Warden
If I was to sink my teeth into your eye right now, would you be able to stop me before I blinded you?
Give it a try.
Warden
That's the spirit.
5th most-quoted character in Shutter Island (2010): in 3 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Teddy Daniels (2)
Scenes with Warden
3 scenes
Warden
Did you enjoy God's latest gift?
What?
Warden
God's gift. Your violence.
Warden
[Daniels looks at him blankly]
When I came downstairs in my home, and I saw that tree in my living room, it reached out for me... a divine hand. God loves violence.
I... I hadn't noticed.
Warden
Sure you have. Why else would there be so much of it? It's in us. It's what we are. We wage war, we burn sacrifices, and pillage and plunder and tear at the flesh of our brothers. And why? Because God gave us violence to wage in his honor.
I thought God gave us moral order.
Warden
There's no moral order as pure as this storm. There's no moral order at all. There's just this: can my violence conquer yours?
Warden
You're as violent as they come. I know this, because I'm as violent as they come. If the constraints of society were lifted, and I was all that stood between you and a meal, you would crack my skull with a rock and eat my meaty parts. Wouldn't you?
