Sebastian Roché: Longinus

Quotes 

• Longinus : I am not here as a Roman. Romans, Highlanders, River People - these are just names, and names divide us. The future I offer is based on a new alliance of all people with a common purpose.

  Alwyn : And what purpose is that?

  Longinus : Peace, prosperity, protection, trust.

  Alwyn : Lies, betrayal, thievery, death.

  Longinus : You might be right about that last one.

• Longinus : This prince is poison and allied with the Druids, he could almost be a threat. In the interest of our garden, I think it's time to cut the head off the snake.

• [first lines] 

  [Longinus pushes a red-hot branding iron against his skin, but the wound quickly vanishes] 

  Longinus : I feel nothing.

  Queen Diana : I'm sorry.

  Longinus : I can't feel the life in me anymore.

  Queen Diana : [grabbing Longinus' arm]  Feel *my* life.

  Longinus : It's too late for that.

• Longinus : The spear is gone forever. I will never die and you will never return to Rome. These dreams are over! They have been stolen from us. That prince...

  Queen Diana : Conor.

  Longinus : I want to feel his pain. He has a great capacity for it, I think. I want to be there when his friends die. I want to be there when his world crumbles. I will see that it does.

  [pulling the branding iron from the fire] 

  Longinus : Everyone on this island will wear this brand as a sign of allegiance to me.

  Queen Diana : I don't think Rome...

  Longinus : There is no Rome. There is only loyalty. Where do you stand on the question of loyalty, *my love*?

  [Longinus thrust the branding iron against Diana's skin] 

• Queen Diana : You've destroyed everything we've worked for. Why?

  Longinus : It's my nature.

• Longinus : Tell me more of the prince.

  Arn : The marriage to a novice will strengthen him. He is already well thought of and influential. With a Druid by his side, the island will be galvanized. The Druid priests and the Father hold the heart of the people. This is their strength. The Druids have always...

  Longinus : Yes, yes. I didn't ask for a lesson.

  Arn : Forgive me... my lord.