History Quotes / GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul

-->-- ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E137Number12LooksJustLikeYou Number Twelve Looks Just Like You]]"

With vacant eyes and plastic smiles''

->''(The uniform will set you free)\\

(They’ll soon do to you what they’ve done to me!)''

-''>They march along in single file
Surrendering their sense of style
Happily police the streets
With vacant eyes and plastic smiles

(The uniform will set you free)
(Close your eyes and you will see)

->''I fear '''the prison is''' driving me mad. The doctor tells me it is '''only in my mind.'''\\\
'''I must''' never allow myself to '''trust the doctor. I have seen his''' notebook. He does not '''care for me. I am''' not a '''patient.''' I am an experiment.\\\
'''These holes in my memory''' -- '''were''' they '''always there'''?\\\
I think '''the pills give''' them to '''me'''. Even my '''clear'''est '''thoughts''' are like an old tapestry -- faded and bare and eaten through by moths and mice. '''I find myself''' staring off into space, un'''able to recall names and dates''' or even what I was just thinking about.\\\
'''There are''' ways. I track days scratching '''tally marks on the floor beneath my bed.''' I am running out of room, and I worry that '''one day, with the doctor’s help, I will''' not '''remember what they mean.'''\\\
'''Tomorrow I will get''' out. '''better''' to escape while '''my mind is strong''' than languish '''in this place'''. '''I am''' going '''home.'''''
-->-- ''WebOriginal/TheShortestStory'', "[[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]]" (everything but the bolded text fades in and out of view)

->'''Jon''': You just have to restore Garfield's memory, doc. He doesn't beat up on Odie. He doesn't claw the furniture. He's not lazy and obnoxious.
->'''Liz:''' Are you sure you want me to do this?
->'''Jon:''' Come to think of it...

->'''John: ''' According to Chiana, the Nebari "mental cleansing" is a bit like ''brainwashing''.\\

-->--''{{Series/Farscape}}'', "Durka Returns"

-->-- ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You"

->'''Dr. Ruth Adams:''' What we did was wean him off the coin and onto a die. That gave him six decision options instead of the former two. He did so well with the die that we've been able to move him onto a pack of tarot cards. That's seventy-eight options open to him now, Batman. Next we plan to introduce him to the I-ching. Soon he'll have a completely functional judgmental facility that doesn't rely so much on [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity black and white absolutes.]]\\
'''Batman:''' But right now, he can't even make a simple decision, like going to the bathroom, without consulting the cards? Seems to me you've effectively destroyed the man's personality, Doctor.\\

-->--Discussing ComicBook/TwoFace, '''''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'''''

->Everything is fine. [[MindRape Everything was explained]]. It is so beautiful. It is good [[INeverGotAnyLetters you did not write back]]. That would have only have hindered the process. Thank you. It is evil for parents to view their children as their products. I have no fear now. I let it all go, all distractions and connections that will keep me from reaching the next step. The mind you had as a human is aborted. Your soul is filled with light. [[DeathOfPersonality Something new is born]].
-->--'''Kinji's''' last letter, ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

-> Why am I smiling? [[AndIMustScream I don't wanna smile!]]
-->--One of the '''Little Sisters,''' in a rare lucid moment, ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''

->I fear '''the prison is''' driving me mad. The doctor tells me it is '''only in my mind.'''\\
\\
'''I must''' never allow myself to '''trust the doctor. I have seen his''' notebook. He does not '''care for me. I am''' not a '''patient.''' I am an experiment.\\
\\
'''These holes in my memory'''- '''were''' they '''always there'''?\\
\\
I think '''the pills give''' them to '''me'''. Even my '''clear'''est '''thoughts''' are like an old tapestry— faded and bare and eaten through by moths and mice. '''I find myself''' staring off into space, un'''able to recall names and dates''' or even what I was just thinking about.\\
\\
'''There are''' ways. I track days scratching '''tally marks on the floor beneath my bed.''' I am running out of room, and I worry that '''one day, with the doctor’s help, I will''' not '''remember what they mean.'''\\
\\
'''Tomorrow I will get''' out. '''better''' to escape while '''my mind is strong''' than languish '''in this place'''. '''I am''' going '''home.'''
-->--''WebOriginal/TheShortestStory, "[[https://shorteststory.com/index.php?date=2018-07-26 The Prison of Forgetting]]" (everything but the bolded text fades in and out of view)

-->-- ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You"

'''These holes in my memory(—)were''' they '''always there?'''\\

I think '''the pills give''' them to '''me'''. Even my '''clear'''est '''thoughts''' are like an old tapestry—faded and bare and eaten through by moths and mice. '''I find myself''' staring off into space, un'''able to recall names and dates''' or even what I was just thinking about.\\

'''Valerie:''' Well, of course silly. I feel, I feel good. I always feel good. Life is pretty, life is fun, I am all and all is one.

-->-- ''{{Garfield}}''

'''Durka:''' Yes, as much as difference between a knife attack and life-saving surgery.