Erik Lensherr Quotes in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Charles Xavier: The world's already begun rebuilding its arsenals.

Erik Lensherr: It's human nature, Charles.

Charles Xavier: I still have hope.

Erik Lensherr: [wry laugh] Oh, yes. Hope.

Charles Xavier: I was right about Raven. I was even right about you.

Erik Lensherr: What about the rest of the world? Doesn't it ever wake you up in the middle of the night? The feeling that one day they'll come for you, and your children?

Charles Xavier: It does indeed.

Erik Lensherr: What do you do when you wake up to that?

Charles Xavier: I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to my school looking for trouble.

Erik Lensherr: [sees Apocalypse for the first time] Who the fuck are you?

Charles Xavier: You sure I can't convince you to stay?

Erik Lensherr: You're psychic, Charles. You can convince me to do anything.

Charles Xavier: Goodbye, old friend.

Erik Lensherr: Good luck, Professor.

[after brutally dispatching a group of humans who slew his wife and child]

Erik Lensherr: [screaming skywards] IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME? IS THIS WHO I AM? Is this who I am?

[breaks down in tears]

Erik Lensherr: Who are you?

Apocalypse: Elohim, Pushan, Ra - I've been called many names over many lifetimes. I am born of death. I was there to spark and fan the flame of man's awakening, to spin the wheel of civilization. And when the forest would grow rank and needed clearing for new growth, I was there to set it ablaze.

Charles Xavier: Erik, don't join them...

Erik Lensherr: Whatever you think you saw in me, I buried it with my family.

Erik Lensherr: [addressing his coworkers] Some of you spoke to the police about what you believe you witnessed here yesterday. You wanna know my powers, know who I am, see what I can do. I'll show you. Think of the person you love most in your life. Your wife, mother, daughter... Now that person will know what it is to lose someone they love, and live with that pain. Forever.

Polish Worker: [in Polish] Henryk, please. Don't do this.

Erik Lensherr: My name isn't Henryk. My name is Magneto.

[Erik sings a lullaby to Nina]

Nina: Who taught you that song?

Erik Lensherr: My parents.

Nina: What happened to them?

Erik Lensherr: They were taken from me.

Nina: Will someone take you from me?

Erik Lensherr: The people you love never leave you. They stay with you, in your heart.

Erik Lensherr: [to Magda] I told you who I was the first night I met you. We have to go, now!

Erik Lensherr: Where were you when my father and mother were slaughtered in this place?

Apocalypse: Asleep. Trapped in darkness. I was not there for you, my son, but I am here now. You don't know your own strength but I do. Reach down. Feel the metal in the ground. Reach. As deep as you can. You'll find you have the power to move the very Earth itself.