Rowena quotes from Supernatural

Rowena

The king at last. King of what, Lilliput? I mean I heard you were short, but. Well?! Get to it. Time for the coup de grace. Wee boy, is something the matter with you? Cat got your tongue? Hmmm? Meow.

Crowley

Mother?

Crowley

I didn't even have a father!

Rowena

Of course you had a father. You were just conceived during a winter solstice orgy, and it's not like I was taking names.

Crowley

[Walks in on Rowena being naked in front of a mirror.] Oh, god!

Rowena

[Quickly puts a robe on] Please. It's nothing you haven't seen before.

Crowley

You're my mother. I don't want to see anything! I've been to hell, thanks.

Rowena

Next time, knock.

Crowley

This is my domain. I don't knock.

Rowena

[sighs] Did you want something, Fergus?

Crowley

It's Crow- Forget it.

Rowena

“How did this happen,” I kept asking myself. Witchcraft was a proud and adventurous calling. But the Grand Coven let it collapse in disgrace. Cowardly witches hiding in the shadows.

Well, we were being burned and hung by the thousands.

Rowena

Oh, you’re not handing me over to them! [Sam and Dean] It’s beneath even you! They’re your enemies as well.

Dean

All right Rowena. We get it. We all enemies, okay. But right now we’ve got bigger fish to fry. Then we can go back to killing each other.

Rowena

Ah, the chicken’s come home to roost. This ghastly force set free when the Mark was removed.

Sam

So, you know?

Rowena

I’ve heard whispers. As bad as they say?

Dean

Well, let’s just say that everyone in this room might hold a piece of the puzzle to corking it back up.

Rowena

Can this be true? His sister! In my day we’d all be burned at the stake for even thinking any of this!

Crowley

You see then, Mother, the need for urgency.

Rowena

Well, if my deciphering of the Book is so pivotal, I’d like to know what’s in it for me.

Dean

You mean, other than your life?

Crowley

Speaking of which, I’ll make you a little deal, mummy. You pitch in like a good girl, I’ll call off my assassins. No more looking over your shoulder, for now.

Rowena

I’ll need the Codex, of course. And the codebreaker Charlie devised.

Sam

Yeah, you’ll get limited access. Supervised.

Dean

We need to know exactly this: how to open the Cage and how to protect Sam once it is.

Rowena

Just what’s in this Cage that’s so dangerous?

Sam

Lucifer.

Rowena

Lucifer? The original Dark Prince?

Dean

Yes, an archangel so badass that he was personally dumped into the Cage by God Himself.

Rowena

Well, let’s get to it then, lads.

Sam

I promised Dean I’d call.

Rowena

I promised Lincoln a fun night at the theatre. Things change.

Rowena

Lucifer is no man. He’s perfection. Why do you think I let your droogs find me? Lucifer has a plan and―

Crowley

And, he’s the devil.

Rowena

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

Crowley

Oh, I’m a bad thing. He’s a worse thing. Last time Lucifer went topside you know what he wanted? Death. For you. For me. And every human. And every demon.

Rowena

He’s changed.

Crowley

Oh yes, of course. All he needed was the love of a horrible woman. And you’re doing all this... why? Out of the goodness of your heart?

Rowena

Don’t you be daft. After Lucifer stops The Darkness, he’ll ascend to his throne in Heaven, and I’ll be by his side, a loyal follower.

Crowley

Mother, why do you hate me?

Rowena

I hate you, because when I look into your eyes, I see the woman I used to be, before magic, before the coven, when I was nothing but Rowena, the tanner's daughter. A pale, scared little girl, who smelled of filth and death. I hate you, because when you were born, your father said he loved me, then he went back to his grand wife and his grand house, whilst I lay pathetic and half dead on a straw mat, my thighs slick with blood. I hate you, because if I didn't, I'd love you. But love... love is weakness. And I'll never be weak again.