wisdom from the Watcher

[deird1]

Yet more proof that Rupert Giles is one of the wisest people in the world:

"Does it ever get easy?"
"You mean life?"
"Yeah. Does it get easy?"
"What do you want me to say?"
"Lie to me."
"Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and we always defeat them and save the day. No-one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after."

The more I think about this quote, the more I love it.

Comments

[ruuger]

It's one of my favourite quotes, too - I've even made a collage about the quote and how its is made even more poignant by what happens in S6.

[eilowyn1]

That collage is amazing, Ruuger!

[velvetwhip]

It is quite excellent.


Gabrielle

[eilowyn1]

This is the quote through which I see much of the show - the heroes sometimes aren't heroic, and grand gestures are made by the ones you least expect to go in for heroics to begin with.

[a2zmom]

It's the philosophy of the show to a large extent and why it's still so powerful.