Ethan Chandler quotes from Penny Dreadful

Victor

[shooting bottles] Again?

Ethan

Go crazy, Dr. F.

Ethan

[about Vanessa] What's wrong with her?

Sir Malcolm

She's been possessed by the devil.

Ethan

[under his breath] Fuck me.

Sir Malcolm

Or a devil. Who can say. There is a pantheon, I believe.

Ethan

[to Victor] Well, you're a doctor, do something!

Victor

This is a bit beyond my usual practice. [pointing up to Vanessa's room]

Ethan

Mina's dead, the creature's dead. We lost.

Vanessa

That was only a battle. Do you think the dark forces that converge on our heads can be vanquished so easily? Do you honestly believe you can escape them?

Ethan

And the other ones? The ones inside us?

Vanessa

Inside me you mean?

Ethan

No, that's not what I mean.

Ethan

This is something I never thought I'd see.

Sembene

What?

Ethan

Here's a woman who faced down that creature in the theater without blinking. And held her ground against Satan himself, but now... I've never seen her frightened.

Malcolm

How do we protect ourselves?

Vanessa

There is lore to ward off witches.

And rituals.

Ethan

And sturdy locks. And a shit load of weapons.

Ethan

All those things that mark you when you're young... that make you what you are. Never escape them. They just wait, don't they?

Vanessa

What?

Ethan

The monsters inside us.

Vanessa

Monsters?

Ethan

What would you call them?

Vanessa

For me... demons. But one word is much like another.

Ethan

And when they're released?

Vanessa

We're most who we are. Unrestrained. Ourselves.

Ethan

You will not die while I'm here. You will not surrender while I live. If I have one goddamned purpose in my cursed life it's that.

Vanessa

You are one man.

Ethan

More than that and you know it. We are not like others. We have claws for a reason.

Ethan

Do you know what it is... to walk with someone's body tied around your neck for the rest of your goddamn life? Do you know what that is, little girl? Let me tell you about it. First time is hard. I'm sure you cried a bit, didn't you? Don't worry, that'll pass. Second time is easier. Third time, you don't blink. Then it's all just repetition. You don't cry anymore. You don't even remember when you used to cry. You're alive and they're dead. Fuck 'em.

Vanessa

Stop it!

Ethan

You'll never get your soul back. Do you know that?

Vanessa

[quietly] Yes.

Ethan

Welcome to the night, Vanessa.

Sembene

[to Ethan] I have been much feared and hated in my life. By my people, by yours. These marks mean I was a slave trader. 'Tis my sin to live with. But in this house, I have found kindness among the unkind. So have you.

Ethan

I've not had many friends in my time, but I'm proud to count you among them.

Hecate Poole

Such guilt you carry. The shame, it hangs around your neck.

Ethan

The only decent thing about me is the shame I feel.

Hecate Poole

Spoken like a true servant of God. This God, that would anoint you Lupus Dei, that would make you a glorious monster and have you hate yourself for being so monstrous. He tortures you with guilt, and in return offers you what?

Ethan

Forgiveness.

Hecate Poole

Do you feel forgiven? There is only one way to be free of guilt - embrace your sins.

You will repent, or I will send you to Hell myself!

Ethan

I'm done repenting, and I belong in Hell.

Ethan

Our Father, who art in Heaven, cursed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be spited, on Earth, as it is in Hell.

That's enough!

Ethan

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us not our trespasses...

I said that's enough!

Ethan

... as we will never forgive those who trespass against us!

You will shut your mouth!

Ethan

Lead us into temptation, and deliver us to evil, for Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory.

Hecate Poole

For a few hours longer.

Ethan

Amen.

Hecate Poole

Amen.

Ethan

You may want to fight on until the sun falls from the sky, the last fucking Apache, and more power to you, pal. But I'm done.

Kaetenay

You may be done with Hell, but it is not done with you.

Catriona

Mr. Chandler, you will need a mask, something to filter the air.

Ethan

I can handle the fog.

Catriona

That is not fog. That's what we all thought at first: an especially dense fog mixing with the chlorine gases from the factories. And then people started to die. First by the dozens, then by the hundreds. Last week, 7,000 people died in London. It is not a fog, Mr. Chandler. It is a plague.

Ethan

I'll take my chances. He needs a doctor. I need to find Miss Ives.

Catriona

We all need to find Miss Ives. If I'm correct, she is the only one who can stop all this.

Ethan

And what is "all this"?

Catriona

The End of Days.

Kaetenay

A vision was sent to me of a man with a true heart - a son - and only then did I understand my true purpose. It was not to save my people. It was to give you the power to save all people.

Ethan

You did this to me? You made this monster!

Kaetenay

I claimed you from God.

Ethan

Do you how many people I've murdered? How many have suffered? This blood is on my soul! You poisoned my heart!

Kaetenay

I have given you the power to save her. [pause] Graves will overflow. The rivers will run red with blood, and darkness will consume the Earth. Only one man can stop this. I alone understand the sins you have committed, the pain you carry. But all your life, you have run from this pain. You ran from your father. You ran from your tribe. Tonight, you stop running. Tonight you accept the destiny that God has given you.