Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Grand Guignol (2014)

Henry Goodman: Priest

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Priest : [a Priest asks Vanessa Ives if she really wants to be normal]  Before we continue our conversation, my dear, there is one thing you must understand. Even if it can be verified, this is a long, grueling and dangerous thing you ask. It could take months, or years, or always, or never. But before we say another word, you must look into your heart and you must answer me a question. Just one. If you have been touched by the demon, it's like being touched by the back hand of God. Makes you sacred in a way, doesn't it? Makes you unique, with a kind of glory. The glory of suffering, even. Now, here's my question. Do you really want to be normal?

• [Vanessa Ives asks a Priest if he believes in exorcisms] 

  Vanessa Ives : Do you believe your soul can be taken over by another? That you can lose yourself to something dark?

  Priest : I believe in the devil, if that's what you mean.

  Vanessa Ives : That's what I mean. I believe in curses. I believe in demons. I believe in monsters. Do you?

  Priest : I believe more in sicknesses that can be treated.

  Vanessa Ives : But when the treatments fail. When science fails. What is there then?

  Priest : You mean exorcism?