The Magicians (TV Series)

The Losses of Magic (2018)

Judith Hoag: Stephanie Quinn

Quotes 

• Stephanie Quinn : Did you know we got a tax bill for the house? Apparently, we haven't paid in 30 years. Enchantment failed, so now we're losing our home. I mean, what are we gonna do without magic? I mean, get fucking jobs?

• Stephanie Quinn : Alice, mystery is not something you can take back. And I am not gonna risk it just because you think that you stepped on some creature's magical toes.

  Alice Quinn : I didn't "step on its toes"! I *murdered* its entire family! I did experiments on them to figure out what kind of magic they had. That's what I did as a niffin.

  Stephanie Quinn : Jesus, Alice. Well, you know, we've all dealt with our share of monsters.

  Alice Quinn : You don't get it! I did that kind of thing over and over again, okay? The lamprey is not the only creature that wants me dead. It's just the one who got my number. So, I wanna be absolutely clear on who the real monster is here.

• Alice Quinn : Who's she?

  Stephanie Quinn : That's Carol.

  Alice Quinn : *That's* Carol?

  Stephanie Quinn : Well, maybe you didn't realize that she used a lot of illusion work to keep herself looking thin. So now she drinks.

  [Turns to her] 

  Stephanie Quinn : Carol? You remember my daughter, Alice. She used to be dead. Now she isn't. And it's only just now that she's decided to visit us. And she brought a cat.

• Stephanie Quinn : We could call the police. They could come and get him out of the house. Problem solved.

  Alice Quinn : That's a bad idea. If it's inside Quentin, who knows what he'll do? They'll end up shooting him dead.

  Stephanie Quinn : Well, you did say he wasn't your boyfriend anymore.

  Alice Quinn : [Awkward pause]  Okay, but killing Quentin won't kill the lamprey. It'll end up jumping bodies, and then we're up against a possessed cop with a gun trying to kill us.

  Stephanie Quinn : I'm gonna need more wine.

  Daniel Quinn : I knew I should've bought a gun when magic went out.

• Stephanie Quinn : We've both been in this room for God knows how long, and I have to pee. Are you really gonna stop me from doing that?

  Alice Quinn : Just go in the corner, Mom.

  Stephanie Quinn : I am not peeing in front of your father. If I had wanted that in my marriage, I would've stayed with Jean Claude.