Gargoyles (TV Series)

A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time (1995)

Paul Winfield: Jeffrey Robbins

Quotes 

• Jeffery Robbins : The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time.

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

  Hudson : A magic book...

  Jeffery Robbins : Aren't they all?

• Jeffery Robbins : I understand. But it's not shameful to be illiterate, Hudson. It's only shameful to stay that way.

• 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.