Doctor Helen Magnus quotes from Sanctuary

Helen Magnus

Let’s just say I’m someone who's chosen to embrace the full spectrum of our reality. There are things in this city - in this world - that no one wants to admit are real.

Helen Magnus

Your instincts told you that the boy was anything but normal. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. Inside these walls are beings that make his qualities pale by comparison. "Sanctuary for all" is not an empty motto.

Helen Magnus

Fair warning, Dr. Zimmerman, you’re about to leave the world you know behind.

Helen Magnus

Good doctors come and go, but the great ones have always seen beyond the boundaries of science, beyond the known. The great ones dare to believe in the unbelievable.

Helen Magnus

These women are under my protection; they're not leaving with you or anyone else, for that matter.

Helen Magnus

There’s an expression among creature hunters: if you could teach a lion English, you still wouldn’t be able to understand him.

Helen Magnus

Abnormals aren’t like humans. They don’t play by the same rules.

Helen Magnus

I've buried a lot of friends, colleagues, lovers; more than you can imagine. You asked me earlier how I could relate to people? Well... dinner parties are hell.

Helen Magnus

I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to profile me, aren't you? Like a common criminal; Well, here's a little secret for your box... [leans close and whispers in Will's ear] ...I'm not so common.

Helen Magnus

I know you want to kill me, and don't tell me it's because I asked you to, because that's not what friends do to each other!

Helen Magnus

I think I should kill you now.

Helen Magnus

You weak, pathetic little bastard. Do you think this is what I wanted? This life? I have suffered for so long, totally alone, and, honestly, Will... no one lives forever.

Helen Magnus

You were born in Devonshire in 1829. Your wife was Patricia Heathering, and you... you were the leading scientific light of your day.

Helen Magnus

We all have the impulse for violence; the true measure of a species, indeed, of a person, is in our restraint.

Helen Magnus

Have a good career.