Snow White and the Huntsman Quotes: Not Quite the Fairest!

[to Snow White as she gets ready to sleep]
Anna: Our scars protect us. Without beauty we are worthless to the queen. It’s a sacrifice we made so we could raise our children in peace, while their fathers are at war. And you, your sacrifice will come. You must rest.
[Anna sees the Huntsman sneak out of the hut and leave]

[Anna follows the Huntsman as he decides to leave Snow White]
Anna: How can you desert her when you know the truth?
The Huntsman: Aye, I know the truth. That’s why she should be as far away from me as possible. Anything I ever cared about was taken away from me. Not this time, she’s safer here with you.
[he turns and walks off, before he gets far the village is attacked by Finn and his men, William protects Snow as she runs to the boats, but they are separated by fire, the Huntsman hears the commotion and runs back to help Snow White escape]

[a weak looking Ravenna recollects the origins of her power when as a young girl her village was attacked by band of warriors]
Ravenna’s Mother: You’re beauty is all that can save you Ravenna. This spell will make your beauty your power and protection. By first blood it is done. Here, drink! Drink!
[young Ravenna drinks the potion made of her blood and milk as her mother casts the spell]
Ravenna’s Mother: But we warned, by fairest blood, this spell can be undone.
[Ravenna and her brother were captured but the warriors separating them for their mother]

The Huntsman: I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I didn’t…
Snow White: You left us! We should never have been there!
The Huntsman: Hey, look at me. I’ll take you to Duke Hammond’s, okay? Alright? You have my word.
[suddenly they are attacked by a band of dwarves and taken hostage]

[after being captured by the band of dwarves, they string up Snow and the Huntsman hanging them upside down from a tree]
Beith: This is our lucky day.
The Huntsman: Oh, no! Dwarves.
Beith: The hedgepig I loathe most in the world, lands right in our lap.
The Huntsman: Come on, Beith. Is this how you treat a friend?
Beith: Oh! No! No! No, you buttock! This is how I treat a friend.
[he hits the Huntsman in the stomach]
Gus: She’s pretty.
Beith: Mm. And who’s this, hey? Is it an errant apprentice or captive?
Snow White: This man is helping me.
Coll: We should kill ’em both!
Duir: Yeah, he’s caused us nothing but trouble.
Coll: Skewer him and leave her to rot. I don’t like killing girls.
Duir: I’ll do it.
Coll: Good.
Muir: Leave her alone, Duir.

Quert: He’s got nothing. One silver coin and an empty codpiece.
[he throws the codpiece in the Huntsman’s face]
Gort: Two days we sit here, what for? Nothing?
[Gort hits the Huntsman in the stomach]
Nion: We should have stayed by the river! What a waste of time!
The Huntsman: Cut us down, Beith. I have gold, I can pay you. It’s just not here, it’s hidden back in the woods.
Nion: Shut your ugly mug, Huntsman! If you had any pennies, you would have pissed it away on meat by now!
The Huntsman: Cut us down and I’ll show you.
Nion: Yeah, pull the other one, you lying dangler!
Snow White: Tell them the truth, Huntsman. There’s no time!
The Huntsman: I have to take this girl to Hammond’s. She’s not safe here.
Gort: Oh, well my little heart bleeds for you. We should chop ’em up and feed ’em to the wolves.
Beith: Who is she?
The Huntsman: She’s worth a lot of gold to me, which I’m happy to share with you, stupid little dwarves!
[Gort hits the Huntsman]
The Huntsman: Stop that!

Snow White: Gold is worth nothing to you if you’re all dead! The queen’s men hunt us! They’re very close!
Gort: Shut up!
Snow White: You have love for the queen.
Beith: Oh, we have no love for the queen!
Snow White: Then you fight against her.
Quert: No one fights against the queen.
Coll: We lost everything when the king died.
Duir: We fight only for ourselves.
Snow White: My father was King Magnus.
Beith: Muir, does she speak the truth?
Muir: Yes, she is of the blood. She’s destined, Beith. I see an end to the darkness.

[after Finn and his men get close to their trail, the dwarves take Snow White and the Huntsman to a beautiful forest, the home of the fairies]
Nion: Blasted fairy music!
Gort: Here. Good thing there’s plenty of moss about.
[he gives Nion some moss to put in his ears]
Snow White: Where are we?
Gus: They call it ‘Sanctuary’, me lady. It’s the home of the fairies.

[as the dwarves set up camp fire at night in the magical forest]
Coll: Here, would you really have killed her?
Duir: Yeah, of course.
[Coll looks at Snow suspiciously and Snow gets up and walks towards Muir]
Muir: That seat’s not taken, if that’s what you were about to ask.
[Snow sits next to Muir]
Snow White: I want to thank you.
Muir: It’s only a log. There’s no need to thank me.
Snow White: No, for before. For defending me.

Muir: You’re father was a good man. The kingdom prospered, our people prospered.
Snow White: There were more of you?
Muir: Aye.
Gort: Yeah. The men you see before you, were many many more, went deep into the caves. We were noble gold miners, because we could see the light in the darkness. Gus. Gus! You were just a boy, but you remember? When we returned to the surface, there was nothing. The land was black and everything, everyone was gone. It was dead.
Muir: That was the month your father died.
Snow White: I’m very sorry.
Muir: As am I, princess. As am I.
[turning to the other dwarves]
Muir: Son, play a happy song.
[as the music starts, Gus asks Snow to dance and she happily agrees]

[referring to Snow White as they watch her dance with Gus]
Nion: I don’t trust her and I don’t believe her, no matter what Muir says.
Gort: I feel peculiar, queer almost.
Nion: What? Since when?
Gort: I’m tingling all over, but I feel lovely. I feel lovely. How’s your gout?
Nion: Gout? Well…it’s a bit better.
Coll: And my cough.
Gort: Here, this is her doing.
Nion: How much have you had to drink?
Gort: No, it was the mushrooms.

[Beith comes up behind the Huntsman as he helps himself to the dwarves drink and food]
Beith: Still fleecing yourself our bevy, Huntsman?
The Huntsman: What do you say we let bygones be bygones?
Beith: Not yet.
[they watch as Snow White dances with Gus]
Beith: So what’s in it for you, hey?
The Huntsman: What are you talking about?
Beith: I’m talking about the girl.
[the Huntsman glances over at Snow again]
Beith: Is it really just the gold?
The Huntsman: I’m not sure, Beith. If I had any sense I’d have abandoned her long ago.
Beith: Muir says she’s destined. Questions is, Huntsman, for what? Hm?

[Snow White wakes to find the same birds that had sat outside her prison cell turn into fairies, she follows them as they lead her to a white magical stag with the dwarves and the Huntsman following her, the Huntsman goes to stop Snow but Beith stops him]
Beith: No, no, no, Huntsman! No one’s ever seen this before.
[they all watch as Snow touches the stag and the stag bows his head]

Quert: The White Heart bows before the princess, father.
Muir: He’s blessing her.
The Huntsman: What are you talking about?
Muir: You have eyes, Huntsman, but you do not see. You, who have been with her the longest. She is life itself, she will heal the land. She is the one. Can’t you feel it? Are your ailments not gone? Gold or no gold, where she leads, I follow.
Gus: Aye.
Gort: I’m with you.
Quert: Yes, father.
[suddenly, Finn’s men attack and shoot at the stag, the Huntsman gets Snow and runs off to protect her with Gus following them]

[as the Huntsman and Finn are fighting each other]
Finn: I admire your fight, Huntsman. Your wife was the same.
The Huntsman: What do you know of my wife?
Finn: I remember them all.
[the Huntsman tries to attack Finn again but Finn pushes him against the tree and hold his knife against his stomach]
Finn: Especially the ones with fight!
[the Huntsman tries to pull Finn’s knife away]
Finn: She screamed your name, but you weren’t there
[Finn punches the Huntsman and pushes him to the ground]

Finn: Now you can beg her forgiveness in the other world.
[as Finn is about to strike with his knife, in a rage the Huntsman suddenly pushes Finn into a splintered stump, impaling him, back in her castle, and old looking Ravenna feels the pain]
Finn: Sister, heal me!
[Ravenna cries as she is drained of all strength]
Ravenna: Forgive me, brother.
Finn: I feel…
[suddenly all life is drained from Finn as he dies]

[as of Finn’s men is about shoot at an arrow at Snow White, Gus pushes her out the way]
Gus: Arrow!
[the arrow hits Gus and William, who found Snow white with Gus earlier, shoots and kills the bowman]
Snow White: Gus! Gus! Gus, breath. Gus, breath.
[referring to the other dwarves]
Gus: They won’t leave you, miss.
[Snow starts crying as Gus dies]

[as they all gather round Gus’ lifeless body]
Gort: We used to have pride, and now we just pilfer and drink and drink about when we didn’t. Every man here would die for the chance of becoming that man again. So we follow you, princess. In life and in death. And we shall have our pride again. On Gus’ soul, this I swear.
[Quert passes Gus’ sword to Snow White, and later that night they burn Gus’ body]

[as they travel to take Snow to Duke Hammond’s castle, William turns to Snow]
William: I’m sorry I left you.
Snow White: You didn’t.
William: If I’d thought you were alive, I would have come for you.
Snow White: We were children, William. You’re here now.

[in the forest, Snow White has woken early and is walking through the snow when she turns and sees that William has joined her]
Snow White: William. It’s as if nothing’s changed here. The world seems beautiful again.
William: It will be, when you are queen. The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna with every fiber.
Snow White: I used to hate her, but now I feel only sorrow.
William: Once people find out you’re alive, they’ll rise up in your name.
Snow White: It takes more than a name.
William: You are your father’s daughter, the rightful heir. If I had a choice, I’d take you far away, keep you safe by my side. But I have a duty, and so do you.
Snow White: How do I inspire? How will I lead men?
William: The way you led me when we were children. I followed you everywhere. Ran when you’d call. I would have done anything for you.
Snow White: That’s not how I remember it.
William: No.
Snow White: No? We used to fight, all the time, and argue.

[she touches William’s face tenderly, leans in close and kisses him, William then offers her a red apple and she grabs it out of his hand]
Snow White: I remember that trick.
William: What trick?
[she takes a bite of the apple and suddenly begins to fill ill, she looks down at the apple and sees it turn black, she backs away from William]
William: You see, child, love always betrays us.
[Snow stumbles to the ground as she finds it difficult to breath]

[as Snow is coughing and choking, William suddenly transforms into Ravenna]
Ravenna: By fairest blood it was done, and only by fairest blood can it be undone. You were the only one who could break the spell and destroy me. You’re the only one pure enough to save me. You don’t even realize how lucky you are to never to know what it is to grow old!
[she draws her knife to strike Snow White, but suddenly the Huntsman and the real William find them and stop Ravenna]
The Huntsman: No!
[as the Huntsman goes to attack Ravenna with his axe, Ravenna transforms into a cloud of crows, the Huntsman and William try to attack the crows but they flies off]

[as Snow White lies on the ground dying, William cradles her and begins to cry, the Huntsman, devastated, turns to the dwarves]
The Huntsman: What are you looking at? Do something! You’re dwarves, healers! Save her! Help her!
Muir: No. This cannot be.
[in Williams arms, Snow closes her eyes and appears to have died, William cries and kisses her but nothing happens]
William: Please!
[as they watch Snow die]
Gort: What will we do, Beith?
Beith: What we promised.

[after bringing Snow’s body to Duke Hammond’s castle, she is laid in the chapel in a white dress, the Huntsman sits near her body, drinking]
The Huntsman: Well, here you are, all dressed up like you’re about to wake up and give me more grief. Am I right? You deserved better. I once had a wife, princess. Sara was her name. When I came back from the war I carried with me the stench of death and the anger of the lost. I wasn’t worth saving, that’s for sure, but she did so anyway. And I loved her so much. I loved her more than anyone and anything, and then I let her out of my sight and she was gone. And I became myself again, a self I never cared for.
[he leans closer to Snow’s body and begins to cry]
The Huntsman: Until you, cause you remind me of her. Her heart, her spirit. But now, you too have gone. You both deserved better and I’m so sorry I failed you. I’m so sorry. But you be a queen in heaven now and sit among the angels.
[he kisses her on the lips and leaves the chapel and as he leaves, Snow starts to breath, with tears rolling down her face and then she opens her eyes]

[William, thinking that Snow White is dead, tries to convince the Duke that they should attack Ravenna]
William: She died for us! For our cause! We cannot just hide behind these walls and watch this land die with her!
Duke Hammond: Your grief clouds your judgment, my son.
William: My grief makes me see clearer, father!
Duke Hammond: My duty is to protect those people who’ve come to me for help. I will defend them till the last drop of my blood, but I will not abandon these walls.
[suddenly, at that moment, Snow White walks out of the chapel]
Muir: The spell is lifted.

[after waking from Ravenna’s spell and walking out of the Chapel]
Duke Hammond: Death has favored you.
Snow White: Death favors no man. We must ride like thundering waves under the tented battle flag of my father.
Duke Hammond: You must rest.
Snow White: We have rested long enough.
[as she’s talking to the Duke a crowd has gathered in the courtyard of the Duke’s castle, Snow turns to the crowd and whispers]
Snow White: Frost to fire, to fire to frost.
[Snow addresses the crowd]
Snow White: Iron will melt, but it will writhe inside of itself! All these years, all I’ve known is darkness. But I have never seen a brighter light than when my eyes just opened. And I know that light burns in all of you! Those embers must turn to flame. Iron into sword! I will become your weapon! Forged with a fierce fire that I know is in your hearts! For I have seen what she sees, I know what she knows. I can kill her. And I’d rather die today than live another day of this death! And who will ride with me? Who will be my brother?
[the crowd shouts ‘I’ simultaneously and kneel before her, with the Huntsman joining them]

[after Snow White and her army set off to attack Ravenna, we see Ravenna back at her castle, looking beautiful and powerful again after sucking every last woman in the castle dry]
Ravenna: Where are they?
Black Knight General: Amassed on the cliffs. They’re numbers have swollen. They say the king’s standard flies again.
Ravenna: Then let them come. Let them break their skulls on these stone walls and bring me my prize.

[as Snow White knows about the secret entrance to the castle via the sewer pipe, the dwarves wade through the sewer to sneak inside the castle]
Nion: We’re promised gold, and what do we get? Poo!
Gort: Wurgh! That looks like one of mine!

[the Huntsman rides up to Snow as she’s giving instructions on when to attack the castle]
The Huntsman: So you’re back from the dead and instigating the masses. You look very fetching in mail.

[after Snow White and her men ride into the castle through hails of arrows, boiling oil and flame bombs, Snow slips through the fray and enters Ravenna’s room, Ravenna fends off William, the Huntsman and some of Snow’s men with warriors made from glass]
Ravenna: Come and avenge your father, who was too weak to raise his sword.
[shouting in rage Snow thunders towards Ravenna attacking her with her sword, but Ravenna easily fends her off]

[Snow tries to attack Ravenna again, cutting her hand which heals quickly, Ravenna then slams Snow to the ground and grabs her head]
Ravenna: Go on, watch them die!
[Snow watches as William, the Huntsman and her soldiers try to fend off Ravenna’s glass warriors]
Ravenna: How does it feel, knowing you were the one who led them to their deaths? You see, we’re not that different, are we?
[Snow struggles out of Ravenna’s grasp]
Snow White: I’m everything you’re not!

[Snow tries to attack Ravenna but Ravenna grabs her sword and throws Snow across the room, a flame form around Ravenna]
Ravenna: You cannot defeat me! I’ve lived twenty lives. Ravaged entire kingdoms. I have been given powers that you could not even fathom! I will never stop. Never! I will give this retched world the queen it deserves!
[as Snow goes to grab her sword on the ground, Ravenna kicks her aside and raises her dagger]
Ravenna: By fairest blood it is done!
[as Ravenna goes to strike Snow, suddenly Snow blocks Ravenna’s arm and uses her own dagger to stab Ravenna]
Snow White: And only by fairest blood is it undone.
[Ravenna gasps, takes out the dagger, staggers backward and collapses in front of the mirror]
Snow White: You can’t have my blood.
[Ravenna takes her last breath and withers away]

[last lines; as Snow White is getting crowned]
Priest: In the name of all that is good and just in this land, I crown you queen.
[he places the crown on her head, Snow stands and faces her people, who have been restored to health and youth]
Beith: Hail to the queen!
[the crowd chants out ‘Hail to the queen’, Snow then notices the Huntsman in the back of the crowd who stares at her, she smiles and then bows her head to her people]