Richard O'Brien Quotes

Mr. Hand On occasion the imprinting does not take. They behave erratically when they awaken. We find them wandering like lost children.

Mr. Hand You see, I have become the monster you were intended to be.

Queen Marie Choose wisely, Henry. Divorce is only something they do in England.

Pierre Le Pieu I may be twice your age, but I'm well endowed. As evidenced by my estate, I've always had a soft spot for the less fortunate. You need a wealthy benefactor - and I need a young lady with spirit.

Mr. Hand We fashioned this city on stolen memories: different eras, different pasts all rolled into one. Each night, we revise it, refine it, in order to learn.

Emma Murdoch What brings you here?

Mr. Hand I met my wife at this place.

Emma Murdoch It's where I first met my husband.

Mr. Hand Small world.

Mr. Hand There's work to be done.

Mr. Hand You've seen what we are. We use your dead as vessels.

Mr. Hand We're very lucky, when you think about it.

Emma Murdoch I'm sorry?

Mr. Hand To be able to revisit those places which have meant so very much to us.

Emma Murdoch I thought it was more that we were haunted by them.

Mr. Hand Perhaps. But imagine a life alien to yours, in which your memories were not your own but those shared by every other of your kind. Imagine the torment of such an existence: no experiences to call your own. If it was all you knew, maybe it would be a comfort.

Mr. Book Is it done?

Mr. Hand Oh, yes, Mr. Book. I have John Murdoch in mind.

Dr. Daniel P. Schreber I have a weak heart, you know.

Mr. Hand Your weakness is not, we think, an affair of the heart.