Queen of Swords (TV Series)
Destiny (2000)
Tessie Santiago: Maria Teresa Alvarado, The Queen of Swords
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Quotes
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Capt. Marcus Grisham : I guess I was more than you expected.
The Queen of Swords : [points sword at his groin] You could be a little less.
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[first lines]
[during a sword fight, Torres thrusts his dagger against Tessa's throat]
Torres : A flick of the wrist and I could kill you!
Maria Teresa Alvarado : And lose your best pupil?
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[Tessa witnesses the unjust execution of her father's trusted servant by firing squad]
Maria Teresa Alvarado : That was murder!
Col. Luis Montoya : There is a difference, senorita, between an execution and murder - it is called the law... and here, I *am* the law.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : I'm sending a message back to Spain. Once they learn what is happening here in California...
Marta : They don't already know? Spain is still recovering from the wounds left by Napoleon. She doesn't care about some primitive outpost.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : And the ones who could help - the Dons - they do nothing... growing fat while their people starve.
Marta : You expect them to be different?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : My father was.
Marta : And he died.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : What are you saying?
Marta : Don Alvarado, the finest horseman in California, falls from his horse and dies? People talk - especially your own servants with no ears.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : People lie.
Marta : But the guards do not. They tell me he died at the hands of another.
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Capt. Marcus Grisham : Tessa, I remain concerned for you.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : You are too kind.
Capt. Marcus Grisham : A woman all alone - no home, no money. You need protecting.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : I quite agree. I'll get a dog.
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Capt. Marcus Grisham : Murder? What murder?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : My father's. Haven't you heard?
Capt. Marcus Grisham : Oh. No, that was an accident. Who said anything different?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : People.
Capt. Marcus Grisham : People? What people? Tell them to come forward.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : They won't. They're too afraid.
Capt. Marcus Grisham : Of what?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : That they, too, might suffer a similar... accident.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : Papa... you were murdered. Who?
Don Rafael Alvarado : One man held the gun, but there were many fingers on the trigger.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : The Queen of Swords - me?
Marta : How should I know?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : But you said...
Marta : I say a lot of things. What do you see?
[Tessa stares into a mirror and sees her image dissolve to that of a woman in black riding like the wind]
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[seeing Tessa staring at the mirror]
Marta : What is it? What do you see?
Tessa Alvarado : My destiny.
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[last lines]
Marta : Do you realize where this path will lead?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : [nodding] To my destiny.
Don Rafael Alvarado : [voice] Never alone, my little angel. You will see justice is done!
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : Marta, I just had...
Marta : ...the strangest dream. Yes, I know. It's all here - your destiny.
[Tessa turns a tarot card]
Maria Teresa Alvarado : The Queen of Swords.