Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Quote #4

HENRY: Oh, God, I've lost him—and I never told him anything. I just wasn't ready, Marcus. Five minutes would be enough.

Indiana pulls himself back onto the cliff and joins the others. It takes Henry a moment to realize he's there. When he does, he grabs his son in an emotional embrace.


HENRY: I thought I'd lost you, boy.

INDIANA: I thought you had, too, Sir.

Henry takes a step back and tries to compose himself.


HENRY: Well. Well done. Come on.

Henry, Sallah, and Brody walk away. Indiana collapses in exhaustion.

HENRY: (To Indiana:) Let's go then! Why are you sitting there resting when we're so near the end? C'mon, let's go!

This exchange pretty much sums up Indiana and Henry's relationship. They definitely do have compassion for one another, but it's buried deep beneath their individual passions for adventure, artifacts, women, and so on.

Quote #5

HENRY: Junior, give me your other hand. I can't hold on!

INDIANA: (Reaching for the Grail:) I can get it. I can almost reach it, Dad.

HENRY: Indiana.

Indiana looks up, surprised.


HENRY: Indiana, let it go.

Henry calling Indiana by Indiana's preferred nickname, even if he thinks it's way stupid, shows acceptance and forgiveness. He's willing to let bygones be bygones—as long as Indiana takes his hand doesn't follow Elsa down the greed chasm, of course.

Quote #6

HENRY: Elsa never really believed in the Grail. She thought she'd found a prize.

INDIANA: And what did you find, Dad?

HENRY: Me? Illumination.

He says illumination, we say reconciliation. Same diff. After their adventure together, Henry comes to view his son, himself, and—most importantly—their relationship in a new, improved, and thoroughly reinvigorated light.