V for Vendetta (2006) · 81 quotes
5th most-quoted character in V for Vendetta (2006): in 9 of its 81 quotes
Most scenes with: V (2)
May 27. Commander Prothero toured the lab with a priest, Father Lilliman, who I was told is here to monitor for rules and rights violations. It made me nervous, but the commander assured me there wouldn't be a problem.
Delia Surridge May 23. My first batch of subjects arrived today, and I have to admit that I am very excited. This could be the dawn of a new age. Nuclear power is meaningless in a world where a virus can kill an entire population and leave its wealth intact...
Delia Surridge June 2. I kept wondering if these people knew how they might be helping their country if they would act any differently. They're so weak and pathetic. They never look you in the eye. I find myself hating them.
Delia Surridge August the 18th. Of the original four dozen, over 75 per cent are now deceased. No controllable pattern has yet emerged.
Delia Surridge September the 18th. There is one case that continues to give me hope. He exhibits none of the immune system pathologies the other subjects developed. I've discovered cellular anomalies in his blood that I've been unable to categorise. The mutations seem to have triggered the abnormal development of basic kinaesthesia and reflexes. The subject said he could no longer remember who he was or where he was from. Whoever he was, he is now the key to our dream and the hope that all of this will not have been in vain.
Delia Surridge November the 5th. It started last night, around midnight. The first explosions tore open the entire medical section. All my work, gone. I was trying to understand how it could've happened when I saw him. The man from room five. He looked at me. Not with eyes. There were no eyes. But I know he was looking at me because I felt it.
Delia Surridge Oh my God...what have I done?
Delia It's you, isn't it? You've come to kill me.
Delia Thank God...
Delia After what happened, after what they did, I thought about killing myself. But I knew that one day you'd come for me. I didn't know what they were going to do. I swear to you. Read my journal.
What they did was only possible because of you.
Delia Oppenheimer was able to change more than the course of a war. He changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope?
I've not come for what you hoped to do. I've come for what you did.
Delia It's funny. I was given one of your roses today. I wasn't sure you were the terrorist until I saw it. What a strange coincidence that I should be given one today.
There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidence. I have another rose [takes one out], and this one is for you. [hands it to her]
Delia Are you going to kill me now?
I killed you ten minutes ago. [holds up a small hypodermic needle] While you slept.
Delia Is there any pain?
No.
Delia Thank you. [pauses briefly] Is it meaningless to apologise?
Never.
Delia I'm so sorry.
