Kings (TV Series)

The Sabbath Queen (2009)

Christopher Egan: David Shepherd

Quotes 

• [at the hospital, David is startled to see the king enter the empty hall, and gets up from the piano] 

  David Shepherd : Sir - sorry... my father died.

  King Silas Benjamin : ...Death took what was near. What is that piece?

  David Shepherd : I don't know... just something he taught me. Now he's gone.

  King Silas Benjamin : You play well for him; play on.

• Michelle Benjamin : Used to be, you'd see me and head towards me.

  David Shepherd : ...I'm trying to respect your wishes; you're promised to someone else. What am I supposed to do?

  Michelle Benjamin : David... the world doesn't just stop because we want to be together.

  David Shepherd : We?

• Michelle Benjamin : [observing the darkened city]  You know what this is? This is time stopped; this is permission.

  David Shepherd : For what?

  Michelle Benjamin : For us; this is our chance. Should we take it?

• Michelle Benjamin : Last time we danced, you didn't know how.

  David Shepherd : Last time we danced, I was very nervous. I was wearing a tux for the first time... and I thought you hated me.

  Michelle Benjamin : I just didn't know what to think; people like you aren't supposed to exist.

• David Shepherd : Your favorite painting?

  Michelle Benjamin : No, I hated this; used to give me nightmares. I had my first kiss here... I was twelve, and there was a party on the lawn for Jack, and I was standing here, staring at this - trying to convince myself that I could look at it without getting scared, and failing... and someone came and kissed me.

  David Shepherd : Not very romantic.

  Michelle Benjamin : Not at all.

  David Shepherd : Was it a good one?

  Michelle Benjamin : [laughs]  Not at all. My first kiss - stolen, wasted. My whole life has been planned out, and scored in perfect 4/4 time by forces larger than myself. It's OK; I accept it - all the disappointments and wasted moments to come. I won't have any regrets - about anything... except for this one wasted memory. I would have that back... I would have you in the thief's place.

• David Shepherd : Just tell me who.

  Michelle Benjamin : David...

  David Shepherd : If I lose you to someone, tell me before I read about it in some newspaper... Some alliance? Something to help your father expand his empire?

  Michelle Benjamin : It's not him; it's... a promise I made. It's *my* vow.

  David Shepherd : I don't understand. Who... are you promised to? Who are you supposed to marry?

  Michelle Benjamin : No one... ever. I... I was dying; by all measures gone. I swear I could feel my last breath coming; I could smell death in the room. I prayed to God... and I said, give me one more breath... and I'll give it right back. Let me have another after that, and I'll give it back again. From now on, every breath you give me, I'll use it to serve you - to live for you, for your work... And He listened.

  Michelle Benjamin : [in a flashback, speaking to her father in her hospital bed]  From this day forward, I'll earn this gift - helping others, not myself. Witness that I swear.

  King Silas Benjamin : [wide-eyed in shock]  No, stop; your debt is payed.

  Michelle Benjamin : I live in service for Him, for them - for no happiness of my own, for no man.

  King Silas Benjamin : I beg you, don't do this.

  Michelle Benjamin : As you live, you cannot let me waver; promise me.

  King Silas Benjamin : Michelle...

  Michelle Benjamin : Promise me!

  King Silas Benjamin : [grieved]  ... I promise you...

  David Shepherd : [overwhelmed by her story]  ... How can I compete with God?

• David Shepherd : You've made God into my enemy.

  Michelle Benjamin : It would kill me if that were true.

  David Shepherd : I finally fall in love, and He takes you from me.

  Michelle Benjamin : ...You love me?

  David Shepherd : I do... I love you. Everyone keeps saying they know what God wants from us; I don't know which of the voices in my head at night is his. God didn't save your life so you could pretend you died; He saved it so you could live.

  Michelle Benjamin : You think He wants this?

  David Shepherd : How does God not want love?