Kristin Scott Thomas: Immortal Gatekeeper

Quotes 

• Immortal Gatekeeper : Welcome to the immortal world.

  [leads Gulliver to a font in the middle of their chamber] 

  Immortal Gatekeeper : This is the source of the life everlasting. Drink from this water and you will never fear death. Never.

  [offers Gulliver a dish of the water] 

  Lemuel Gulliver : But I have to get home. There's a ship in the harbor. I only have minutes before it sails.

  Immortal Gatekeeper : Minutes? What are minutes? You have no need for such petty considerations here.

  Lemuel Gulliver : [narrating]  I was offered immortality... man's dream. With the fear of death removed, I could learn the truths of existence. I could get riches in wisdom. I could read every book ever written. Study the movements of the planets and the stars. I could watch the rise and falls of republics and kings and from the great depths of my knowledge, offer advice to all. I could do anything.

  Immortal Gatekeeper : Drink. Taste immortality.

  Lemuel Gulliver : Why is your hand shaking so badly?

  [Gulliver sees a Struldbrugg in the corner coughing up blood] 

  Lemuel Gulliver : What's wrong with her?

  Immortal Gatekeeper : Nothing.

  Lemuel Gulliver : What's wrong with everyone?

  Immortal Gatekeeper : Drink the water. You will defy nature.

  [Gulliver notices that she is not looking directly at him] 

  Lemuel Gulliver : You can't see me, can you?

  Immortal Gatekeeper : I'm alive! The water keeps us alive.

  Lemuel Gulliver : You're blind. You're all blind!

  Immortal Gatekeeper : No, some of us can still make out shape and movement. We'll never die, that's what matters. We'll never die.

  Struldbruggs : [chanting]  Never die. Never die.

  Immortal Gatekeeper : That's all that matters... cheating death!

  Lemuel Gulliver : No... no!