The Best Dahlia Quotes

Cara: [strung up with chains] Whatever your plan is, it will fail. Richard will find me. And he will humiliate you... again.
Darken: My poor Cara. You actually believe the Seeker will stop his quest simply to save you? You're not that important.
[punches her in the face again]
Dahlia: [entering] Lord Rahl. Our scouts report no sign of enemies. If you'd like, I can call them back to break the Wizard.
Darken: No. Keep them on watch. The Sisters of the Dark have been following me for weeks. They can't be far behind. As for the Wizard, with the rada'han around his neck, he's nothing more than a frail old man.
Dahlia: [surveying battered Cara] My Lord, you've been exhausting yourself for hours. Let me continue her training, so you can get some rest.
[clearly has ulterior motive]
Darken: [smirks as he hands over Agiel] But pain before pleasure, Dahlia.
[leaves]

Dahlia: [after getting knocked down] Cara, it's me!
Cara: Dahlia?
Richard: Do you know her?
Cara: [as Dahlia gets up] We served together for many years.
Richard: [to Dahlia] Why were you following us?
Dahlia: The true Lord Rahl is in danger. I need your help to save him.
Cara: Darken Rahl may have used magic to come back to the world of the living, but Richard is the true Lord Rahl.
Dahlia: [shakes her head] I'm not talking about Darken Rahl... or the Seeker. I'm talking about your son.
[all eyes on Cara]
Richard: You have a son?
Cara: Many Mord-Sith bear children.
Dahlia: But not many bear children fathered by Darken Rahl.
Richard: [looks at Cara sharply] Why didn't you tell us?
Cara: It wasn't important.
Kahlan: What happened to the child?
Cara: He was taken from me at birth.
Kahlan: [softly] Cara, I'm so sorry.
Cara: [snaps] Don't be! It was considered an honor to be chosen by Lord Rahl.
Richard: Do you know where the baby was taken?
Cara: Male children born to the Mord-Sith are sent to the Dragon Corps to learn how to fight for D'Hara.
Dahlia: When Darken Rahl died, my sisters and I went to find the boy. We took him back to our temple and served him like the true Lord Rahl he will one day become. Then, a week ago, our temple was raided by the Sisters of the Dark.
Cara: The Sisters' powers are useless against Mord-Sith.
Dahlia: We thought so too. But they've grown stronger. We couldn't repel their magic. I was the only Mord-Sith to survive. The Sisters took the boy.
Zeddicus: Where?
Dahlia: I tracked them to a retreat in the hills of Eritrane. But I knew I wouldn't be able to rescue him on my own. So I came to find you.
Cara: We have more important things to do than chase after a missing child.
Dahlia: Cara, there's nothing more important than your son. He's the future of D'Hara. And he needs your help.

Dahlia: [as Zedd snores] Does he always sleep so loudly? If I were a Wizard traveling with two Mord-Sith, I'd sleep with one eye open.
Cara: [softly] He trusts me.
Dahlia: [surprised] He doesn't question your loyalties?
Cara: [softly] He has no reason to.
Dahlia: I'm glad you decided to come with me.
Cara: I came because Richard ordered me to.
Dahlia: Are you sorry you did?
Cara: [softly] No.
Dahlia: Neither am I.
[kisses Cara]

Dahlia: [about to torture Cara] I wish there were another way.
Cara: Why did you lie to me?
Dahlia: Remember when we were little girls? How terrifying the Agiels were then? How much they hurt? You held my hand so tightly then, it was the only thing that kept me from crying. We knew if we cried, they'd just torture us more. We survived, because we protected each other from our weaknesses. That's what I'm doing now. The Seeker has made you soft. He's poisoned you against your sisters. Your family.
Cara: Richard... Kahlan... and Zedd are my family.
Dahlia: [scoffs] They hardly know you. They can't know you like I do.
[about to kiss an apparently willing Cara again, but instead, Cara headbutts her]
Dahlia: It seems Lord Rahl has been too gentle with you.
[tearfully: ]
Dahlia: I'll let him know he needs to apply himself more forcefully!

Mistress: [enters with journey book] Mistress Dahlia.
Dahlia: What is it?
Mistress: Orders from the People's Palace. We're to proceed to Stowecroft right away. We're to find a schoolteacher. Her name is Cara.
Dahlia: Cara Mason?
Mistress: You know her?
Dahlia: A long time ago... when we were children. Before I joined my true family.
[smiles, takes journey book, reads orders]
Mistress: What else does it say, mistress?
Dahlia: Our orders are to kill her.

Dahlia: [Zedd snores as they get dressed] Good thing the Wizard sleeps so soundly.
Cara: If we move quickly, we can reach Eritrane and rescue the child before nightfall.
Dahlia: Then you'll go back to the Seeker and his quest?
Cara: Yes.
Dahlia: You don't have to. You could stay with me. We could raise the Lord Rahl together.
Cara: [insists] Richard... is the Lord Rahl.
Dahlia: Cara, you led the charge at Pallus Ridge. You were merciless at Valeria. You once swore to kill the man you now serve. What happened to you?
Cara: Richard.
[gets up, fixes Dahlia's collar]
Cara: The Seeker could use a fighter as strong as you, Dahlia. We could serve him together.
[but Dahlia shuns this suggestion with contempt]
Cara: I should wake Zedd.