Henry Parish quotes from Sleepy Hollow

Frank Irving

I'm not a monster like you.

Those who fight monsters should see to it that in the process, they do not become one. When one gazes long enough into the abyss, the abyss gazes back, doesn't it, Captain?

[to Abbie and Jenny] Violence. Always violence or order with you two.

Henry Parish

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear.

Ichabod Crane

Act one, scene four. Our mutual love of words is no coincidence.

Henry Parish

Perhaps I should thank you for the twinkle in my eye.

Ichabod Crane

You will not touch me. Because you fear you will witness the depth of my suffering. You are sick with Moloch's evil, but you can fight it. You can spare her, Jeremy. You have a choice.

Henry Parish

Yes, I do. And I choose Moloch. I choose his leadership, and I choose his might. I choose his fire that will burn the world. No matter what you do, no matter where you hide her, your wife will die, and Moloch will be born!

[describing the shofar] The trumpet that made the Israelites tremble at Mount Sinai. That brought down the walls of Jericho. That has signaled the starting of wars for æons. And now is to sound the moment that Moloch has grown to his full glory, to call his servants to his side.

Katrina Crane

It's nice to see that you've taken up an instrument.

It is not done yet. You must retrieve the Sword.

Father, how?& They have destroyed my armor. I am vulnerable.

You will delay them.

I don't understand. I am the Second Horseman! You would have me die?

There were Horsemen before you, there will be Horsemen after. Be grateful for the chance to sacrifice yourself for my glory. Today begins my reign.

Ichabod Crane

My son, let me pass and I will dispatch Moloch to hell and you will be free to live a life of your making, not a pawn in his game, but as a loved one in a world of free will.

You you would let me live while you go face Moloch and die?

Ichabod Crane

That is what sacrifice is. Allow me to fulfill my duty as a Witness and end this madness. Henry, let us pass!

[holding back tears] You never gave up on me. You never will.

You tell me of Abraham's sacrifice. The Akeda, the story of a cruel and merciless God who designed a cruel and merciless world. Who could worship a deity who commands a man to sacrifice his own son? Those days have come to an end. The true lesson of the story comes not from Abraham, but from Isaac. The chasm between father and son was never bridged. They never spoke again. And justly so! For any man willing to sacrifice his child should die. As should any god!

  What fools these mortals be.

Malcolm Dreyfuss

  "Henry," is it?  I think this is the beginning of a revolutionary friendship.