Of Love and Courage

A tribute to Vincent and Catherine's Anniversary
April 12th, 2009

Terrible Savior

Jason: We have ourselves, our courage, our strength, our compassion. We have each other. And…now we have him…whoever the hell he is.

Catherine: You taught me to face my fears, always, Vincent. Tell me…

Catherine: How can one man have so much courage and empathy and passion…and so little mercy?



Masques

Brigit: Sometimes, Vincent, we must leave our safe places and walk empty-handed among our enemies.
 

Beast Within

Vincent: You have the strength. You have the courage. We both know that. So you must use them.... I only wish I could be there for you. Keep you safe… Always.

Catherine: Vincent, you're the one who taught me to face my fear, and to find courage. I can't pull back now--it would compromise everything--me, the case, even what you think of me. I have a chance to bring down the men responsible for all this. I have to.



An Impossible Silence

Vincent: Her strength…is her vulnerability.



Shades of Grey

Catherine: I felt like I was losing the best part of myself. I would have done anything… It wasn’t courage, Vincent, it was love.



China Moon

Priest: May you enter this marriage with love and respect for one another. May your years together be blessed by children. Your love, the sum of your being, must be cherished unto the end of your days. For love is truly the strongest of bonds. Yet for all its strength, love is also delicate like a Lotus Flower and requires care. Let your courage to love serve as an inspiration to all who climb the highest mountain and cross the great waters in love’s name.



The Alchemist

Vincent: Catherine, since that night when I found you in the park, I've felt in you, time and again, a need to confront your fear... As you did last night.

Vincent: Catherine, I understand why you expose yourself to danger.
Catherine: Because there are some risks worth taking.
Vincent: And there are some things worth risking everything for.



Promises of Someday

Vincent: I had other friends, others who grew up with me in the tunnels, but Devin... Devin was the only one who... was irresponsible enough to dream dreams… that included me.



Fever

Vincent: We can’t do this. If we throw this treasure into the Abyss, we admit defeat. It has beaten us…There may be no place for it in our world, but there are others in the world Above who go hungry and homeless. Although, we live apart from them, we cannot deny that we are all a part of each other and this city. We cannot turn our backs while there is a chance to help. We cannot turn our back.



Reign in Hell

Winslow: He was the one that saved us. He reminded us that we were family…that we had to stand by each other. Oh, you'd have been proud of him. His strength. His conviction! Without him...



Ozymandias

Catherine: No. But there is more at stake than just me here. The painted tunnels, Elizabeth, Father and Mouse, all the children who have found safety Below. And you, you most of all…Vincent, you have risked your life for me a hundred times. How can I stand by and watch your world be destroyed when I have the power to save it?

A Happy Life

Father: I sometimes feel... I'm standing on the bank of a raging river, watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet Vincent, at the same time, I have to marvel at your courage.
Vincent: Catherine swims across that river as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways the toll on her is even greater.

Vincent: To see you in such pain, because you dare to love... knowing that I'm the reason, the cause of that pain, is more than I can bear to live with! It mocks our dream. So it must end.... Catherine, you have a life, waiting to be lived….Let the memory of what we are, of what we shared, remind you that love, in its deepest and purest form, exists.... Use that memory to give you the courage to love someone else.
Catherine: I can't.

Nancy: Cathy, of all of us, you're the one that's come the greatest distance and gone the farthest. I mean, when you were in law school we used to joke about you majoring in “Fashion Law!” You've overcome a terrible accident, you've changed your life. Now you're giving to others. You have this extraordinary relationship. You should be so proud of yourself

 

Ashes Ashes

Vincent (To Catherine about Dimitri): If only you could hear the love in his voice when he speaks of her. He has crossed half the world, risked his life, left everything and everyone behind him…all for Anna.

Vincent (to Eric, about Ellie): She wanted to get better, to come back to you. She fought with all the strength she had in her. But sometimes, bad things can happen in life and all our courage and all our love cannot change that. Then all we can do is cry for those we have lost and remember them always in our hearts… and go on.

Dead of Winter

Father: Darkness almost engulfed us, but our unity gave us strength. Our shared light showed us the truth. As we part for another year let us remember. Darkness is only the absence of light... and all winters end.

God Bless the Child

Catherine…... I know she won't respond. She doesn't have the strength any more…or the hope.
Vincent: Then she has lost her way.

 

Sticks and Stones

Vincent: I'm here …because I care for you. Because I love you. And because I know you have been unhappy. You could have come to me.
Laura(signing): I couldn't. I had to see if I had the courage…if I was strong enough… I couldn't make it. The world choked me.

Vincent: She is in love.

Catherine: That she could forgive Jerry... that took courage. That's the rarest kind of love.
Vincent: To surrender yourself completely to your heart, to trust in it fully, to believe in it without doubting.
Catherine: To let it guide your life.... Somehow, Laura's found the way.

Labyrinths

Vincent: There is…Understand him. Forgive him. Love him. There is great strength in that…but to do those things you have to go back and face him. You have to be braver then you have ever been before.

A Gentle Rain

Kanin: I wish I could fix it, but I don’t know how.

Vincent: With courage.

Kanin: I don’t have that kind of courage.

Vincent: You do.

Orphans

Vincent: Catherine, we are something that has never been. And our journey is one that none have ever taken. We are just now setting out. We must go with courage, and we must go with care.

 

The Watcher

Catherine: Because I can handle fear -- but if something happened to you...

Vincent: Come below tonight.

Catherine: I can’t. I can’t let him do that to me. 

What Rough Beast

Vincent: You must face what we both feared might come to pass from the very beginning. It is all we can do. Remember our love. Let it guide you, give you courage. Know that what we had can never be taken away from us.

The Rest is silence

Father (stopping Catherine from going in the cave): No! You can’t!

Catherine: I must.

Father: Catherine…please!

Catherine: He is my life. Without him---there is nothing.

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Thank you to Tunnelmom for the compilation

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