Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Memento Mori (2015)

Harry Treadaway: Dr. Victor Frankenstein

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Quotes 

• [Sir Malcolm tells Victor Frankenstein who he's become in the mirror] 

  Sir Malcolm Murray : All my life, I've been a man who sought singular achievement and fed on rage and dissatisfaction. My character was one of monomaniacal anger. My blood thrilled to the lash. I was cruel to my wife, and to my children, and grew more famous in the process... more myself.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : And now?

  Sir Malcolm Murray : I've become alienated from the cruel man who used to look back at me in the mirror.

• [Sembene asks Ferdinand Lyle why the brother of Lucifer wants Vanessa Ives] 

  Sembene : Why her? Why Vanessa?

  Ferdinand Lyle : There are old prophesies from prehistory that tell of such chosen ministers of evil. Amunet from the Egyptians, Lilith from the Talmud, the Nordic Hella, Celtic Macha. Mara from the Hindus. All variations of deities or demigods who were destined to unleash annihilation on the world.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : And all women.

• [Lily arrives back home when Victor Frankenstein questions her on where she had been] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : [Victor raises his voice]  Lily, where have you been?

  Lily : [Lily hesitates]  First, kiss me good morning like my true friend and calm yourself.

• [Victor Frankenstein asks Sir Malcolm about love] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I don't have the proper tools to perform this operation. I don't know what I'm doing... honestly.

  Sir Malcolm Murray : Oh, we're all neophytes in love, Victor. None of us have the tools, nor the weapons, nor the resources. Prepared as we think we are, we're defeated.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I have surmounted in my life. It's been my inexorable pattern of behavior. No mystery too deep... no puzzle too complex. They've fallen before me.

  Sir Malcolm Murray : I don't know what wisdom I can offer. We're in the same unknown jungle, my friend. We have to thrash our way out alone. Isn't that what love is?

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : And if we're in danger of losing that love, and that... creates greater panic still, what do we do then?

  Sir Malcolm Murray : We suffer in our own ways. But we're all unequal to the task. We are... enchanted.

• [Victor Frankenstein talks to Sir Malcolm about pain] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : It was the veins in my arms that told me. When they collapse, you have to find fresh ones. I'm running short. So I'm addicted. Which is no great terror to me... but the cause...

  Sir Malcolm Murray : Pain.