Tardos Mors Quotes in John Carter (2012)

Tardos Mors: Dejah, ever since you were a little girl you've always met the expectations placed on you...

[Dejah gently places her hand on his]

Tardos Mors: It's Sab's terms.

Dejah Thoris: What are they?

Tardos Mors: He will spare Helium if you accept his hand in marriage.

[Places his hand upon hers but Dejah quickly takes it away]

Dejah Thoris: No. He is a monster! You must refuse him!

Tardos Mors: He's already on his way here.

Dejah Thoris: But all of my work... I just need a little more time.

Tardos Mors: Dejah.

Dejah Thoris: How can you... You can't just bow down to Zodanga!

Tardos Mors: A wedding will save the city!

Dejah Thoris: Perhaps but it could lose you Barsoom!

Tardos Mors: Dejah.

Dejah Thoris: With no one to stop Zodanga will be the beginning of the end! You are a Jeddak of Helium! You must find another way!

Tardos Mors: There is not another way!

Tardos Mors: Dejah, ever since you were a little girl, you've always met the expectations placed on you. It's Sab's terms.

Dejah Thoris: What are they?

Tardos Mors: He will spare Helium, if you accept his hand in marriage.

Dejah Thoris: No! He is a monster! You must refuse him!

Tardos Mors: He's already on his way here.

Dejah Thoris: But all of my work! I just need a little more time!

Tardos Mors: Dejah.

Dejah Thoris: How can you...? You can't just bow down to Zodanga!

Tardos Mors: A wedding will save the city!

Dejah Thoris: Perhaps! But it could lose you Barsoom!

Tardos Mors: Dejah!

Dejah Thoris: With no one to stop Zodanga it will be the beginning of the end!

Tardos Mors: We do not... we do not have the luxury.

Dejah Thoris: [shouting] You are the Jeddak of Helium! You must find another way!

Tardos Mors: [shouting] There is no other way!

[Dejah looks away from Tardos]

Tardos Mors: If there were, I would risk anything to cease it. This is the chance we have been given. Perhaps it is the will of the Goddess.

Dejah Thoris: No. It is your will. When I was little and we would look up at the stars, and you would tell me of the heroes whose glory was written in the sky. How there was a star up there for me. Is this what you imagined would be written on it?

Tardos Mors: [before Tardos answers her Kantos enters with his men]

Kantos Kan: My Jeddak, Sab Than's Corsair approaches the city. They signal for permission to land.

Tardos Mors: Grant it.

[Dejah turns away from Tardos in disappointment and sadness]

Tardos Mors: And let us prepare ourselves for a wedding.

Tardos Mors: [In Zodanga the wedding procession is taking place, Dejah walks towards her father] I know that this is not the fate you'd have chosen for yourself, or for Helium. But choice is a luxury, even for a Jeddak of Barsoom. Even if in your heart...

Dejah Thoris: The heart is a luxury.

[Tardos starts walking Dejah down the isle towards Sab Than]

Tardos Mors: Steady.

Matai Shang: [Matai Shang is next to Sab Than as they watch Dejah and her father walk towards them] Remember, she is not the prize. The prize is Barsoom.