The Best Whistler Quotes

Whistler: [narrating] Bottom line is, even if you see 'em comin', you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does.
[long pause]
Whistler: So, what are we? Helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

Whistler: Angel's the key... His blood will open the door to hell. Acathla opens his big mouth, creates a vortex, Then, only Angel's blood will close it... One blow will send 'em both back to Hell. But I strongly suggest that you get there before that happens.

Buffy: You don't have anything useful to tell me, do you? What are you? Just some immortal demon sent down to even the score between good and evil?
Whistler: Wow! Good guess.
Buffy: Well, why don't you try getting off your immortal ass and fighting evil once in a while? 'Cause I'm sick and tired of doing it myself.
Whistler: In the end, you're always by yourself. You're all you've got. That's the point.
Buffy: Spare me.

Whistler: [to Angel] She's gonna have it tough, that Slayer. She's just a kid. A world full of big, bad things.

Angel: You're not a vampire.
Whistler: A demon. Technically. I mean, I'm not a bad guy. Not all demons are dedicated to the destruction of all life.

Whistler: You know, raiding an Englishman's fridge is like dating a nun. You're never gonna get the good stuff.

Whistler: [to Angel] I mean that you can become an even more useless rodent than you already are or you can become someone. A person. Someone to be counted.

Buffy: I have had a *really* bad day, okay? If you have information worth hearing, then I am grateful for it. If you're gonna crack jokes, then I'm gonna pull out your *rib cage* and wear it as a hat.
Whistler: Hello to the imagery! Very nice.

[first lines]
Whistler: [narrating] Here's the thing. There's moments in your life that make you, that set the course of who you're gonna be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes, they're not. I'll show you what I mean.