Exodus: Gods and Kings Quotes

Zipporah: [wedding night] Who makes you happy?
Moses: You do.
Zipporah: What's the most important thing in your life?
Moses: You are.
Zipporah: Where would you rather to be?
Moses: Nowhere.
Zipporah: And when will you leave me?

Moses: Never.
Zipporah: Proceed.

Moses: Who are you?
Malak: Who are YOU?
Moses: I'm a shepherd.
Malak: I thought you were a general. I need a general.
Moses: Why?
Malak: To fight. Why else?
Moses: Fight who? For what?
Malak: I think you know. I

think you should go and see what's happening to your people now. You won't be at peace until you do. Are they not people in your opinion?
Moses: Who are you?
Malak: I am.

Moses: Where have you been?
Malak: Watching you fail.
Moses: Wars of attrition take time.
Malak: At this rate, it will take years. A generation.
Moses: I am prepared to fight for that long.
Malak: I'm not.
Moses: I thought we were making

progress. Now you're impatient after 400 years of slavery.
Malak: Am I the only one sitting here who's done nothing about it until now?
Moses: I do know a few things about military action. Still, if you are not going to listen to me, then why did you take me away from my family?
Malak: I didn't. You did.

Moses: You don't need me.
Malak: Maybe not.
Moses: So what do I do? Nothing?
Malak: For now, you can watch.

[last lines]
Malak: What do you think of this?
Moses: [carving the stone tablets] I wouldn't do it if I didn't agree.
Malak: That's true. I've noticed that about you. You don't always agree with me.
Moses: Nor you me, I've noticed.
Malak: Yet here we are, still speaking. But not

for much longer. A leader can falter, but stone will endure. These laws will guide them in your stead. If you disagree, you should put down the hammer.
[Moses continues carving]