"I wonder if that isn't why he always seemed a little bit sad, a little bit lost. Because he is lost in the present. He really does come from another time. He'll never find it, because it is gone forever." - about Barnabus Collins
"I'm going to be very proud that for at least one night, I'll actually be a member of the Collins family." Hear It
Victoria: "You know it's amazing that two people could be as different as you and Barnabus Collins." Burke Devlin: "Well now that I take as a compliment."
"Sometimes I think that I'm going to get so far into the past that I'll never be able to get back."
Victoria: "Burke...yes." Burke Devlin: "Yes what?" Victoria: "Yes I'll marry you, impatient temperament and all."
Victoria: "I have a notion about Barnabus. I think he secretly sleeps during the day because he's so much in love with the night." Julia Hoffman: "You may be right. He's certainly the most dedicated night person I've ever known."
"I was inclined to agree with David. I think maybe Sarah is a ghost."
Victoria: "Burke told me once that in the old days, when they used to steer their ships by the stars, they used to dread a night like this because they couldn't see where they were going. He said that when a ship went out on a night like this she was..." Mrs. Johnson: "...doing the widow's dance."
"We loved each other for such a short time. We had so many plans. No, no we have so many plans. I have to go on believing that because the minute that I stop believing it, he'll be gone from me forever." - about Burke Devlin
"There was something about his touch. His hand - it felt so cold and clammy. It was like...it was like the hand of a dead man." - about Barnabus Collins
Victoria: "I don't know what kind of a game you're playing, Barnabus, but I'm Victoria Winters and you know it!" Barnabus Collins: "I'm not playing a game. The fact is I've never seen you before in my life."
Victoria: "This is all like being in a nightmare." Barnabus Collins: "Please now, Miss Winters, the Collins name is not the most popular name, perhaps, in the province of Maine, but I don't think anyone's ever referred to us as being nightmarish."
Victoria Winters: "May I ask you a question? It may sound a bit strange...What year is this?" Abigail Collins: "It's 1795, of course." Victoria: "This can't be happening to me."
Victoria: "I will not be intimidated into liking you or anyone else. I do care what people think about me, but I won't be blackmailed by their opinions. Now if I have said or done anything that you could give to the Countess as evidence against me, well I hereby give you my permission to do so." Nathan Forbes: "I wouldn't joke about that."
"I still don't know how or why I'm here. Although I'm beginning to think that I'm here for a purpose...I have a feeling that I'm here to change things."
"How I dread this night. When I get back - if I ever get back to my own time, I shall never want to know anyone's secrets again. I must be very careful tonight. I must not look at the hurt in Barnabus's eyes, questions on the faces of the others. I must let no one realize that I know why Jeremiah and Josette have run away."
"All those nights at Collinwood, I used to pour over this book. I remember admiring Joshua so, and thinking how beautiful Naomi was. And she is beautiful. Am I living with all the people I used to daydream about? How terrible to know what's going to happen to them and not be able to do anything about it."
"He's no man of God. He's a fanatic! If anyone is possessed by the devil, he is!" - about Reverend Trask
"If only there were some way that I could get back...back to my world, back to my time...There has to be a way. In order for me to come here, I had to transcend time and space. How could I do that? How?"
"Now that I think about it, there was something very strange about that fire. Well, when it started, I tried to put it out with the comforter on my bed. But my hands actually went into the flames, but I wasn't burned. It was a coldness. In fact, there was a time when the flames were all around my hands. And, strange as it may seem, I felt as though I were touching a cake of ice."
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