Pan's Labyrinth Quotes

Capitán Vidal You could have obeyed me!

Dr. Ferreiro But captain, to obey- just like that- for the sake of obeying... without questioning... that's something only people like you can do Captain.

Ofelia Have you seen my mother? Isn't she beautiful?

Capitán Vidal We catch one and he turns out to be a stutterer. Fuck! We'll be here all night.

Carmen The captain has been so good to us... Please, Ofelia, call him father. It's just a word, Ofelia, just a word.

Garcés If anyone is going to kill you, I'd rather it be me.

Mercedes I'm not some old man! Or a wounded prisoner! Motherfucker... Don't you dare touch the girl. You won't be the first pig I've gutted!

Capitán Vidal I choose to be here because I want my son to be born in a new, clean Spain.

Taglines In darkness, there can be light. In misery, there can be beauty. In death, there can be life.

Mercedes I'm a coward.

Pedro You're not a coward.

Mercedes Yes, I am. A coward - for living next to that son of a bitch, doing his laundry, making his bed, feeding him... What if the doctor's right and we can't win?

Pedro At least we'll make things harder for that bastard.

The Faun And it is said that the Princess returned to her father's kingdom. That she reigned there with justice and a kind heart for many centuries. That she was loved by her people. And that she left behind small traces of her time on Earth, visible only to those who know where to look.

Dr. Ferreiro Let's see how that leg is doing, Frenchie.

Old Man How do you think it's doing? It's fucked up.

Mayor Have I told you that I was acquainted with your father, Captain?

Capitán Vidal No. I had no idea.

Mayor In Morocco. I knew him only briefly, but he left a great impression.

Capitán Vidal An excellent soldier.

Mayor The men in his battalion said that when General Vidal died on the battlefield, he smashed his watch on a rock so that his son would know the exact hour and minute of his death. So he would know how a brave man dies.

Capitán Vidal Nonsense. He didn't own a watch.

The Faun The say that a long, long time ago, in an underground kingdom, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a Princess who dreamt of the human world. She dreamt of the blue sky, the soft breeze and the brilliant sun. One day, eluding her keepers, the Princess escaped. Once outside, the sunlight blinded her and erased every trace of the past from her memory. The princess forgot who she was, and where she came from. Her body suffered cold, sickness and pain. After years passed, she died. However, her father, the King, always knew that the Princess soul would return, perhaps in another body, in another place, at another time. And he would wait for her, until he drew his last breath, until the world stopped turning...

Dr. Ferreiro One more thing, sir. What makes you so sure it's a boy?

Capitán Vidal Don't fuck with me.

Taglines What happens when make-believe believes it's real?

Capitán Vidal Forward ... No fear! This is the only deserving way to die.

Capitán Vidal Tell my son what time his father died. Tell him that I-

Mercedes No. He won't even know your name.

Ofelia Aren’t you ashamed? Living down here, eating all the pill bugs and getting fat while the tree dies?

Ofelia Hello. I am Princess Moanna, and I am not afraid of you.

Ofelia Hello. Are you a fairy?

Taglines Dare to enter.

Taglines Innocence Has A Power Evil Cannot Imagine.

Ofelia My name is Ofelia. Who are you?

Faun Me? I've had so many names... Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a ]. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.