Duncan MacLeod quotes from Highlander: The Series

Duncan

The legend has it that Darius killed a holy man at the gates of Paris, the oldest living Immortal at the time. And suddenly he changed. He turned his back on war.

Duncan

Walk out that door and you won't know if this is the right place or not.

Duncan

Sometimes it's not the body you have to protect... it's the spirit.

Duncan

[to Thorne] Murdering a priest is an interesting way to find religion.

Duncan

Houdini was a friend of mine, and you, Danny, are no Houdini.

Duncan

Honey, I'm home.

Duncan

I'm an Immortal, you're a Watcher. We can't cross that line. How many times do we have to be taught that?

Duncan

For thousands of years Immortals have fought and Watchers have observed. One day, there will only be one of us left. And some day maybe none at all. Somebody has to record that we've lived. Somebody has to record the history we've seen and the lessons we've learned.

Duncan

When Richie died, I wanted to die. But I realized that if his death was to mean anything, I had to survive... I had to understand what happened. I had to believe what happened.

Duncan

Evil exist in all of us, Joe. When we deny that, we give evil power. Ahriman said it himself. His greatest trick was to convince the world he didn't exist. But, he does, he exists in all of us. Once I accepted that, I was able to defeat him.

Duncan

We rewrite our history all the time because we have to. We rationalize our cruelty. So we can look in the mirror and face ourselves.

Duncan MacLeod

Once there was this place where the faerie-people lived. It was a beautiful city in those days, surrounded by white walls, and tall stone towers...

What were they like?

Duncan

Oh, they were like regular people, except they lived for a very long time, and they never grew old.

Like Peter Pan!

Duncan

Yeah, sort of. Well, the fairies...were handsome, and wise, and very, very clever. The problem was, as time went on, there were more and more people, and soon the faerie people had to leave this home in the faerie city. They moved into the mountains, and into the old forests, and in the caves, and in the cliffs, but the other people always found these places, so the faerie people had to move on.

That's sad. Where do they live now?

Duncan

Oh, Belinda, they're all around us, and you know what their job is? It's to protect children, and sometimes tell them stories.

Have you ever met one?

Duncan

Oh, lots.

Duncan MacLeod

You have not changed.

No, did you expected me to?

Duncan

No, that's why I'm here.

Come on, MacLeod, you were here. Give me a quote.

Duncan MacLeod

Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it.

Tessa Noël

I just keep seeing him in front of me as I ... (ran him over with a car)

Duncan

You did what you had to.

Tessa

I thought ridding the world of evil would feel better than this.

Duncan

I know... I know.