Best Lines in Films/Literature

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Some of your favorite lines in movies or books!

"Some men just want to watch the world burn." - The Dark Knight

"You hear that? It's the sound of snow. Falling." - Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

"Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day." - Wheel of Time

"Because each time we live, we get to love again." - Wheel of Time

"I am a Jedi, like my father before me." - Star Wars

 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

“Good afternoon, good evening, and good night.” —The Truman Show 

[Cinnamon]

"Are you not entertained?" - Gladiator

“You. Cannot. Have. My. Pain" - Oathbringer

"Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination" - The Stormlight Archive

[𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖊]

"Don't have a good day, have a great day!" -Free Guy

"That's what she said." -The Office

"WHYY?!!" -Brooklyn 99

"We are professionals. HEY! Get that out of your mouth!" -Lilo and Stitch

"I guess I'm not really living if I'm not being completely honest... Also my name is Fat Patricia." -Pitch Perfect

Okay. Cool. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool. -Brooklyn 99

Amy: Why won't it burn? Jake: Because it never fully dries... -Brooklyn 99

"You look like a cartoon." -White Collar

Quote

 

Neal: This is gonna sound crazy,

Peter: That's never stopped you before.

Neal: We throw a party!

Peter: Is it your birthday?

Neal: No--

Peter: Then you're crazy.

-White Collar

 

"Just think of you commission cap as a naked old man in a gym locker room." The Office

Peter Burke: "Where did you come from? " Mozzie: "Forty-five years ago an enigma gave a paradox a very special hug." -White Collar

 "I saw the best mind of my generation run down the by the drunken taxi-cab of absolute reality" -White Collar

"BOOM!" -Avengers Endgame

"... I'm listening." -The Avengers

Loki: We are not doing get help ... It's humiliating. Thor: Not for me. -Thor: The Dark World

Thor: Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard, and he is my brother. Natasha: He killed eighty people in two days. Thor: ... He's adopted. -The Avengers

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

“Doctor, is this really nece-“
“YES, it is nece!” - High Anxiety

”I’m not afraid of heights… I’m afraid of parents!” - High Anxiety

”Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m a schizophrenic, and so am I!” - What About Bob

[𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖊]

"Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do." -Words of Radiance

[Through the living jeff he/him(straight)]

“There’s squirrels in my pants!” - Candace, Phineas and Ferb

[TwinStorm He/Him]

"I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose" - Loki

"I did not come here to win. I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather." - The Wheel of Time

[Treamayne]

On 1/7/2025 at 11:38 AM, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose" - Loki

Or, better yet:

Spoiler

Loki: Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by...

Bam! Slam! Bam-bam-bam!

The Hulk: Puny god.

Dresden Files book 6:

Quote

The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.

Codex Alera book 3:

Spoiler

For those unfamiliar with the series (which should be nobody, but some youngin's may be present)
- Juris macto = Trial by Fist (i.e. Fight to the death) 

Quote

 Bernard’s voice suddenly rang out sharp and clear, though still perfectly polite in tone. “Senator. If you call my friend a liar one more time, I will take it badly.”

  “Excuse me?” Arnos said, his eyebrows rising up.

  “I suggest you find an alternate shortsighted, egomaniacally ridiculous reason to blatantly, recklessly ignore an obvious threat to the Realm; simply because you don’t wish it to exist. If you cannot restrain yourself from base slander, I will be pleased to meet you in Juris Macto and personally rip your forked tongue from your head.”

  The muttering in the room stopped, and a bottomless silence fell.

 

 

Edited February 3, 2025 by Treamayne
SPAG

[Mags she/they]

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" -Bilbo Baggins

[Quantus he/him]

"A Revolution without Dancing is a Revolution not worth Having."  -V For Vendetta

"Actors use Lies to tell the Truth, Politicians use them to cover it up."  -V For Vendetta

 

 

[Kasimir he/him]

"Time will always flow. Everything will pass by. That might be why youth is beautiful. It shines, blindingly bright, for just an instant. But you can never go back to it." —Reply 1988

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

"Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of words." –Terry Pratchet, Hogfather.

“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”  –Terry Pratchet, Hogfather.

[Ψιτιsτηε Βεsτ]

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

[elias888]

I really like the line from Words of Radiance, “Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do.” It's just so raw and makes you feel the weight of the character's struggle.

[Kasimir he/him]

On 1/24/2025 at 6:03 AM, KnightSkye said:

“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”  –Terry Pratchet, Hogfather.

Spoiler

Ista reached for another cord, repeating the gesture of plucking and combing. It was a man, one of the officers; his mouth opened on a beginning scream. I'm not getting it all sorted, she worried. I'm not getting it right.

You are brilliant, the Voice reassured her.

It is imperfect.

So are all things trapped in time. You are brilliant, nonetheless. How fortunate for Us that We thirst for glorious souls rather than faultless ones, or We should be parched indeed, and most lonely in Our perfect righteousness. Carry on imperfectly, shining Ista.

—Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold

[Going_North_cal]

"Greatness is overrated." -The Thunderhead, Arc of a Scythe

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

“Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them.”

“‘See, that’s the difference,’ Mauvin said. ‘I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.’”

“‘You didn’t really hold back on Braga so Pickering could kill him, did you?’ Royce asked after the two were left alone in the hallway.
‘Of course not. I held off because it’s death for a commoner to kill a noble.’
‘That’s what I thought.’  Royce sounded relieved. ‘For a minute, I wondered if you’d gone from jumping on the good-deed wagon to leading the whole wagon train.’”

 

Riyria Revelations, Micheal J Sullivan

[Cookie Spren]

"Someone else moves us, lawman."

                               - Bloody Tan

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Some more cool lines:

"With or without honor, men bleed just the same." - War of the Rohirrim

"I am the hunter now." - Wheel of Time

 

[ParaTulip fae/faer (declines as she/her)]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off (the) shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

- Blade Runner the character Roy Batty as played by Rutger Hauer (clip)

 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

"Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby."

"Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

—Top Gun

 

"First things first, to the death."

"No. To the pain."

—The Princess Bride

Also:

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

—The Princess Bride

[Singworlder They/Them/Their]

“The pen is mightier than the sword, though both can ruin a good shirt.”

- Gerry Swallow, alias Dr. Cuthbert Soup