Imagine a caterpillar arresting its metamorphosis before it becomes a butterfly.
You really think it was a butterfly that brought down that snake creature?
S1 E8Edward
I guess I thought about some butterflies. Wow, I can't believe I just said that.
Neither can I. Doesn't sound like you.
I guess you can say I'm a changed man.
S1 E9Requiem
The people that you've met, the history that you've witnessed, how do you relate to anybody? Dinner parties must be hell.
History is just that, Will; it's history. We've all experienced it. I just have more under my belt than most people.
Kraken? Please, that's a complete myth.
Glad I didn't say 'sharktopus'.
Our whole life is a B-movie.
You invite questions, and then when you don't like where they lead, you just walk away.
That's hardly fair.
You just called me "Dr. Zimmerman" and left the room.
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.
I have lived longer than any human has a right to. In the end, all I can hope is to choose how it ends. Being taken over by an undersea parasite is not on the list.
And what is?
Just be creative, if the time comes.
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.
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!
I think I should kill you now.
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.
S1 E10Warriors
[to Helen and Ashley] Okay, favorite album.
Nevermind
What? Is it that personnal?
[laughs] No, Nevermind. Nirvana. You?
Joshua Tree, obviously.
Sergeant Pepper and Rhapsody in Blue.
That's two.
Over the course of two lifetimes. Gershwin played it for me when he was writing it.
[sarcastically] And no doubt, you've watched the sun come with the Beatles.
Just one of them.
You were born in Devonshire in 1829. Your wife was Patricia Heathering, and you... you were the leading scientific light of your day.
[1800s; Gregory is standing in front of a door, and Helen descends the stairs to join him]
You are the most talented medical researcher I have ever known and yet you keep your most important work hidden from the world, from me. If you truly believe that I have potential, Father, please... help me achieve it.
Once you enter this door, you are on a path that cannot be reversed.
[Helen goes through the door and looks around in wonder.]
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