Alfred Borden Quotes

Simple maybe, but not easy.

Alfred Borden : I love you.
Sarah : You mean it today.
Alfred Borden : Of course.
Sarah : It just makes it so much harder when you don't.

Are you watching closely?

We both had half of a full life, which was somehow enough for us. But not for them.

Does he enjoy taking his bows under the stage?

You're not afraid to get your hands dirty anymore, are you?

Sarah : Alfred I can't live like this!
Alfred Borden : Well, what do you want from me?
Sarah : I want - I want you to be, honest with me. No tricks, no lies, no secrets.
Sarah : Do you - do you love me?
Alfred Borden : Not today. No.

Alfred Borden : He's a sharp lad, your son.
Sarah : He's my nephew.
Alfred Borden : Oh.
Sarah : I know what you really are, and Alfred, I can't live like this.
Alfred Borden : Oh, you think I can live like this? You think I bloody enjoy living like this? We have a beautiful house, lovely little girl, we're married, what is so wrong with your life?

Sarah : I know what you really are. And Alfred, I can't live like this.
Alfred Borden : Oh, you think I can live like this? You think I bloody enjoy living like this? We have a beautiful house, lovely little girl, we're married, what is so wrong with your life?

Sarah : No more lies. No more secrets.
Alfred Borden : Secrets are my life.

Sarah : Alfred, I can't live like this!
Alfred Borden : Well, what do you want from me?
Sarah : I want... I want you to be honest with me. No tricks, no lies, no secrets.
Sarah : Do you... do you love me?
Alfred Borden : Not today. No.

Alfred Borden : Everything's going to be alright, because I love you very much.
Sarah : Say it again.
Alfred Borden : I love you.
Sarah : Not today.
Alfred Borden : What do you mean?
Sarah : Well some days it's not true. Maybe today you're more in love with magic. I like being able to tell the difference, it makes the days it is true mean something.

The key! Where's the bloody key?

He came in to demand an answer and I told him the truth. That I have fought with myself over that night, one half of me swearing blind that I tied a simple slipknot, the other half convinced that I tied the Langford double. I can never know for sure.

Officer : Do you have anything to say?
Alfred Borden : Abracadabra.

Are you watching closely?

See, sacrifice, Robert. That's the price of a good trick. But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?

Never show anyone. They'll beg you and they'll flatter you for the secret, but as soon as you give it up... you'll be nothing to them.

The secret impresses no one. The trick you use it for is everything.

Alfred Borden : So... we go alone now. Both of us. Only I don't have as far to go as you. Go. You were right, I should have left him to his damn trick. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for a lot of things. I'm sorry about Sarah. I didn't mean to hurt her... I didn't. You go and live your life in full now, all right? You live for both of us.
Fallon : Goodbye.