The Best Thomas Cream Quotes

Thomas: I have always thought a country should be judged on how it treats its insane, rather than its sane; the stranger on our shores rather than those already home.

Thomas: Have no fear of robbers or murderers, they are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. The great dangers are within us. What threatens our souls? It is forbidden to kill. Therefore, all murderers are punished. Unless they kill in large numbers, and to the sound of trumpets.

Thomas: In a completely sane world is madness not the only freedom?

Thomas: We trust to our peril. But to naught is to be alone. And then, oh the silence.
John: [tries to walk on past]
Thomas: [following] Is that why you keep us all so close? You see, I understand you, Inspector. I really do. This pretense of yours, but are you capable of anything more? Love all, trust few, do wrong to none. If only that were true.
Thomas: [blocking his path] So, wind her in slowly. Yes, pull her in close to your breast. Then once in your grasp, break her heart. Break her heart as you did to Stevie. You larter!
John: [grabbing him by the shirt] Why do you do this? Why do you do this?
Thomas: Because I am you. I am the darkest part of you. I am the heart-breaker. I am despair. I am death.
[grins]

Thomas: "My grandmother gave me warm chocolate, and bread, and wrapped me in a towel, and I sat there, warm and tired, and she sang to me." Such sentimentality, Inspector. Such reinvention, sir. Such a blatant disregard of the facts. But the truth is you sat there on her knee, while your mother... your mother just left you. You were a burden to your grandmother until the day she died. You weren't wanted there. What did your grandmother call you? Idiot? Mutterer? Babbler? A fairy tale you've told yourself, to calm you in the dark. They're all lies, sir. All lies. All lies. ALL LIES!

Thomas: [appearing] You are a good liar, Inspector. I shouldn't be surprised, as your entire profession is formalized curiosity. Poking and prying into other's deception has prepared you well for your own. "10,000 pounds," That's some "Chinese." But beware, Inspector. Your greatest deception is to the self.