Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Richard Burton: Father Lamont

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• Father Lamont : It was horrible, utterly horrible... and fascinating!

• Father Lamont : Pazuzu, king of the evil spirits of the air, help me to find Kokumo!

• The Cardinal : You're in dire need of prayer. I suggest you make a retreat.

  Father Lamont : A retreat? Why not an advance?

• [regarding the Catholic Church] 

  Father Lamont : Satan has become an embarrassment to our progressive views.

• Regan MacNeil : Was it in Africa?

  Father Lamont : Yes.

  Dr. Gene Tuskin : How do you know that?

  Regan MacNeil : Well, it looked like something I saw at the natural history museum.

  Dr. Gene Tuskin : But you weren't suppose to remember anything.

  Regan MacNeil : I know.

• Regan MacNeil : You want me to take you to him?

  Father Lamont : Yes.

  Regan MacNeil : Come. Fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings.

• Dr. Gene Tuskin : Let's stick to science.

  Father Lamont : Don't hide behind science, you're better than that!

• Father Lamont : You realize what you're up against, don't you? Evil. Evil is a spiritual being, alive and living, perverted and perverting, weaving its way insidiously into the very fabric of life.

• Dr. Gene Tuskin : It's hard to live alone. Don't you ever need a woman, Father?

  Father Lamont : Yes.

• Father Lamont : I've flown this route before. It was on the wings of a demon.

• Father Lamont : When the wings have brushed you... is there no hope once the wings have brushed you?

• Sharon : All the time, I longed to see her. Finally, I came back and found that when I'm with her is the only time when I'm at peace. Why would that be? I can't understand it, it frightens me!

  Father Lamont : Have you tried a psychiatrist or a priest?

  Sharon : I'm talking to one now, aren't I?

• [first lines] 

  [pre-release version] 

  Father Lamont : [narrating]  Father Lankester Merrin died in Georgetown near Washington, D.C. while attempting to exorcise a 12-year-old child, Regan MacNeil.

• Father Lamont : Don't you understand... that I was face to face with the Evil that's inside her. Your machine has proved scientifically that there's an ancient demon locked within her!

• Father Lamont : You've got to fight that demon that's inside her! It's preventing her from reaching full spiritual power!

• Father Lamont : Was, uh... was Father Merrin afraid?

  Sharon : You'd better see where it happened.

• Father Lamont : If he can teach me how he has survived Pazuzu... I'll come back and let you know.

• Father Lamont : Pazuzu has brushed me with his wings.

  Regan MacNeil : Don't worry. Father Merrin will help us.

• Father Lamont : If I can find this man Kokumo, it would prove beyond doubt that the exorcisms were valid.

• Father Lamont : The power... it's getting nearer. Can't you feel it? The power is immense. It fills me. I can do anything.

• Father Lamont : The enemy of the human race is subdued.

• Father Lamont : Were you ever...

  Older Kokumo : Possessed by Pazuzu?

  [laughs] 

  Older Kokumo : That's what my mother used to tell me.

• Father Lamont : Merrin defeated you.

  Pazuzu : No, in his own place of power he gained a little time. That's all.

  Father Lamont : It was because the boy was a healer. That's why you attacked him. Now I see. But Merrin saved him.

  Pazuzu : Never! I could claim Kokumo even now. I'll show you power.

  Father Lamont : He's still alive! Where is he?

  Pazuzu : You want me to take you to him?

  Father Lamont : Yes.

  Pazuzu : Are you sure?

  Father Lamont : Show me.

  Pazuzu : [Pazuzu's and Regan's voice speaking at the same time]  Come, fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings.