Delia Surridge Quotes in V for Vendetta (2005)

Delia Surridge: [V gives her a rose] Are you going to kill me now?

V: I killed you 10 minutes ago.

[shows her hypodermic needle]

V: While you slept.

Delia Surridge: Is there any pain?

V: No.

Delia Surridge: Thank you. Is it meaningless to apologize?

V: Never.

Delia Surridge: I'm so sorry.

[dies]

Delia Surridge: You've come to kill me, haven't you?

V: Yes.

Delia Surridge: Thank God.

Delia Surridge: [Curtains are drawn back, allowing moonlight to come in] It's you, isn't it? You've come to kill me?

V: Yes.

Delia Surridge: Thank God.

Delia Surridge: After what happened. After what they did. I thought about killing myself. I knew that one day you'd come for me. I didn't know what they were going to do. I swear to you. Read my journal.

V: What they did was only possible because of you.

Delia Surridge: Oppenheimer was able to change more than a course of a war. It changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope?

V: I've not come for what you've hoped to do. I've come for what you did.

Delia Surridge: It's funny. I was given one of your roses today. I wasn't sure you were the terrorist until I saw it. What a strange coincidence that I should be given one today.

V: There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidences.

[Holds up a rose]

V: I have another rose and this one is for you.

Delia Surridge: [Delia accepts and surveys the rose] You're going to kill me now?

V: [Holds up a syringe] I killed you ten minutes ago... while you slept.

Delia Surridge: Is there any pain?

V: No.

Delia Surridge: Thank you. Is it meaningless to apologize?

V: [voice goes soft] Never...

Delia Surridge: I'm so sorry.

[Delia slowly slumps backwards, into her pillow]

Delia Surridge: Oppenheimer was able to change more than the course of a war. He changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope?

V: I have not come for what you hoped to do. I've come for what you did.

Delia Surridge: May 23rd. My first batch of subjects arrived today, and I have to admit that I am very excited. This could be the dawn of a new age. Nuclear power is meaningless in a world where a virus can kill an entire population and leave its wealth intact...

Delia Surridge: May 27th. Commander Prothero toured the lab with a priest, Father Lilliman, who I was told is here to monitor for rules and rights violations. It made me nervous, but the commander assured me there wouldn't be a problem.

Delia Surridge: June 2nd. I kept wondering if these people knew how they might be helping their country, if they would act any differently. They're so weak and pathetic. They never look you in the eye. I find myself hating them.

Delia Surridge: August the 18th. Of the original four dozen, over 75 percent are now deceased. No controllable pattern has yet emerged.