Collinwood's Wit and Wisdom

"Not always witty, and seldom wise."

Please Note:  For ease in reading, I have arranged quotes by chronological year, and not when that event happened in the series. That is why 1796 is before 1966, even though in the series the events in 1966 are told first. Parallel Time is given after the events occuring in Normal Time.

1795-96

"Men change. And seldom for the better."---Millicent Collins

"I set a curse upon you, Barnabas Collins! You wanted your Josette so much, well, you shall have her--but not in the way that you would have chosen. You will never rest, Barnabas! And you will never be able to love anyone--for whoever loves you will die. That is my curse, and you will live with it--through all eternity!"---Angelique to Barnabas

"Some men live their lives terrified. Terrified of the night and all that is dark. I will live my life eternally in fear of the light of day." ---Barnabas

1840

"It's the luck of the Collins'. We seem to attract every oddity on Earth."---Desmond Collins

"Everything is never alright in this house."---Quentin 1840

"You are an angel among gargoyles."---Quentin to Daphne

"When a woman has sad thoughts, she shows it. When another woman sees her, she knows it."---Julia to Daphne

1841 Parallel Time

"Brother killing brother--It's not the first time its happened in the Collins' family."---Quentin Collins

1897

1966-67

"Welcome to the beginning and the end of the world."---Burke Devlin

"Well, you can't say I didn't earn my salary today. The office was in a state of chaos. The secretaries are staying home from work because of these attacks that have been happening. They're afraid to leave their houses. We're terribly understaffed, and even I had to do some of the clerical work."---Roger Collins

"...The name Victoria is so beautiful to me. I couldn't possibly sacrifice a syllable of it."---Barnabas to Vicki

1968

"An unfortunate fact of the human world. When two people wage war, the innocent are often caught in the crossfire."---Nicholas Blair

"Too many things have happened in this house...too many things you can't explain...it's as if there's some evil force hovering over this house...some force that's trying to destroy this family."---Mrs. Johnson

1970

"There I am as I truly am, Doctor. Every slight, every act of cruelty I ever committed is written on that face. Every cheat! Every lie! Every trick!"---Quentin to Julia

"Quentin, this house is a house of lies. The only way to bring these people back to the truth is to smile and lie as much as they do."---Julia

1970 Parallel Time

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