Madeleine Swann quotes from Spectre (2015)

Madeleine Swann

Argh, don't touch me!

James Bond

Hey! You need to take a breath and calm down. You're in shock.

Madeleine Swann

Get away from me! Just get away! Did it cross your mind that you led them to me?

James Bond

I haven't got time for this. You need to tell me everything you know about L'Américain.

Madeleine Swann

Go to hell!

James Bond

I gave your father my word!

Madeleine Swann

And why should I trust you? Because my father did?

James Bond

Because right now, Dr. Swann, I'm your best chance of staying alive.

Madeleine Swann

Why, given every other possible option, does a man choose the life of a paid assassin?

James Bond

Well, it was that or the priesthood.

Touch it. You can touch it if you want. Do you know what it is?

Madeleine Swann

It's a meteorite.

Yes, exactly. The Kartenhoff. The oldest in human possession. The very meteorite which made this crater. Think about it. So many years up there, alone, silent, building momentum until it chose to make its mark on Earth. A huge, unstoppable force. Except it did stop, didn't it? Right here.

You're a brave woman, my dear. [turns off all the computers and his guards stand staring at the three of them]

Madeleine Swann

Now I understand why my father lost his mind.

He didn't lose his mind, he was just weak. But at least he understood what he was up against. You see, they failed to comprehend the crucial fact, that a terrible event can lead to something wonderful. Since you mention your father, I'll show you. [begins playing surveillance tape of James Bond meeting with Mr. White]

Video Mr. White

She's clever. She's smarter than me. She knows how to hide.

Video James Bond

I can protect her if you tell me where he is. I can keep her alive.

Video Mr. White

Yeah.

Video James Bond

You have my word.

James Bond

No, no, no, no, no, no. Turn this off.

Video James Bond

Your word? The word of an assassin!

James Bond

Turn this off.

This is important.

James Bond

I said turn it off! [Oberhauser's guard hits him with an expandable baton making him fall to the floor]

I want you to understand something.

Video James Bond

That's my word.

James Bond

Madeleine? Look at me. Don't look at him, Madeleine. Look at me.

Video Mr. White

L'Américain. You save her, she can lead you to L'Américain. She knows L'Américain. Try the Hoffler Klinik. You're a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond. So long. [gunshot sounds in the background]

The things that bring people together. Out of horror, beauty. [Oberhauser's guard hits Bond's head with a gun]

Madeleine Swann

Why are you doing this?

You probably know that James here lost his parents when he was young. But did you know that it was my father who helped him through this difficult time? Over the course of two winters he taught him to ski, and climb, and hunt. He soothed the wounds of the poor little blue-eyed orphan. Asked me to treat him as a brother. My little brother. They formed quite an attachment.

James Bond

So, you killed him.

Yes, I did. You know what happens when a cuckoo hatches inside another bird's nest?

Madeleine Swann

Yes. It forces the other eggs out.

Yes. Well, this cuckoo made me realize my father's life had to end. In a way, he's responsible for the path I took. So, thank you. Cuckoo.

James Bond

Do you know any other birdcalls, Franz? [chuckles] [A cat climbs onto Bond's lap] Hello, pussy.

Franz Oberhauser died 20 years ago, James. In an avalanche, alongside his father. The man you are talking to now, the man inside your head, is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

James Bond

Catchy name.

My mother's bloodline. If the needle finds the correct spot in the fusiform gyrus, you'll recognize no one. Of course the faces of your women are interchangeable, aren't they, James? You won't know who she is. Just another passing face on your way to the grave. [kisses the cat] [to Madeleine] He dies not knowing who you are. The daughter of an assassin The only one who could have understood him. Shame.