A Discovery of Witches
Saturdays on AMC+A Discovery of Witches Season 2 Episode 7: "Charlatan" Quotes
Matthew: I didn't like the way he looked at you like a jewel he wanted to add to his collection.
Diana: Oh, I can handle a little clumsy flirting if it gets us closer to the book.
Messenger: For the goddess.
Gallowglass: Goddess? I assume that's not you, Matthew?
Diana: Even books that do not provide the answers we seek can still help us to ask better questions. Nothing is worthless to an enquiring mind.
Emperor Rudolf: The deepest truths will always come from the most unexpected sources.
Matthew: So you are a prisoner. Has the emporer lost patience with your empty promises?
Edward: You know nothing of my work!
Matthew: I know you stole the book.
Edward: No. The book is mine. It speaks to me. It screams! You have no claim! It begins with absence and desire.
It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches!
A witch, a vampire, and a Jew meeting in secret. It will set Christian tongues wagging for miles around.
Rabbi Lowe
Matthew: You've never seen what it makes me do.
Diana: You won't hurt me.
Matthew: No! Not you, for you! I would wade through the blood of kings, queens, and emperors. I would stop at nothing to prevent that from happening to you.
You are not defined by the worst things you've done. You're my husband and the most brilliant man I know. You are kind and gentle. Come back to me. You are Matthew de Clermont and stronger than this.
Diana
Rudolf: If I did have this book, why would I give it to you, a prying English spy and charlatan? [Diana turns a decorated snake on a glass to a real snake]
Diana: I am no charlatan.
Rudolf: You are magnificent! Anything you want. Anything!
Diana: Show me the book.
This book is made from the skin of creatures. Witches, demons, vampires. The ink is made from our blood, the pages are bound together with our hair! I'm sorry, Diana, but this is more like a book of death.
Matthew
