DragonHeart (1996)

David Thewlis: Einon

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Quotes 

• King Einon : I know why you brought me the dragonslayers. You wanted them to kill him because you wanted me dead.

  Queen Aislinn : I wanted to correct a mistake made years ago, when I saved a creature not worth saving.

  King Einon : How un-motherly of you.

• Kara : It's been twelve years. Your castle is built. He can do you no more harm.

  [pause] 

  Kara : For God's sake, release him.

  [Einon draws his bow and shoots Redbeard in the chest, he falls] 

  Kara : Father!

  King Einon : I've always said death is a release, not a punishment!

• King Einon : Next time stab more flesh. Less cloth.

  Kara : I'll pierce your heart!

  King Einon : You already did.

• King Einon : [laughing]  Well, well, well. It can't be. But it is! My old mentor. Still giving carving lessons?

  Bowen : Get off your horse and I'll give you one.

  King Einon : Time's not been kind to you, Bowen. You should never have broke with me.

  Bowen : It was *you* who broke with me.

  King Einon : And yet you return to me with this girl I lost.

  Bowen : [Bowen looks at Kara. Kara shakes her head and raises her dagger]  I think she wants to stay lost.

  King Einon : Not her decision, I'm afraid!

  [Brok starts to dismount, but Einon raises a hand to stop him, then dismounts himself and draws his sword] 

  King Einon : I'm ready for my lesson now, knight.

• King Einon : Ingenious, Felton; only you could keep such a good brain under such a bad hat.

• King Einon : Some are good at hunting men, some are good at hunting money. Both have value for me.

• King Einon : [Bowen, Kara, and Gilbert enter the castle to see Einon waiting for them]  Well, well, well, what a pleasant surprise. I expected you, Bowen, but with my bride-to-be as well. And with a priest to wed us.

  Bowen : To bury you.

  King Einon : [stands]  Well, to bury one of us.

• King Einon : [Falls back against the wall with a stab wound to the shoulder]  Next time, stab more flesh, less cloth.

  Kara : [Brandishing a knife]  I'll pierce your heart!

  [Lunges toward Einon to stab him again] 

  King Einon : [Grabs her wrists and forces her onto the bed, taking the knife away]  You already did! A very special heart, like no other.

  Kara : A black, withered thing without pity!

  King Einon : [Forces Kara to look at him]  Then teach me. Pity me. I'll give you everything. Even power. You're so beautiful...

  [Forcefully kisses her] 

  King Einon : Even power. Even a throne.

  [Puts on a robe and leaves the bedchamber]