Kings (TV Series)

Pilgrimage (2009)

Allison Miller: Michelle Benjamin

Quotes 

• David Shepherd : What if we were honest about us? We wouldn't need to sneak around.

  Michelle Benjamin : It's not that easy - I made my vow. I already live with God's disappointment; I can't live with my father's.

• Michelle Benjamin : What happened? Come on; we used to tell each other everything.

  Jack Benjamin : I used to take all your stuff.

  Michelle Benjamin : Maybe I can help.

  Jack Benjamin : I doubt it.

  Michelle Benjamin : ...Maybe you can help me.

  Jack Benjamin : You want me to help hide this thing with David.

  Michelle Benjamin : Were we that obvious?

  Jack Benjamin : No; you hid in the shadows like the best of us. You have a talent for deceit - I was impressed.

  Michelle Benjamin : What, you want to see David suffer? This hurts *me*, not him.

  Jack Benjamin : Whatever it is you don't want 'em to see or hear or know, you can bury it. You can bury it so deep, you won't find it yourself anymore... but you'll wish you hadn't.

• Michelle Benjamin : I'm in trouble... I can't get out of it on my own, and no one else can help me.

  Queen Rose Benjamin : You should have thought of that during your photo shoot... With David Shepherd, I presume?... You've always been my little girl, even when we both pretended you weren't. Tomorrow, that's over. Your pictures will be broadcast; they'll be everywhere you turn, and places you do not. And there's nothing to be done.

  Michelle Benjamin : But you're the queen; can't you do something?

  Queen Rose Benjamin : It is the queen that is allowing it to happen. The story will dominate the news; you'll be ridiculed by women, made fantasy by men. And while David is congratulated, you'll be dragged through the mud... But when the dust settles, and memory fades, you'll be thought of as a woman - which is what you are - sexual, desirable... formidable. And you'll wield that power in ways young girls cannot.

• Michelle Benjamin : You saved my life!

  Jack Benjamin : No; no, I didn't... it just feels that way. The truth doesn't get any easier to tell - it only gets harder, until it's gone forever.