Gargoyles (TV Series)
A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time (1995)
Edward Asner: Hudson
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Quotes
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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.
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[Robbins locates MacBeth by looking up his alias in a Braille phone directory]
Hudson : A magic book...
Jeffery Robbins : Aren't they all?
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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.
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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.
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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.