The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Mini Series)

The Raven (2023)

Bruce Greenwood: Roderick Usher

Quotes 

• Roderick Usher : I guess we've finally come to it. Haven't we? World without pain. That was the whole point. Nobody can stomach a little discomfort. It hurts. It hurts and they cry and cry, and I took it away! I reached in and I snuffed out those flames in their backs, in their joints, in their heads, in their hands. I waved my wand, wasn't enough. Was never enough. They just kept wanting more. More and more.

  Verna : Oh, honey. Don't kid a kidder. Did you drive here like that? When was the last time you drove your own car? And tonight you do it barefoot. Good for you. You know, I've worked with a lot of truly influential people over the years, but when it comes to sheer body count, you're in my top five. Take a look. Those are your bodies. They'd each be alive today if it weren't for you. New one every five minutes. Just in the States, but... open it up to the world. Why did you come here tonight? On your way home. Your real home. Was it to say goodbye? One last look at your great tower. Your pyramid. That's your true monument, Roderick. Out there. It's a wonder of the world. And it's eternal. That's your legacy.

• Roderick Usher : I promised my confession. And here it is. I knew. Deep down. In the witching hour. I knew. I knew I would climb to the top of the tower on a pile of corpses. And we told them... it was about soothing the world's pain. That's the biggest lie we told. You can't eliminate pain. There's no such thing as a painkiller. And imagine if we'd put that on the bottle. I bet I still could have sold it.

• Roderick Usher : What else do you want? What else did you want?

  C. Auguste Dupin : Justice.

  Roderick Usher : What does that look like?

  C. Auguste Dupin : For what you've done? I don't know. Suppose I'll know it when I see it.

  Roderick Usher : I hope you do... see it.

• Roderick Usher : [offering a drink]  You sure I can't tempt you?

  C. Auguste Dupin : No.

  Roderick Usher : Wish I'd said that.

• Lenore : That place wasn't good, Grandpa.

  Roderick Usher : No, it wasn't. But it was mine.

• Roderick Usher : I honored her.

  C. Auguste Dupin : Right. And after you "honored" her... are you sure she was dead?

  Roderick Usher : You know, maybe not.