Town priest quotes from Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

She's denied the cross for suicide... and buried at the center of a crossroads. Huh. Show me the logic. Father?

Town priest

What?

The devil is a practical man. If she were a witch, she was a poor return on his investment.

Town priest

What would you know of logic?

Oh, I have ears, Father. Although one is notched [tugs ear lobe] because I love justice.

Town priest

You love thieving. Shut up. You dig.

Crusaders. Clear the road, if you will.

This is for the burial from my lord... and a Mass... for her soul.

Town priest

Wait. Have you forgotten?

She was your brother's wife.

Town priest

She was a suicide. Cut off her head. And return the ax.

You know this place, my lord?

Know it? I know all of it. Your brother? You have spoken to him?

On what matter, my lord? He is still arrested.

Your brother is as responsible for his wife's sin as I am.

Opinions differ, my lord. The burial was... Yes.

And you did not mutilate the person?

No.

Good. The law can go too far. It can too far. I ask myself...

Town priest

The village does not want you. When the old lord is dead, they will drive you out. When the bishop is dead, it is certain.

And you take my property.

Town priest

The Church.

You.

Town priest

They would have taken you to Jerusalem... away from... all this. I arranged it. I swear to you... you will have no peace so long as you stay here. No man ever needed a new world more. Imagine your sin and pain erased. All. [Balian takes out a sword and starts malleablizing it] If you take the Crusade... you may relieve your wife's position in hell. I put it delicately. She was a suicide. She is in hell. Though what she does there without a head... [Balian notices priest's cross necklace, holds it up and impales him with sword throwing him onto fire, Balian takes the necklace with priest leaping out igniting the forge]