History Quotes / AttackOnTitan

->"The main reason I chose you wasn't because you hated Marley more than any other. It's because you went past the wall that day. [[ForWantOfANail If you had never gone outside together with your sister]], you would have inherited your father's clinic, you would never have met Dina, and Zeke never would have been born. Your little sister would have been an adult by now, probably married. Perhaps she would have been a mother. ''But you went past the wall''. We sought freedom, and our brothers and sisters paid the price for it. There's only one way to pay them back. From the first day I kicked my countrymen off from this place... From the day you brought your sister outside the wall... Those actions will follow us until they're repaid. Even if we die, even after we die. You began this story, didn't you?"

'''Eren:''' ''(Hugging Ymir to him on his knees, to the King's Will)'' ''I'LL END IT! HERE AND NOW!'' I'LL PUT AN END TO THIS WORLD IF YOU GIVE YOUR STRENGTH! ''(To Ymir)'' You're nobody's slave, and you're no god either! You're just a person! You don't have to serve anyone. You can make your own choices! This is ''your'' power. ''You'' get to decide! Do you want to stay here for eternity? Or do you want me to end it!\\

->"...[[TheWorldIsJustAwesome What a beautiful day it is.]] ...if only [[HeelRealization I'd realized that earlier]]... well... after all the killing I've done... that's asking [[KarmicNod for too much]]."

->"You really enjoy making life hell, don't you, Eren? [[BringIt Fine. We'll do things your way! I'll see this through to the end!]]"

->"You really love this hell huh, Eren!? [[BringIt All right]], I'll follow you until the end!"

'''Zeke:''' WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DO IT, YMIR!\

->'''The 1st King:''' Do it. Feast, my daughters! We must bear Ymir's power into the future, no matter the cost. Consume every scrap and sinew of your mother's body. Maria. Rose. Sina. My daughters. You must give birth and multiply. The blood of Ymir has to live on. When you yourselves die, let my grandchildren eat your spines. And let their children eat their spines. So forth and so on. Forever! Even after my passing, my Eldians shall wield Ymir's power and reign supreme all over the world. Our Titans will bring the people of every land to heel. So long as this world persists, our reign shall-

->''"On your feet, dad. You're not done yet. In case you've forgotten, you have your own reasons for coming. You had a little sister 'till that man fed her to his dogs. Think... of your slaughtered comrades. Of Kruger. Of Dina. Avenge them. '''Keep moving forward.''' Even if you die. Even '''after''' you die. And after all, this whole ugly story... started with '''you'''."''

->'''The 1st King:''' ''Eat, my daughters. Whatever it costs, you must inherit Ymir's power. Eat of Ymir until nothing is left. My daughters, bear and raise many children, so that Ymir's blood will never die. When you, my daughters, pass, let my grandchildren eat your spine. When my grandchildren pass, those spines will be passed on in turn, from children to children. Even in the Afterlife, Eldia shall rule the world with its Titans. And they shall continue to reign forever. Into eternity, so long as our reign knows no end.''
->'''Eren Jaeger:''' ''(hugging Ymir to him on his knees, to the King's Will)'' IT ENDS ''NOW''! I'LL PUT AN END TO THIS WORLD! ''(to Ymir)'' LEND ME YOUR STRENGTH. You're not a slave. You're not a god either. You're just a human being. You don't have to serve anyone. You're free to choose.
->'''Zeke Jaeger:''' What did you say?! Eren?! You say that... you're going to end this world...?! Stop it! What are you trying to do?!
->'''Eren:''' ''You're'' the one to decide. ''You'' choose. Whether you want to stay here forever. '''OR END IT.'''
->'''Zeke:''' WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? YMIR!! DO AS I ORDERED YOU TO! I'M TELLING YOU TO TAKE AWAY FROM YMIR'S SUBJECTS THEIR ABILITY TO REPRODUCE!! DO IT IMMEDIATELY!! YMIR!!
->'''Eren:''' Was it you who led me all the way here?
->'''Zeke:''' I AM...! A DESCENDANT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY!
->'''Eren:''' You must have been waiting... all this time... Since two thousand years ago - for someone.

->[[AC:"Hear me. Subjects of Ymir. My name is Eren Yeager. I'm addressing my fellow subjects of Ymir, speaking to you directly through the power of the Founder. All the Walls on the island of Paradis have crumbled to the ground and the legions of Titans buried within have begun their march. My only goal... is to protect the lives of the people of Paradis, the island where I was born. Right now, the nations of the world are united in their desire to exterminate my people and it won't end with our island. They won't be satisfied until every last subject of Ymir is dead. I won't let them have their way. The Titans of the Walls will continue their march until every trace of life beyond our shores is trampled flat. And the people of Paradis... ''are all that remains of humanity.''"]]

->"Please... Don't go... Everyone... The island... Will be killed... Our... Devil... Is... Our... Only... Hope..."

->'''Eren Jaeger:''' ''I can't stop the Rumbling. I can't gamble Paradis' future. I'm going to keep moving forwards. I took the world's freedom... to achieve my own. But I won't steal yours. You are free. Your freedom to save the world... my freedom to keep moving forward... if neither steps down... we would collide... there is only... the option... to fight.''
->'''Armin Arlert:''' [[LittleNo No...]] so... why? Why did you bring us here?
->'''Eren:''' ''To tell you... that there is no need to talk. If you want to stop me...then try to stop me from ever taking another breath. You are all free to do so...''

->''"Eren, you said there was nothing to say, but you were wrong. I've got a question and you will answer it. What do you really mean when you say you're free?"''

'''Eren:''' I'm doing it. For Eldia and the island. But there's more than just that. The world I found outside the walls and the world I always dreamed of are ''nothing alike''. It's so different from the place I saw in Armin's book. When I learned that humanity had survived out here, I felt... I'd never been so let down. I made a wish. That all of it would be wiped away. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... ''I'm so sorry!''

Was to know the greatest freedom this world could offer.

->"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... The island... It's to save Eldia... But... It's more than that... What was really beyond the Walls... was nothing like the world I dreamed of... It wasn't like the world I saw in Armin's book... When I learned that humanity lived beyond the Walls... I was so... dissapointed. I... wished for it... I wanted to wipe it all away... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

->''"Ever since I was born... there, before my eyes... stood those miserable walls.''

->''Flaming water, frozen plains, snow fields of sand.''

->''I'm sure that the outside world is far greater than the one inside of these walls.''

->''Anyone who saw those things...''

->''would be...''

->''the freest person in the world.''

->''This is...''

->''Freedom."''
-->-- '''Eren Jaeger'''

->[[AC:"Hear me, subjects of Ymir. My name is Eren Yeager. I'm addressing my fellow subjects of Ymir, speaking to you directly through the power of the Founder. All the Walls on the island of Paradis have crumbled to the ground and the legions of Titans buried within have begun their march. My only goal... is to protect the lives of the people of Paradis, the island where I was born. Right now, the nations of the world are united in their desire to exterminate my people and it won't end with our island. They won't be satisfied until every last subject of Ymir is dead. I won't let them have their way. The Titans of the Walls will continue their march until every trace of life beyond our shores is trampled flat. And the people of Paradis... ''are all that remains of humanity.''"]]

->''"There's a sea... and just across that sea, freedoms wait. That's what I always believed, at least. [[ManlyTears But I was wrong.]] I know what's waiting across the sea now. It's our enemies. Everything we've seen... has been exactly as it was in my father's memories. Hey... if we did cross the sea and we killed our enemies... after that, will we '''finally''' be free?"''

->''"Every day I've spent here I've wondered: how did all these people let it come to this? Minds and bodies ruined... dreams of freedom erased... personalities burned away... No one would want to go to war if they knew what it would do to them. But it's not like we all leapt into that hell knowingly. Most of us were pushed, some of us were pushed by other people and some of us were pushed by the environments we grew up in. So... the few who do choose to leap into hell see it differently than the rest and they are also able to see something beyond the hell. Maybe that something is [[HopeSpringsEternal hope]] or maybe it's just another hell. The fact is... you can only find out by [[CallBack moving forward]]."''

-->-- '''Eren Jaeger, steeling himself for the Last War of the Titans against Marley and the rest of the world'''

->"Eren, I'm asking you one more question you're not going to like. What about you is free? And you can answer me once we drag you out of there."

->''"Every day I've spent here I've wondered: how did all of these people let it come to this? Minds and bodies ruined... dreams of freedom erased... personalities burned away... No one would want to go to war if they knew what it would do to them. But it's not like we all leapt into that hell knowingly. Most of us would push, some of us were pushed by other people and some of us were pushed by the environments we grew up in. So... the few who do choose to leap into hell see it differently than the rest and they are also able to see something beyond the hell. Maybe that something is [[HopeSpringsEternal hope]] or maybe it's just another hell. The fact is... you can only find out by [[CallBack moving forward]]."''

->"Every day since I came to this institution I've wondered; just how it came to be this way... For me and my comrades... Our minds and bodies are exhausted. Our freedom has been taken away. Even our very identities... If everyone knew they'd turn out like this... I don't think they would agree to ever set foot on the battlefield. But we all have something within that is pushing us, to take that plunge head-first into hell. For most people... That something... Is not their own will. They're forced into it by their environment or the expectations of others; it was never their own choice. But when we choose to immerse ourselves in that same hell willingly... We can see something ''beyond'' it... It might even be [[HopeSpringsEternal hope]]. Or in the end just a hell of another making. You'll never know. If you're not the one who's continuing to take that path... ''[[CallBack Unless you keep moving forward]]''."
-->-- '''[[TheMole Eren Jaeger's]] latest but more [[WiseBeyondTheirYears understated]] RousingSpeech, to Falco'''

->[[AC:"Hear me, subjects of Ymir. My name is Eren Yeager. I'm addressing my fellow subjects of Ymir, speaking to you directly through the power of the Founder. All the Walls on the island of Paradis have crumbled to the ground and the legions of Titans buried within have begun their march. My only goal... is to protect the lives of the people of Paradis, the island where I was born. Right now, the nations of the world are united in their desire to exterminate my people and it won't end with our island. They won't be satisfied until every last subject of Ymir is dead. I won't let them have their way. The Titans of the Walls will continue their march until every trace of life beyond our shores is trampled flat. And the people of Paradis... are all that remains of humanity."]]

->'''Commander Erwin Smith:''' I just want to visit that basement... Everything I have done, I did in anticipation of this day. That someday I would be able to check my answers. There were so many times I thought it would be easier to simply die. But then... The dream me and my father shared would flash through my head. And now... Those answers are so close I could reach out and grab them with my own hands... They are right there. But, Levi... Can you see them? ''(visions of all fallen Survey Corps members appear around Erwin and Levi)'' Our comrades are watching us. They want to know what became of the hearts they dedicated to our cause. They may be gone, but their fight isn't over yet. Is it all nothing more than my own childish delusion?
->'''Captain Levi:''' You've fought well. We were only able to get this far thanks to you. I'm making the choice. Give up on your dreams and die for us. I will take down the Beast Titan''(Erwin resigns himself to his fate with a smile)''.

->'''Commander Erwin Smith:''' I just want to visit that basement... Everything I have done, I did in anticipation of this day. That someday I would be able to check my answers. There were so many times I thought it would be easier to simply die. But then... The dream me and my father shared would flash through my head. And now... Those answers are so close I could reach out and grab them with my own hands... They are right there. But, Levi... Can you see them? ''(visions of all fallen Survey Corps members appear around Erwin and Levi)'' Our comrades are watching us. They want to know what became of the hearts they dedicated to our cause. They may be gone, but their fight isn't over yet. Is it all nothing more than my own childish delusion?
->'''Captain Levi:''' You've fought well. We were only able to get this far thanks to you. I'm making the choice. Give up on your dreams and die for us. I will take down the Beast Titan.''(Erwin resigns himself to his fate with a smile)''