Quotes from the Movie Dead Man Walking
Look at you. Death is looking down your neck, and you're playing your little male come-on games.
Sister Helen Prejean
I want the last face you see in this world to be the face of love, so you look at me when they do this thing. I'll be the face of love for you.
Sister Helen Prejean
Mr. Percy, I'm just trying to follow the example of Jesus, who said that a person is not as bad as his worst deed.
Sister Helen Prejean
Sister Celestine said, "I'm glad I never had to share my bed with a man."
Sister Helen Prejean
I know. She's gonna be lying next to a man for all eternity.
Sister Helen Prejean
What he was involved with was evil. I don't condone it. I just don't see the sense of killing people to say that killing people's wrong.
Sister Helen Prejean
You know what else the Bible ask for death as a punishment? For adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, trespass upon sacred grounds, profane in a sabbath and contempt to parents.
Sister Helen Prejean
It's quiet. Only three days left. Plenty of time to read my Bible and look for a loophole.
Matthew Poncelet
I just wanna say I think killin' is wrong, no matter who does it, whether it's me or y'all or your government.
Matthew Poncelet
I like rebels. Some blacks is OK. Martin Luther King, he led his people all the way to DC and kicked the white man's butt.
Matthew Poncelet
Thank you. I've never been called a son of God before. [laughs slightly] I've been called a son of a you-know-what plenty of times, but I've never been called a son of God.
Matthew Poncelet
Yes, I do. [pauses] Mr. Delacroix, I don't wanna leave this world with any hate in my heart. I ask your forgiveness for what I done. It was a terrible thing I done, taking your son away from you.
Matthew Poncelet
Mr. and Mrs. Percy, I hope my death gives you some relief.
Matthew Poncelet
I never gave a ticket to a nun before. I gave a ticket to a guy from the IRS one time. Got audited the next year. I'll tell you what, this time I'll let this one slide, but keep your speed down, yeah?
State trooper
If Matt dies, guess who he'll be buried next to?
Sister Colleen
