Nicodemus from The Secret of NIMH: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

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Nicodemus voiced by Derek Jacobi in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Discover the wisdom and mysterious words of Nicodemus, the ancient, mystical leader of the rats of NIMH and keeper of their extraordinary secrets in the 1982 animated masterpiece The Secret of NIMH. Listen to his most powerful and thought-provoking quotes in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

2 My child, we can no longer live as rats. We know too much.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

3 Perhaps best that I do nothing at present.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

4 She'll be waiting and you will not return.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

5 There were many animals there in cages. They were put through the most unspeakable tortures to satisfy some scientific curiosity.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

6 We had become intelligent. We could read.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

7 Plan? What is the plan? -To live without stealing, of course.

Nicodemus (Derek Jacobi), Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman) in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

8 Perhaps now I can repay you for your kindness to me.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

9 He is consumed by a lust for power.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

10 Thus far, the amulet has remained safely hidden. But if he finds it, heaven help us.

Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus in The Secret of NIMH (1982)