Kings (TV Series)
Pilgrimage (2009)
Sebastian Stan: Jack Benjamin
Quotes
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Queen Rose Benjamin : I'm trying to bury this story with that boy.
Jack Benjamin : Joseph.
Queen Rose Benjamin : What?
Jack Benjamin : His name was Joseph.
Queen Rose Benjamin : What do I care what his name was? He was trying to ruin you.
Jack Benjamin : No, he wasn't; he was trying to save me.
Queen Rose Benjamin : Save you - from what?
Jack Benjamin : From me... and I destroyed him for it; I'm the reason he's dead.
[Rose orders Thomasina from the room, then sits quietly next to Jack]
Queen Rose Benjamin : You said he was nothing to you.
Jack Benjamin : ...He loved me... and I loved him.
Queen Rose Benjamin : No, you didn't. You can't.
Jack Benjamin : I loved him... I *loved* him.
[Rose gets up, irritated]
Jack Benjamin : I cut him out of my heart, because that's what Dad wanted; that's what you wanted... and now the only person who saw me - who really saw me, and still loved me - he's dead.
Queen Rose Benjamin : [she slaps him] Good!
Queen Rose Benjamin : [shocked by her own reaction, she tentatively embraces him] This... this mistake of character... this will be our secret.
Jack Benjamin : Mistake of character?... This is who I am.
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Michelle Benjamin : What happened? Come on; we used to tell each other everything.
Jack Benjamin : I used to take all your stuff.
Michelle Benjamin : Maybe I can help.
Jack Benjamin : I doubt it.
Michelle Benjamin : ...Maybe you can help me.
Jack Benjamin : You want me to help hide this thing with David.
Michelle Benjamin : Were we that obvious?
Jack Benjamin : No; you hid in the shadows like the best of us. You have a talent for deceit - I was impressed.
Michelle Benjamin : What, you want to see David suffer? This hurts *me*, not him.
Jack Benjamin : Whatever it is you don't want 'em to see or hear or know, you can bury it. You can bury it so deep, you won't find it yourself anymore... but you'll wish you hadn't.
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Jack Benjamin : If I become king, my first order of business is to reinstate the guillotine - just for you, Thomasina.
Thomasina : I give my life to protect this family; I espect to lose it doing the same.
Jack Benjamin : Why? We're all a bunch of conniving cowards, hoarding over a carcass.
Thomasina : At your worst, yes. At your best, you bring heaven closer to earth.
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Katrina Ghent : Nobility doesn't suit you, Jack.
Jack Benjamin : I'm the better story, and you know it.
Katrina Ghent : From what I heard today, David Shepherd is the better story - an even better story when these pictures come out.
Jack Benjamin : Ruin *me*, and you'll crush my mother far worse.
Katrina Ghent : What if I offered you a way to save your sister *and* yourself?
Jack Benjamin : And how many lives would I have to destroy to make that happen?
Katrina Ghent : Just one - the queen.
Jack Benjamin : And how would I do that?
Katrina Ghent : By marrying me; I always wanted to be royalty.
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Michelle Benjamin : You saved my life!
Jack Benjamin : No; no, I didn't... it just feels that way. The truth doesn't get any easier to tell - it only gets harder, until it's gone forever.