“Gormenghast” quotes

“Is that a mother? She hardly looks at you. And do you have a real brother? He's so wrapped up in himself, he can't tell. He's even too weak to take what's given him! Does he love you? Does he even see who you are?”

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike

“If I understand anything, I understand anger. And that's because I understand what it feels like to be rejected. And don't think I don't understand loneliness too.”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike

“I'm ugly and I'm disgusting and you love me. You love me because I'm the only one who can see you. You're so lonely, My Lady... I'm the only one who knows who you are and what you are.”

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike

“- Steerpike: I did it. I admit it. I killed Flay. You know that, don't you? I killed your aunts, I burnt the library... It was me! I burnt your father's books. I drove him mad. He killed himself because of me. But I did it all for you...
- Lady Fuchsia: I hate you.
- Steerpike: I did it all so I could be in a place where you would see me.”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike
Neve McIntosh - Lady Fuchsia

“- Lady Fuchsia: You're so ugly.
- Steerpike: That doesn't matter anymore, does it? I will make you my queen. I will give you everything you need.”
Neve McIntosh - Lady Fuchsia
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike

“Why is it that some people starve and others have so much they waste it?”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Steerpike