Gargoyles (TV Series)

A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time (1995)

Edward Asner: Hudson

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Quotes 

• Goliath : Release Broadway.

  MacBeth : Heh, or what?

  Goliath : [holds the scrolls over a fire]  Or I'll burn the scrolls.

  MacBeth : Go ahead. They're worthless. No magic at all.

  Broadway : No! They *are* magic! But you can't burn them, Goliath. You *can't*! It's Merlin's life, in his own words. When you read them, they take you there. It is magic, Goliath. *Precious* magic.

  Hudson : Aye, lad. 'Twould be the greatest shame to lose them.

• [Robbins locates MacBeth by looking up his alias in a Braille phone directory] 

  Hudson : A magic book...

  Jeffery Robbins : Aren't they all?

• Hudson : [sees a framed medal]  What is this?

  [He hands it to Robbins, who feels it] 

  Jeffery Robbins : My Purple Heart. For this.

  [indicates his blind eyes] 

  Jeffery Robbins : So busy trying to herd a bunch of green kids through 'Nam that I didn't watch my step. Shrapnel - you never see it coming.

  Hudson : "Nam"?

  Jeffery Robbins : Vietnam. The war? Funny, something about your voice made me think you were a soldier once.

  Hudson : Aye. I still am, I suppose.

• Jeffery Robbins : Are you all right?

  Hudson : I had a little trouble.

  Jeffery Robbins : This beach isn't safe after dark. Do you need a doctor?

  Hudson : No! Just a place to rest until sunrise. If I could lean on you...

  Jeffery Robbins : Come on in. I've got a fire going.

  Hudson : There's little I can offer in return, except my thanks.

  Jeffery Robbins : That's payment in full.

• Hudson : Well, what fills your nights now, Robbins?

  Jeffery Robbins : I write novels. Or I did, until they dried up.

  [Hudson looks at the full bookshelves in amazement] 

  Hudson : You wrote all of these?

  Jeffery Robbins : [laughs]  Wouldn't that be something! No. But I did have a few modest successes.