Ethan Chandler quotes from Penny Dreadful

Ethan

We've all done things to survive. There are such sins at my back it would kill me to turn around.

Ethan

I believe we make ourselves who we are. The blood is on our hands, not God's.

Ethan

Dear Vanessa... your many kindnesses I will always carry with me. Such generosity... has not been a part of my life, and I thank you for your affection and understanding. In my most frightened and lonely moments, you were there. And such light you brought to me. But I am made for the dark. As we both know. I am fit for only one place and should have been there long ago. Deep in the cold clay on a forgotten hill. Your road may be difficult. But mine is doomed. So we walk alone. Written with love... Ethan.

Ethan

Let him die here. He ain't worth the bullet.

Vanessa Ives

I have a need for a gentleman who's comfortable with firearms and not hesitant to engage in dangerous endeavors. Or was all that a tall tale as well?

Ethan Chandler

What do you think?

Vanessa

Expensive watch, but threadbare jacket. Sentimental about the money you used to have. Your eye is steady, but your left hand tremors. That's the drink, so you keep it below the table, hoping I won't notice. You have a contusion healing on your other hand, the result of a recent brawl with a jealous husband, no doubt. Your boots are good quality leather, but have been resoled more than once. I see a man who's been accustomed to wealth, but has given himself to excess and the unbridled pleasures of youth. A man much more complicated than he likes to appear.

Vanessa

Do you believe there is a demimonde, Mr. Chandler? A half world between what we know and what we fear? A place in the shadows, rarely seen, but deeply felt. Do you believe that?

Ethan

Yes.

Vanessa

That's where we were last night, where some unfortunate souls are cursed to live always. If you believe in curses, that is.

Ethan

Brona?

It's Gaelic.

Ethan

What does it mean?

Sadness

Victor

Killing redskins more your line?

Ethan

You know nothing about it.

Victor

Whole Indian nations pacified into nonexistence, what don't I know?

Ethan

How do you know I was in the Indian wars?

Victor

I didn't.

Dorian

I suppose we all play parts.

Ethan

What's yours?

Dorian

Human.

Vanessa

You don't miss your home?

Ethan

Landscape's nice. Legal system less so.

Ethan

You ever wish you could be someone else? Just run away from your life?

Dorian

All the time.

Dorian

You want to be someone else? Come with me.

Ethan

Does it involve a drink?

Dorian

Many.

Sir Malcolm

Do you hold out hope for her?

Ethan

I hold out for dignity.

Sir Malcolm

She will cease to be who she is.

Ethan

Then I will love who she becomes.

Ethan

Do you believe in God?

I believe in everything.