Harbour Master Much has been said of the strumpets of yoreOf wenches and bawdyhouse queens by the scoreBut I sing of a baggage that we all adoreThe landlord's daughter.
Sergeant Neil Howie
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Lord Summerisle
Christopher Lee · 8 quotes
Most scenes together: Lord Summerisle & Sergeant Neil Howie (5)
The Wicker Man quotes
Page 1 of 2 Harbour Master
May Morrison
You'll simply never understand the true nature of sacrifice.
Miss Rose The building attached to the ground in which the body lies is no longer used for Christian worship, so whether it is still a Churchyard is debatable.
Willow Some things in their natural state have the most vivid colours.
May Morrison
Can I do anything for you, Sergeant?
No, I doubt it, seeing you're all raving mad!
But what of the true God, to whose Glory, churches and monasteries have been built on these islands for generations past? Now sir, what of Him?
He's dead. He can't complain. He had His chance and in modern parlance, "blew it."
He brought you up to be a pagan!
A heathen, conceivably, but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
Your lordship seems strangely... unconcerned.
I am confident your suspicions are wrong, Sergeant. We do not commit murder here. We are a deeply religious people.
Religious? With ruined churches, no ministers, no priests... and children dancing naked!
They do love their divinity lessons.
But they are... a-are naked!
Well, naturally. It's much too dangerous to jump through fire with your clothes on.
What religion can they possibly be learning jumping over bonfires?
Parthenogenesis.
What?
Literally, as Miss Rose would doubtless say in her assiduous way, reproduction without sexual union.
Oh, what is all this? I mean, you've got fake biology, fake religion... Sir, have these children never heard of Jesus?
Himself the son of a virgin, impregnated, I believe, by a ghost.
Willow MacGreagor
A man who would come here of his own free will.
Librarian A man who has come here with the power of a king by representing the law.
Willow MacGreagor
A man who would come here as a virgin...
Librarian A man who has come here as a fool!
[after being anointed]
No matter what you do, you can't change the fact that I believe in the life eternal, as promised to us by our Lord, Jesus Christ. [shouted] I believe in the life eternal, as promised to us by our Lord, Jesus Christ!
That is good, for believing what you do, we confer upon you a rare gift, these days - a martyr's death. You will not only have life eternal, but you will sit with the saints among the elect. Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.
[outside, several young girls are dancing naked over a fire]
Afternoon Sergeant Howie. I trust the sight of the young people refreshes you.
No sir, it does not refresh me.
[singing]
The Lord's my shepherd; I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures... Oh, God.
[while being burned alive in a Wicker Man]
Oh, God... I humbly entreat you for the soul of this, thy servant, Neil Howie... who will today depart from this world. Do not deliver me into the enemy's hands... or... put me out of mind forever. Let me not undergo the real pains of Hell, dear God, because I die unshriven... and establish me... in that bliss... which knows no ending... through Christ... our Lord.
Animals are fine, but their acceptability is limited. A small child is even better, but not nearly as effective as the right kind of adult.