American Horror Story (TV Series)

The Sacred Taking (2013)

Frances Conroy: Myrtle Snow

Quotes 

• Misty Day : Oh, you probably have no idea where you are. Hmm. You've been through a terrifying ordeal, but you came back. You're safe now.

  Myrtle Snow : Not likely, my dear. There's a man in the woods with a gun circling the shack. I saw the assassin when he nearly stepped on my face.

  Misty Day : Do you hear that?

  Myrtle Snow : No.

  Misty Day : The cicadas have stopped singing.

• Cordelia Foxx : Hello? Don't worry. You're amongst friends.

  Myrtle Snow : Of course I am, Cordelia. So long as Fiona isn't with you.

  Cordelia Foxx : Myrtle? Oh, my God. I thought I'd never see you again.

  Myrtle Snow : Poor choice of words, girl. But given my wretched appearance, maybe it's a good thing you're blind as a butter knife.

  Nan : How did your hair grow back so quick?

  Myrtle Snow : Oh, little bird, I've been buying in bulk from North Korea for years!

• Myrtle Snow : Mothballs and history. It's a cocktail I swoon for.

  Misty Day : I feel like a queen.

  Madison Montgomery : How does putting on this smelly old stuff help us get rid of Fiona?

  Cordelia Foxx : It's part of a ceremony called the "Sacred Taking," which allows for the ascension of the new Supreme.

  Zoe Benson : And we're sure Misty's the next Supreme?

  Myrtle Snow : I'm certain of her credentials. She's brought back more people from the dead than Jesus Christ.

  Madison Montgomery : [to Zoe]  Disappointed? You thought it was you, didn't you?

  Zoe Benson : Well, I knew it wasn't you, because when Fiona cut your throat, you died.

  Nan : It could be any one of us.

  Madison Montgomery : Not really. It's pretty obvious.

  Nan : And what does that mean?

  Cordelia Foxx : Being the Supreme isn't something to wish for. It's not a gift. It's a burden. How many of these women had happy lives? They had power, but with it came the responsibility of the coven. They all bowed under the weight, except my mother... who ran from it.

  Misty Day : Can I say something? I don't want to be the Supreme.

  Cordelia Foxx : Nobody gets to choose. When Fiona dies, whoever it is... will be.

• Myrtle Snow : Can you imagine those poor Salem witches, traveling all the way down here in covered wagons without a proper charcuterie platter or a bidet? Absolutely savage!

• Zoe Benson : This is so incredibly stressful and weird. You don't feel anything?

  Misty Day : My stomach feels like a storm's about to hit, but it's probably just my nerves. I'm not exactly what you call a natural born leader.

  Myrtle Snow : Neither was King George, but one rises to the occasion.

  Cordelia Foxx : Your feet should be getting warmer.

  Myrtle Snow : I'm told it starts as a tingle in the cooch.

  Fiona Goode : For me, it was a classic migraine.

• Myrtle Snow : Going somewhere?

  Fiona Goode : Is everyone back from the dead, or have I already died and gone to heaven? Well, I suppose it would be hell, you know.

  Myrtle Snow : I've been resurrected by our new Supreme, young Madison. She rather reminds me of you in your youth, thin as a pin with a dreadful case of the "me, me, me's."

  Fiona Goode : Yes. Well, I wish her the best. I will be... on the island... of Patmos.

  Myrtle Snow : That's not one of the choices, darling. Take your own life or be burned, I believe it was.

  Fiona Goode : No, I'm not ready. I have finally found someone I belong to. Someone I truly love.

  Myrtle Snow : No details, darling. I couldn't bear it.

  Fiona Goode : I am very ill, Myrtle. I won't last long. And he wants to take care of me.

  Myrtle Snow : You haven't thought through this, Fiona. Maybe it's your weakened state. This dream of a perfect love you're clinging to is just a nasty trick life is playing on you. You will die the same way you lived your life - alone and disappointed by everyone. He won't stay till the end. They promise, but... they don't.

  Fiona Goode : You are nothing but an envious old bitch.

• Myrtle Snow : [Stealing Fiona's jewelry]  Half of it's paste, but goddamn half of it's good.