Thomas Mallon
Thomas Mallon

Letters had always defeated distance, but with the coming of e-mail, time seemed to be vanquished as well.

Virgil
Virgil

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

V: [Evey pulls out her mace] I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of

observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond: Oh. Right.
V: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.
V: VoilĂ ! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast

vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves

"V" into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
V: [giggles]
V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you

and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond: Are you, like, a crazy person?
V: I am quite sure they will say so. But to whom, might I ask, am I speaking?
Evey Hammond: I'm Evey.
V: Evey? E-V. Of course you are.
Evey Hammond: What does that mean?
V: It means that

I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence. Are you hurt?

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Grail Knight: I knew you'd come. But my strength has left me.
Indiana Jones: Who are you?
Grail Knight: The last of three brothers who swore an oath to find the grail and to guard it.
Indiana Jones: That was seven hundred years ago.
Grail Knight: Long time to wait. You're strangely

dressed for a knight.
Indiana Jones: What exactly? A knight? What do you mean?
Grail Knight: I was chosen because I was the bravest, the most worthy. The honor was mine until another came to challenge me to single combat...
[offering his sword to Indiana Jones]
Grail Knight: I pass to you who'll vanquish me.

Van Helsing
Van Helsing

Van Helsing: My life... my job... my curse... is to vanquish evil.