History Quotes / HeelRealization

"I know the [[AmoralAttorney path I've walked]]. You don't need to tell me. And the path I've walked... hasn't been a just one. I can't forgive myself for what I've done... and no one else, should forgive me either."

->:[That was the worst to me, that she could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way.]

->'''Mordin''': [[WhamLine I MADE A MISTAKE!]] [[hottip:*: Significantly, this is the first time we see TerseTalker Mordin speaking normally.]]

-->-- '''Colonel Tigh''', ''BattlestarGalactica''

->'''Hakim''': Space has become a place that has become monopolized by handful of powerful countries. We should fix that shouldn't we? We should start over from scratch, shouldn't we?! And... return all the countries to the way they should be. (''slowly begins raising gun at Nono'')

-->-- '''J.E. Sawyer''', Lead Designer of ''FalloutNewVegas'', on Joshua Graham

-->--[[KnightTemplar The Operative]], ''Film/{{Serenity}}''

->The presents! They'll be destroyed! And I ''care!'' What is the '''''deal'''''?
-->-- '''[[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]''', as played by JimCarrey

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-->-- ''Film/AllStarSuperman''

->The presents! They'll be destroyed! And I ''care!'' What is '''''wrong''''' with me?

->''We saw our work by light of day\\

Than [[LeaveNoSurvivors what we did]] in cold Glencoe''
-->-- "Cold Glencoe", Rise

-> '''Hakim''': Space has become a place that has become monopolized by handful of powerful countries. We should fix that shouldn't we? We should start over from scratch, shouldn't we?! And... return all the countries to the way they should be. (''slowly begins raising gun at Nono'')
-> '''Nono''': Countries? Oh, I've heard all about those!
-> '''Hakim''': (''stops raising gun'')
-> '''Nono''': I've heard Earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a Lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious, mister, where's your country? (''points at Earth'') Can you see it from here?
-> '''Hakim''': ...You're right. You can't see any of it from out here in space. But, I still do. You can't see them... but I still do. (''slowly walks away'')

->One of the children came and sat in my lap. I push her off, I shout, "Get away from me!" I can see the [[PsychoSerum Adam]] oozing out of the corner of her mouth, thick and green. Her filthy hair hanging in her face, dirty clothes, and that dead glow in her eye... I feel... ''hatred'', like I never felt before, in my chest. Bitter, burning, fury. I can barely breathe. And suddenly, I know: it is not this child I hate.

-->-- '''An abusive husband''', writing to one of the prosecutors in the O. J. Simpson case. Quoted by Gavin de Becker in ''The Gift of Fear''.

->''"He could have chosen to blame Caesar, but in the end he blamed himself."''
-->-- '''J.E. Sawyer''', Lead Designer of ''FalloutNewVegas'', on '''Joshua Graham'''

->''Belatedly, she began to wonder if she’d hurt him with her constant rejections.''
->''It wasn’t all her fault though. It’s not like she was obligated to go out with him just because he asked. And she didn’t want to spoil her chances with Sasuke-kun…''
->''Unbidden, memories of some of her more… forceful… rejections came to mind, burning away a lot of her self-justifications.''
->''"I’m not a very nice person," she whispered to herself. Her voice seemed unnaturally loud in the empty hallway.''
-->-- ''{{Fanfic/Team8}},'' regarding Sakura.

->''"You're all selfish monsters who need to die for the good of everyone else."''
-->--Sarda, ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''

-->--''Series/DoctorWho'': Journey's End

-->--Sarda, ''EightBitTheater''

-->--''DoctorWho'': Journey's End

-->--''DoctorWho'': Joureny's End

-> '''Nono''': I've heard earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a Lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious, mister, where's your country? (''points at Earth'') Can you see it from here?

-> '''Nono''': I've heard earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a Lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious mister, where's your country (''points at Earth'') Can you see it from here?

->The presents! They'll be destroyed! And I ''care!'' What is '''''wrong''''' with me?"

->They've got skulls on them. Have you noticed that [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset our caps actually have little pictures of skulls on them?]] Hans... are we the ''baddies?''"

->'''LexLuthor:''' "I could have made ''everyone'' see! If it wasn't for [[{{Superman}} you]], ''I could have saved the world!''"\\
'''Superman:''' "If it had ''mattered'' to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago."\\
'''Luthor:''' "... (''quietly'') you're right."

--> --"Cold Glencoe", Rise

-> '''Hakim''': Space has become a place that has become monopolized by handful of powerful countries. We should fix that shouldn't we? We should start over from scratch, shouldn't we?! And... return all the countries to the way they should be.
-> ''*Slowly begins raising gun at Nono*''

-> ''*Stops raising gun.*''
-> '''Nono''': I've heard earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious mister, where'e your country?
-> ''*Points at earth*''
-> '''Nono''': Can you see it from here?
-> '''Hakim''': ...You're right. You can't see any of it from out here in space. But, I still do. You can't see them... but I still do.
-> ''*Slowly walks away*''
-->-- '''{{Planetes}}'''

-> Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that.

->''"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it."''
-->--'''Kreia''', ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}} II''

-->--''VForVendetta''

-> "One of the children came and sat in my lap. I push her off, I shout, 'Get away from me!' I can see the Adam oozing out of the corner of her mouth, thick and green. Her filthy hair hanging in her face, dirty clothes, and that dead glow in her eye... I feel... hatred, like I never felt before, in my chest. Bitter, burning, fury. I can barely breathe. And suddenly, I know, it is not this child I hate."
-->- '''Brigid Tenenbaum''', ''{{Bioshock}}''

->''"See, now I'm thinkin': maybe it means you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. And I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd."''
-->--'''[[SamuelLJackson Jules Winnfield]]''', ''PulpFiction''

-> "You may have just saved my wife's life, for as I listened to you describing Simpson's [[DomesticAbuse abuse]], I recognized myself."
-->--'''An abusive husband''', writing to one of the prosecutors in the O. J. Simpson case. Quoted by Gavin de Becker in ''The Gift of Fear''.

->"The presents! They'll be destroyed! And I ''care!'' What is '''''wrong''''' with me?"
-->'''The Grinch''' as played by JimCarrey

-> He wouldn't be able to walk on a street on any civilized planet in the galaxy; people wouldn't be able to abide his presence.
-> Nor would he blame them.
-> He couldn't stop thinking about it. He didn't believe he would ever be able to stop thinking about it. The dead would haunt him, forever.
-> [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone How could a man live with that?]]
--> '''Tenn Graneet'', Lead Gunner on the DeathStar

-->'''FallingDown'''

-> "They've got skulls on them. Have you noticed that [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset our caps actually have little pictures of skulls on them?]] Hans... are we the ''baddies?''"
-->--'''[[ThoseWackyNazis SS officer]]''', ''{{That Mitchell and Webb Look}}''

-> "I've always been this way, haven't I? [[FamousLastWords I never notice things]] [[DeathEqualsRedemption until it's too late]]."
-->--'''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Precia Testarossa]], [[TheMovie Movie]] version

'''D-FENS:''' I'm the bad guy?
'''Prendergast:''' ...Yeah.
'''D-FENS:''' How did ''that'' happen?

-->]]'''The Grinch''' as played by JimCarrey