Duncan MacLeod quotes from Highlander: The Series

Duncan MacLeod

This doesn't make any sense, Richie, he's supposed to be getting married.

Richie

Not unless it's a shotgun wedding. I'm telling you, Mac, she didn't want anything to do with him.

We were happy. Everything seemed so perfect. Then one day I came home and he said "Honey, come here, I have something to show you." And then he took a knife, and he .... [she can't say it]

Duncan

Then he healed.

He said I had to know... and I wish he'd never told me.

Duncan

He loves you. He had to tell you.

Mr. MacLeod, I have a picture of how I want my life to be. Kids, grandkids... a family. It may sound stupid, but it's what I see.

Richie

So you called it off.

But he won't let me. And he won't leave me alone. He nearly beat a guy to death just for talking to me.

Anne Lindsey

This is ridiculous. I'm calling the police.

Duncan

Anne, don't.

Anne

It is the only way, Duncan. You think talking is going to stop this guy? If you think that, spend a Saturday night in the emergency ward with me. These guys do not stop until someone's dead.

Duncan MacLeod

Joe? What's up?

Joe

You've got trouble.

Duncan

How come you never call with good news?

Duncan

Come on, Joe. Methos doesn't exist.He's a legend... like Adam and Eve. The oldest Immortal.

Joe

Oh, he exists all right.

Duncan

Are you telling me you've seen him?

Joe

Me? No. He's an elusive guy. Have to be, to live as long as he has. An Immortal so old he doesn't remember the time of his birth.

Duncan

Five thousand years.

Methos

Yeah, give or take. And that was when I took my first head. Before that, it all starts to blur.

Duncan

I guess it would. So, after all this time, have You... ?

Methos

Made any sense of it all? Found any purpose?

Duncan

You read minds, too?

Methos

No. It's what I'd ask if I'd just met me.

Duncan

Somehow I thought you'd be...

Methos

Deeper? Wiser? Bearded?

Duncan

I didn't really think you existed.

Methos

Ah, it's good to be a myth.

Duncan

Yeah, no one hunts for a myth. Or a Watcher.

Methos

What better place to hide? I'm in charge of finding myself...and I make sure it never happens.

Methos

You think I'd still be around if I was an easy mark?

Duncan

When was the last time you faced anyone?

Methos

What are we? [checking his watch] Sixth of March, uh, two hundred years. Hey, I may be a bit rusty but I'm still here.

Duncan

So after five thousand years, your only solution is that I kill you?

Methos

He can beat me. He might beat you. He can't beat both of US.

Duncan

If it's that simple, why don't you take my head?

Methos

'Cause it's not just a matter of who is the best fighter. It is about passion and hate. I don't have the fire. You do. You want Kalas.

Duncan MacLeod

You've killed two already. How much is enough?

Ceirdwyn

There were five of them.

Duncan

This isn't the answer.

Ceirdwyn

A body for a body. A head for a head. Since the dawn of time. It's no different now.

Duncan

Revenge does nothing, Ceirdwyn... nothing.

Duncan

You going to be OK?

No, not for a long time... I'm not going to forget him, you know? But it was worth it. For the fifteen years we had together, I'll trade fifteen years of pain. I'd trade a hundred!

Duncan

But what about the price they pay? No family, living in secrecy... waiting for the night you go out and you never come back. Maybe we're not supposed to be with them.

Ceirdwyn

They're not children, MacLeod. They make their own decisions. Steven knew what I was, and he chose to be with me.

Anne Lindsey

You fought the battle of Culloden with this? That was in 1746.

Duncan MacLeod

I know, it's hard to accept. I thought coming here might help. That was a gift from Bonnie Prince Charlie. I claimed it after he died.

Anne

It's like a fairy tale, with swords and people living forever.

Duncan

Not always.

Anne

That's right, the heads. Do you really have to do that?

Duncan

Yeah.

Anne

Duncan, I've seen death. And I'm not afraid of it. Whatever happens, I want us to be together.

Duncan

Your whole life will never be the same.

Anne

My whole life has not been the same since the day I met you. I tried it with you. I've tried it without you. I'll take it with you any day.

Richie

I'd kiss you, but people might talk.

Duncan

They might.