Duncan MacLeod quotes from Highlander: The Series

Anne

So, is this the way it's always going to be?

Duncan

I don't know. I can't see into the future. Can you live with it?

Anne

I don't know. But I'd really like to try.

Duncan MacLeod

Amanda?

Amanda

Gotta hand it to you, MacLeod...You've got a memory like an elephant.

Duncan

Amanda, what are you doing here? Besides making a fashion statement.

Amanda

You like it?... I'm making you dinner...

Duncan

Come on, Amanda, give. What do you really want?

Amanda

Just to make you happy.

Duncan

Why?

Amanda

So you won't kill me when I tell you what happened.

Duncan

What the hell are you doing here?

Amanda

Came to hear some jazz.

Duncan

Jazz.

Amanda

You know, American music. Miles, Coltrane, Wynton...[off his look] Alright, I was looking for you. [his look doesn't change] Alright, I was looking for Kalas! You know you can really be irritating sometimes?

Amanda

It's morning. I'm tired. It's hopeless. We'll never find him. Our only lead back to Kalas and you had to kill him.

Duncan

I told you, I didn't kill him. He fell.

Amanda

On his gun?

Duncan

Yes!

Amanda

And it went off just like that.

Duncan

Just like that.

Amanda

Remember when Gustave Eiffel built this thing?

Duncan MacLeod

World's Fair, 1889. Half the people thought it would ruin Paris forever. There were fist-fights all along the Champs Elysees.

Amanda

Now you can't imagine Paris without it.

Amanda

C'mon, MacLeod... Haven't you ever wanted to do something really crazy?

Duncan

Amanda, be careful. We don't fly.

Amanda

Have you ever tried? Relax. Whatever happens, I'll survive.

Amanda

You should have killed him. You had him... I can't believe you let him go!

Duncan

It's not that simple, Amanda...

Amanda

I'll tell you what's simple. Dead is simple.

Methos

I was in Rome once. 93 A.D., the Coliseum... I saw Christians facing the lions. Some of them looked almost happy to die for their faith.

Duncan

Your point? Or are you just strolling down Memory Lane here?

Methos

But afterwards, the only ones looking happy were the lions

Duncan

This isn't about faith.

Methos

No, it's about sacrifice. It's a helluva thing to be a martyr, MacLeod... And that's exactly what Kalas wants. He's pushing all your buttons.

Duncan

Well, I'm open to suggestions. Enlighten me.

Methos

Maybe Amanda's right. You fight your best fight.

Duncan

[sarcastic] What? Every man for himself and to hell with the rest?

Methos

So what if the world finds out? Life's about change. Civilizations rise and fall.

Duncan

This isn't about civilization, this is about people! Amanda, Dawson, Richie... Our world isn't an ant farm.

Methos

[with a touch of admiration and humor] The passion of youth.

Duncan

[with a sense of humor] Boys will be boys.

Methos

And every cloud has a silver lining.

Duncan

What do you mean?

Methos

If you die, Amanda will be free to date.

Duncan

That's a comfort.

I'm Rachel MacLeod, and those are my ancestors you're standing on.

Duncan MacLeod

Well, mine too, I'm Duncan MacLeod.

Rachel

Another one. Let me guess, you're here to find you Highland roots.

Duncan

I didn't know I'd lost them.

Rachel

Och, if it isn't the clansman. What can I get you? Haggis? Maybe a kilt?

Duncan

An ale would do just fine. Are the people of Glenfinnan always this friendly?

Rachel

We're friendly enough, just careful of strangers.

Duncan

Really. And since when is a MacLeod a stranger in Glenfinnan?

Duncan

All this for an ax?!

An ax? An ax made by the Gods, MacLeod. Used by Loki and Thor themselves.

Duncan

You can't still believe that.

As much as they believe in their pale Christ.

Rachel

He came back from the dead, claimed his father's sword, killed the Viking, and stopped the slaughter.

Duncan

That's the legend, Rachel.

Rachel

The bracelet. Now this. If I asked you to explain, would it make any sense?

Rachel

Duncan MacLeod.... maybe some legends are true.

Duncan

Maybe.

Duncan

It's over.

Rachel

I knew you'd be back. The legend. That seems to belong in your hand.

Duncan

No, it belongs in Glenfinnan. This is it's home.

Rachel

Your's too, Duncan MacLeod.

Duncan MacLeod

Anne, you all right?

Anne Lindsey

Yeah, I'm fine.

Duncan

Is the baby OK?

Anne

Yeah, the baby's... learning to tap-dance I think.

Duncan

Somebody told me that there was an emergency.

Anne

Well, yeah, it's your cousin. (Duncan looks blank) The one from Wisconsin.

Duncan

Kenny's here?

Anne

Yeah, he's in the chapel. I was gonna call security, but I thought, what am I gonna tell them, I've got this kid who could live forever but he's only safe in churches?