I experienced a psychic transference.

John

You, uh... touched?

Zed

No. No, no, not like that. I mean, we only touched for, like a second. But the connection... it wasn't like I was just in his head, 'cause it was deeper than that. I felt his pain, and his guilt, and his addiction. And after...

John

His withdrawal symptoms. You got all the lows and none of the highs. Rough deal, I'd say. It's probably best if you two kids keep your hands to yourself, for now, alright? I'm off to see a man about a dog. Or rather, a shaman about a bloody demon.

Zed

He just... he just wants to help. He's so racked with guilt that he's going after the demon himself.

John

Told you that, did he?

Zed

Yes, he did. And he meant it, 'cause I felt it.

John

That's not what's happening, trust me.

Zed

Why do you always want to see the worst in people?

John

I see the truth. Gary's hopelessly addicted to heroin. And let me give you a little tip about addicts: between thought and action comes temptation. Always.

John

This demon requires a sacrifice. That's what I learned from the shaman. No cage, bottle or vessel can hold it. Only a body. A live, human body.

Mine.

John

We could draw straws.

It was your plan all along, wasn't it? [pause] That's why it's just you and me here. [pause] You sneaky bastard. My chance... to finally make my life mean something.

John

It won't be quick. Could be days of sheer agony before you die. And there's no going back. Do you understand?

There's no better way to go out. A mage, like John Constantine.

John

I'm proud of you, Gaz. Truly. [kisses his forehead]

Papa Midnite

You're like a child with your father's spell book.

John

The only magic my old man ever did was making a pint disappear.

How do you live with it? The knowledge that all this could be... real? How?

John

It marks you. For life. But it doesn't change who you are.

John

Well, you might want to keep the car running, mate.

Chas

What are you gonna use? The Interpol bit? Paranormal division?

John

Nah, I thought I'd just wipe his mind.