Kings (TV Series)
Pilgrimage (2009)
Christopher Egan: David Shepherd
Quotes
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David Shepherd : What if we were honest about us? We wouldn't need to sneak around.
Michelle Benjamin : It's not that easy - I made my vow. I already live with God's disappointment; I can't live with my father's.
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King Silas Benjamin : I need someone close to me that I can trust, and there are those who say that I should not trust you... that you want what you cannot have... I was there, that day - I *saw*.
[David is cautiously uncertain about what Silas is referring to]
King Silas Benjamin : The butterflies - the crown of butterflies; what does that mean to you, David?
David Shepherd : It's hard to put in words.
King Silas Benjamin : Try.
David Shepherd : I grew up hearing your story - how the butterflies crowned your head... and you knew you were meant to be king. So when they came to me... I knew.
King Silas Benjamin : You knew *what*?
David Shepherd : It was God - speaking to me, a nothing farm boy... telling me to serve my king.
King Silas Benjamin : And nothing else?
David Shepherd : What else could it mean?
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David Shepherd : [looking around the farm] I wish I could have this - what you have here.
King Silas Benjamin : You can, every day.
David Shepherd : How?
King Silas Benjamin : Don't ever be a king.
David Shepherd : Then why not stay here? Leave Shiloh behind; you don't have to be king.
King Silas Benjamin : Oh, but I do. If it's in you to be of service to your fellow man, then you have an obligation to God to do it, be it a policeman, a fireman, a soldier, a king. If it's in your DNA, if the job fits, you must do it.
David Shepherd : I don't know if there's one thing I have to do... *can* do.
King Silas Benjamin : ...Lucky you.
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King Silas Benjamin : Bad back, I can deal with; embarrassment...
David Shepherd : You have no reason to be embarrassed.
King Silas Benjamin : Oh, yes I have; I'm not as young or as strong as I was - not like you. Oh, your youth, my experience - we'd be one *perfect* king.
David Shepherd : You're the most powerful man I know.
King Silas Benjamin : Not anymore... you are. I've opened up my entire life to you.
David Shepherd : Why would you do that?
King Silas Benjamin : [perplexed by David] ... Sit down.
[David cautiously sits beside the king on his bed]
King Silas Benjamin : We only really know each other when we know each other's deepest secrets - when we know what's in each other's hearts. I trust you with mine; I want you to trust me with yours.
David Shepherd : ...I do.
King Silas Benjamin : What's in your heart, David? What is your deepest secret? I want to know you just as you know me; I want to forgive you, just as you've forgiven me, so that nothing can come between us.
David Shepherd : [torn by his promise to Michelle not to reveal their relationship to her father] ... I could keep *nothing* from my king.
King Silas Benjamin : I believe you, my son... Go home.
David Shepherd : [looking out the window] The frost... your amaryllis... they'll die.
King Silas Benjamin : Maybe next year... we'll come back.