Jane Asher Quotes

Prospero Somewhere in the human mind, my dear Francesca, lies the key to our existance. My ancestors tried to find it. And to open the door that separates us from our Creator.

Francesca But you need no doors to find God. If you believe...

Prospero Believe? If you believe, my dear Francesca, you are... gullible. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a god who rules it? Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death! They rule this world.

Francesca There is also love and life and hope.

Prospero Very little hope I assure you. No. If a god of love and life ever did exist... he is long since dead. Someone... something, rules in his place.

Francesca Forgive them!

Prospero Forgive them? If my hound bites my hand after I have fed and caressed him, should I allow him to go undisciplined?

Prospero That cross you wear around your neck; is it only a decoration, or are you a true Christian believer?

Francesca Yes, I believe - truly.

Prospero Then I want you to remove it at once! And never to wear it within this castle again!

Annie Them's my secret thoughts.

Alfie You ain't entitled to secret thoughts - not livin with me!

Annie Everyone's entitled to secret thoughts.

Francesca You had me take off my cross because it offended...

Prospero It offended no one. My Master and his followers look about with open eyes. No, it simply appeared to me to be discourteous... to wear the symbol of a deity long dead.