The Wings of the Dove (1997)

Linus Roache: Merton

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• Merton : And I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest.'

• Kate Croy : You're still in love with her.

  Merton Densher : I was never in love with her.

  Kate Croy : While she was alive, no.

  Merton Densher : I'm sorry, Kate. I'm so sorry.

• Merton : You want me to seduce a dying girl? And what makes you think she'll just leave me all her money?

  Kate : I know her. I know how she loves.

• Merton Densher : I don't believe in any of the things I write about. I fake passion. I fake conviction.

• Merton Densher : She's alive, Kate, more alive than anyone I've ever known.

• Merton : My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove for then I would fly away and be at rest.'

• Kate Croy : She liked you.

  Merton : That's because she doesn't know me.

  Kate Croy : You're not nearly as bad as you'd like to be.

• Merton : What if I didn't let you leave tonight? What would happen?

  Kate Croy : I'd be penniless, cast out of society, and I'd be stuck with you.

  Merton : Good. Well, we'll open a bottle of something and in the morning, everyone will know about us.

• Merton : Have you thought any more about my offer?

  Kate Croy : I haven't thought about anything else since the day I met you.

  Merton : The same thought for a whole year? Must be very tiring.

• Milly : Maybe we just kept missing each other-- me turning the corner just as you went the other way.

  Merton : I thought of that so I stayed in the same place and waited for hours.

  Milly : And we still didn't see each other.

• Journalist 1 : Hey. You can't just leave in the middle of an argument.

  Merton : I just have.