Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Guy Rolfe: Sardonicus
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Quotes
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Sardonicus : Good morning, Madam.
Baroness Maude Sardonicus : Good morning.
Sardonicus : May I come in?
Baroness Maude Sardonicus : Well, I...
Sardonicus : Do not worry. I'm not a man who's affectionate in the morning hours.
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Sardonicus : What I had not forseen was that the face of my father, the muscles stretched by a terrible death recoil, would look directly and hideously upon me, the dead lips drawn back in a constant and soul-shattering smile.
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Sardonicus : No! Not like this! Not like this! *Not in the dark! Not in the dark!*
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Sardonicus : [leading Sir Robert to the torture chamber] This castle is very old, Sir Robert. It was built in a dim age of fearful barbarity.
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Sardonicus : My name was not always Sardonicus, and I did not always wear a mask.
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Sardonicus : A ghoul, as I'm sure you know, is a disgusting creature who opens graves and feeds on corpses.
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Sardonicus : [to Sir Robert] You must know first of all that I am the victim of a little domestic tragedy. My wife does not love me. She has always been a wife in name only. She is revolted, you see. Revolted by my face.
Baroness Maude Sardonicus : It's not only that.
Sardonicus : Oh come, Madam! My crudeness? My cruelty? My arrogance? This is what you tell yourself in your womanish passion, is it not? But it is my face you bar your door against, not my character flaws.
