Quotes

"Benediction"

Written by: Tim Minear
Quote List compiled by: Hazel

Angel: He survived Quor-toth this long. He can take care of himself.
Fred: Okay. So he survived and unspeakable hell dimension. Who hasn't?

Lorne: I would have been here sooner, but I had to stop and get it enchanted. Cedrian Crystals don't actually come that way.
Gunn: Will it work?
Fred: It should. Cedrian crystals are said to contain millennia of stored mystical energy and it's about the size of a "D" battery.

Lorne: Though in this instance priceless meaning 'without price' as in free. A six-horned Lach-Nie owed me a favor. Don't ask.

Lorne: Hey. Something troubling you, bubby?
Groo: Indeed. I am confused.
Lorne: About what?
Groo: Angel. His inaction puzzles me. When Connor was taken from him he moved heaven and Tarkna to try and win him back.
Lorne: Yeah, he sure did. Hence our weekly scrubbing of the lobby floor.
Groo: But now that his son is here, he does nothing.
Lorne: Well, sometime nothing is the best something. If a thing is meant to be somethimes it is best to just let it happen rather than try to force it.
Groo: But if a thing is meant to be then how can it be forced?
Lorne: Well, I guess it can't.
Groo: And if a thing is not meant to be?
Lorne: Well, then it really can't. Just because someone hops a dimension or two is no guarantee that things will work out. - Well, aren't you just sneaky with the subtext?

Lorne: Should we be wearing lead? 'cause I actually have something.

Fred: Okay, looks like something might have come in here. (Keeps moving forward not looking where she's going) Or - here. Wait a minute. Wow. Something here is pretty (looks up see Connor standing in front of her) hot. - Angel's son! Hi. I didn't mean to click at you.

Angel: Listen, uhm, - I - I, ah, have to go out for a while.
Connor: It's okay.
Angel: It's kind of my job.
Connor: Yeah. Whatever.
Angel: It could be kind of dangerous. There's a lot of killing and violence. You wanna come?

Lilah: Who's the boy wonder? He moves just like...
Wesley: ...his father.

Fred: Looks like we've been following Angel's son's emissions the whole time.
Gunn: Now there is a sentence I don't ever need to hear again.

Lorne: Oh, hey, kiddo. I didn't see you there. You looking for your dad? Come on. He's upstairs. I'll show you the room. - This way.
Connor: I'm not going anywhere with you, demon.
Lorne: I'll tell you what, since you were raised in a hell dimension by a psychopath, and since that happens to be a topic that I know a little something about, we'll just let that slide. Now I'll fetch your pop for you.

Lorne: Well, you got some serious mojo going on, girl. Whatever deal you struck with the Powers, it looks to me like they gave you the full package - all the extras. That kid was toxic when he came here tonight. Heavy on the 'ick'.

Connor: I might have tried to kill your friend.
Angel: Yeah, well - she's used to it.

Cordy: Wait. Angel, before you go we have to do that thing.
Angel: What thing?
Cordy: That thing we do. You know that thing where I say 'are you sure you know what you're doing, Angel, please think about this' and then you ignore me and rush head long into trouble?
Angel: Right. That thing. - Okay, are we done?
Cordy: Angel, please think about this. In fact, don't go there at all.
Angel: I have to.
Cordy: I know. But don't.
Angel: I'm not gonna kill him even though he deserves it.
Cordy: Oh, I don't care if you kill him. He stole Connor's childhood, so kill him. But don't lie to your son. He's been here like a day. Way to build the trust.
Angel: I'm not lying to him.
Cordy: No, you're just sending him off to be distracted while you go confront the man he thinks of as his father.
Angel: I'm his father.

Holtz: Dearest Steven, this is a most difficult letter for me to write. You mean more to me than anything in this world or any other. But your best interests must come first, which is why by the time you receive this, I will be gone. I hope one day you will be able to forgive an old man's weakness, (Connor runs down the middle of a street, cars dodging around him) which compels him to say these things in a letter. But to attempt a good-bye in your presence would be impossible for me. I fear I would never let you go. And I must let you go. I know that if I didn't you would only end up hating me. And that I could not bear. Your destiny lies with Angel. I know that now. You will have a better life with him. I'm comforted by that certainty and the knowledge that with him you will discover your true purpose and come to know who it is you are meant to be. My only prayer is that I have prepared you well enough for whatever lies ahead. I trust that I have. Be brave. Lovingly, your father.

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