History Quotes / AwfulTruth

''Barbara:''' I... rghh... Dad was working on... a project for [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Governor Luthor]]. Something... deep in the Lexes. Top secret. An alien. Luthor wanted it... controlled. He wanted to... harness its power... Gahhhh... I don't know why. But dad... He couldn't let it happen. He hacked his ridealongs. Kept the alien off the grid. Changed her memories. Changed my memories. That was ten years ago. That's the day we became sisters.

->'''Katara''': Are you saying I'm a liar?\\
'''Sokka''': I'm saying you're an optimist. Same thing basically.

->[=DeWitt=], I'm a fool. I've sent mighty armies to stop you. I rained fire on you from above. I did all that to keep you from [[LivingMacGuffin her]], when all I needed was to tell her the truth.

->'''Makoto''': Oh, one more thing! You know the thing that kept me alive inside the Boundary and helped me get back here? What was it, anyway?\\
'''Rachel''': Do you really wish to know?\\
'''Makoto''': Uh, yeah!\\
'''Rachel''': If you would know the truth, then take a look inside of that casket. I must warn you, though - I daresay you will not like what you see.\\
(''Makoto opens the first casket... and, [[ThisCannotBe justifiably horrified]], opens three more'')\\
'''Makoto''': ! Oh my god... no...!\\
'''Rachel''': This is the reason you were flung into that other world... and the reason you were able to remember what was real. [[ThePowerOfFriendship You care dearly for Noel Vermillion]], but the girl you know as Noel was [[CloningBlues preceded by these]]. Failed observers, all of them, crafted by [[MadScientist Relius Clover]]. They were all Prime Field Devices, but none of them became Noel...\\
'''Makoto''': Then these girls... they're all...\\
'''Rachel''': Dolls, yes. Created by human hands... [[TomatoInTheMirror just like you beastkin]].

->It's a dream, Oswin. You dreamed it for yourself because the truth was too terrible. Because you are a ''Dalek''.

->YOU CAN'T '''HANDLE''' THE TRUTH!

->Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is just energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.

->Dammit... It hurts to face yourself... I knew it wasn't lying... But I was so ashamed I didn't want to admit it...
-->--'''Yosuke''', accepting his true self, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''

->As I said, Wright. The truth isn't always...pretty...

->You're trying to understand. I told you your brother had been killed. And yet, here he stands, in the very shadow of the man you came here to destroy. You came here to avenge his death. You came here to save mankind. And you see now, you cannot do both.

->I looked for the truth. Found it. Didn't like it. Wish to hell I could forget it.

->Ask not the [[SpaceElves Eldar]] a question, for they will give you three answers, all of which are true and terrifying to know.

->One description given by some philosophers when asked to describe the true nature of the Imperium is that, beyond its teeming masses, uncountable worlds and incalculable might, it is best described as a vast web of secrets.\\
Secrets, and to greater extent ignorance of the truth of things, are paramount to the Imperium's very existence. Knowledge is a calcified and restricted thing. One simple reason for this restriction is that it is better that people have faith than facts, for the facts allow little room for hope and realization of the true horrors that confront humanity would only lead to destruction and utter despair.

->'''Cigarette-Smoking Man''': You have told her the truth haven't you, Fox? I helped you find it.\\

'''Cigarette-Smoking Man''': And now you refuse to speak it. Not to Scully, not to anyone. You've even refused to testify to what you learned--even though it would have saved your life. You damned me for ''my'' secrets, but you're afraid to speak the truth.

->Why do you fear to even glimpse the truth?

-->-- '''Petra Johanna Lagerkvist''', to the player if he or she loses in ''[[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Arcana Heart 3]]''

-->-- ''Petra Johanna Lagerkvist'', to the player if he or she loses in ''[[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Arcana Heart 3]]''

-> ''One description given by some philosophers when asked to describe the true nature of the Imperium is that, beyond its teeming masses, uncountable worlds and incalculable might, it is best described as a vast web of secrets.''
-> ''Secrets, and to greater extent ignorance of the truth of things, are paramount to the Imperium's very existence. Knowledge is a calcified and restricted thing. One simple reason for this restriction is that it is better that people have faith than facts, for the facts allow little room for hope and realization of the true horrors that confront humanity would only lead to destruction and utter despair.''
-->-- '''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''

-> ''"I looked for the truth. Found it. Didn't like it. Wish to hell I could forget it."''
-->-- '''Alex Mercer''', ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''

->'''Cigarette-Smoking Man''': You have told her the truth haven't you, Fox? I helped you find it.
->'''Mulder:''' You didn't help me. You sent me to that government facility knowing exactly what I'd find.
->'''Cigarette-Smoking Man''': And now you refuse to speak it. Not to Scully, not to anyone. You've even refused to testify to what you learned--even though it would have saved your life. You damned me for ''my'' secrets, but you're afraid to speak the truth.
-->--'''''Series/TheXFiles''''', "The Truth"

-> ''"Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is just energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."''
-->-- '''Creator/BillHicks'''

-> ''"YOU CAN'T '''HANDLE''' THE TRUTH!"''
-->-- '''Jessep''', ''Film/AFewGoodMen''

-> ''"You're trying to understand. I told you your brother had been killed. And yet, here he stands, in the very shadow of the man you came here to destroy. You came here to avenge his death. You came here to save mankind. And you see now, you cannot do both."''
-->-- '''Dr. Light''', ''[[Music/TheProtomen The Stand (Man or Machine)]]''

-> ''"It's a dream, Oswin. You dreamed it for yourself because the truth was too terrible. Because you are a '''Dalek'''."''
-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]''

''(Makoto opens the first casket... and, [[ThisCannotBe justifiably horrified]], opens three more)''\\

-->-- ''Slight Hope'' true ending, ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND]]''

->''"[=DeWitt=], I'm a fool. I've sent mighty armies to stop you. I rained fire on you from above. I did all that to keep you from [[LivingMacGuffin her]], when all I needed was to tell her the truth."''
-->-- '''Father Comstock''', ''Videogame/BioShockInfinite''

->'''Katara''': Are you saying I'm a liar?\\
'''Sokka''': I'm saying you're an optimist. Same thing basically.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''"As I said, Wright. The truth isn't always...pretty..."''

->''"Dammit... It hurts to face yourself... I knew it wasn't lying... But I was so ashamed I didn't want to admit it..."''
-->--'''Yosuke''', upon accepting his true self, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''

-->-- '''Miles Edgeworth''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''

-->-- '''Father Comstock''', ''Videogame/BioShockInfinite''

-->-- '''Jessep''', ''AFewGoodMen''

-> One description given by some philosophers when asked to describe the true nature of the Imperium is that, beyond its teeming masses, uncountable worlds and incalculable might, it is best described as a vast web of secrets.
-> Secrets, and to greater extent ignorance of the truth of things, are paramount to the Imperium's very existence. Knowledge is a calcified and restricted thing. One simple reason for this restriction is that it is better that people have faith than facts, for the facts allow little room for hope and realization of the true horrors that confront humanity would only lead to destruction and utter despair.

-> "I looked for the truth. Found it. Didn't like it. Wish to hell I could forget it."

-> "Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is just energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
--> - '''Creator/BillHicks'''

-> "YOU CAN'T '''HANDLE''' THE TRUTH!"
--> - '''Jessep''', ''AFewGoodMen''

-> "''You're trying to understand. I told you your brother had been killed. And yet, here he stands, in the very shadow of the man you came here to destroy. You came here to avenge his death. You came here to save mankind. And you see now, you cannot do both.''"
--> - '''Dr. Light''', ''[[Music/TheProtomen The Stand (Man or Machine)]]''

-> "It's a dream, Oswin. You dreamed it for yourself because the truth was too terrible. Because you are a '''Dalek'''."
--> - '''The Doctor''', ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]''

-->-- ''Slight Hope'' true ending, ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND]]''

-->-- ''Slight Hope'' true ending, ''[[BlazBlueContinuumShift BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND]]''

'''Rachel''': Dolls, yes. Created by human hands... [[TomatoInTheMirror just like you beastkin]].\\

--> - '''The Doctor''', ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]''

--> - '''Dr. Light''', ''[[Music/TheProtomen The Stand (Man or Machine)]]''

--> - '''BillHicks'''

--> - '''Dr. Light''', ''[[Music/TheProtomen The Stand (Man or Machine)]]''

-> One description given by some philosophers when asked to describe the true nature of the Imperium is that, beyond its teeming masses, uncountable worlds and incalculable might, it is best described as a vast web of secrets.
-> Secrets, and to greater extent ignorance of the truth of things, are paramount to the Imperium's very existence. Knowledge is a calcified and restricted thing. One simple reason for this restriction is that it is better that people have faith than facts, for the facts allow little room for hope and realization of the true horrors that confront humanity would only lead to destruction and utter despair.
-->-- '''{{Warhammer 40000}}'''

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--> - '''Dr. Light''', ''[[TheProtomen The Stand (Man or Machine)]]''

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