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"Robin of Sherwood" The Greatest Enemy (1985)

Marion: Are we going to die?
Robin Hood: Everyone dies.
Marion: That's not what I said.
Robin Hood: I know.

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Robin Hood: There are so many things I want to say to you but time's caught me up and now I'll never say them - except that I've loved you from the moment I saw you and every moment since.

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Robin Hood: Nothing's forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten.

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Herne the Hunter: Answer me this, then: what brought you here?
The Hooded Man: I don't know... there was a voice.
Herne the Hunter: And what did this voice tell you?
The Hooded Man: It said: nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten.
Herne the Hunter: So he is free.

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Herne the Hunter: Who is the greatest enemy, always near you, sometimes at your shoulder?
Robin Hood: I've known he was there.
Herne the Hunter: You must face him.

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Robert de Rainault: Do you remember Loxley? That was a rebel village, wasn't it. Now it's just a name and a tangle of undergrowth.

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Soldier: We've lost the scent, my lord.
Robert de Rainault: Then follow both banks until you find it again, dolt!

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Marion: Why don't we stand and fight, then?
Robin Hood: Look, there are too many of them and they know where we are.

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Robert de Rainault: Damn the man. He could always outshoot us with those accursed longbows.

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Robert de Rainault: How many arrows does the man have?

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Robin Hood: 'm asking you to live because it's meant to be.
Marion: Nothing's meant to be.
Robin Hood: It is... it is. And one day you'll know it.

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Robert de Rainault: Look Gisburne, I'm tired, I'm hungry and somewhat saddlesore.

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Herne the Hunter: I am Herne the Hunter and you are a leaf driven by the wind.

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Herne the Hunter: String the bow.
The Hooded Man: Why?
Herne the Hunter: To give it purpose. And you also must have purpose and prove yourself.

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Robert de Rainault: Why are you so on edge?
Sir Guy of Gisburne: The outlaws have many sympathizers.
Robert de Rainault: Sympathizers don't do anything but sympathize, Gisburne.

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Robert de Rainault: Just as I'd begun to believe it was all over. How stupid of me! It's not over. It'll never be over...

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Robin Hood: Do you want them to win?
Marion: I don't care about them!
Robin Hood: You must. For the sake of everything we've meant for each other you must care. Because that way you'll keep alive all we've believed in. And I can't die then, can I?

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Robin of Loxley: [He, Marion and Much are surrounded by the Sheriff's forces] I'm asking you to live because it's meant to be.
Marion: Nothing's meant to be.
Robin of Loxley: It is... it is. And one day you'll know it.
Marion: Let me stay with you... please?
Robin of Loxley: There are so many things I want to say to you, but Time's caught me up and now I'll never say them... except that I loved you from the moment I saw you and every moment since.
Marion: Don't make me go.
Robin of Loxley: Do you want them to win?
Marion: I don't care about them!
Robin of Loxley: You must! For the sake of everything we've meant to each other, you must care... because that way you'll keep alive all we've believed in... and I can't die then, can I?

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Herne the Hunter: Who is the greatest enemy? Always near to you, sometimes at your shoulder?
Robin of Loxley: I knew he was there.
Herne the Hunter: You must face him. Listen... each man travels along one path. At the end of it, if he has the courage, he will meet himself and find his power.
Robin of Loxley: Will you be there?
Herne the Hunter: No... but we cannot be parted. Another riddle for you.

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Herne the Hunter: I am Herne the Hunter, and you are a leaf driven by the wind.
Robert of Huntingdon: Herne is a spirit. And you...
Herne the Hunter: I am a man,
Robert of Huntingdon: Yes... a man.
Herne the Hunter: Answer me this then - what brought you here?
Robert of Huntingdon: I don't know... there was a voice...
Herne the Hunter: And what did this voice say to you? Tell me!
Robert of Huntingdon: It said... nothing's forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten.
Herne the Hunter: So he is free!
Robert of Huntingdon: Nobody's free. What does it mean?
Herne the Hunter: The Hooded Man will come to the forest, there to meet with Herne the Hunter to be his son and do his bidding.
[hands the Hooded Man a longbow]
Herne the Hunter: String the bow.
Robert of Huntingdon: Why?
Herne the Hunter: To give it purpose. And you must also have purpose and prove yourself.

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Will Scarlet: Who were those men you went off with?
Nasir: Hashashim. In your tongue, assassins.
Will Scarlet: [to Little John, who looks puzzled] Killers.
Nasir: They kill, yes, but like us... for their belief.
Will Scarlet: And what did they want with you?
Nasir: [pause, then] I am one of them. Now I have washed my hands of them.
Will Scarlet: And they let you?
Nasir: They had no choice.

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Little John: [Gisburne has just told them that Robin has been killed] I don't believe it! He wants us to die thinking that Robin's dead!
[He tries to laugh, but it turns into sobbing]
Will Scarlet: [quietly] What about Marion? And Much?
Friar Tuck: What do you mean?
Will Scarlet: Why not tell us they're all dead?
[He doesn't wait for an answer]
Will Scarlet: What difference does it make? I think it's true... I think he's gone.
Nasir: [softly, in farewell] Salaam Aleikum... Robin.

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