History Quotes / RetiredMonster

->Meier did [[NoodleIncident something terrible]] in a war he tries to forget. He did it over and over, and at the time he’d freely admit he enjoyed it. His side lost, though, and the victors, along with his own ashamed people, have hunted his fellow soldiers down one by one. Through the years since, he’s heard people talk about how terrible it was, he’s seen them put up monuments to the dead and the martyrs, and his desire to escape justice has become a backwards kind of guilt. His conscience tugs at him not so much for his sins, but for anything that reminds him of the man who committed them. He’s gradually conflated this with his fear of capture, coming to believe that any trace of the man he was will somehow alert those who (he imagines) pursue him for his crimes. Yet he can’t let go of his memories... or his [[CreepySouvenir souvenirs]].

->[[TimeAbyss The times were different]]. I was different. The ''whole bloody world'' was different, okay? ... Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear?! I killed, but I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand! And [[BloodKnight I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. [[EvilFeelsGood It was because I liked it]]. [[MysteriousWaif Cassandra]] was nothing. [[DoomedHometown Her village]] was ''nothing''. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.

-->--'''''ASofterWorld'''''

->Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed, but I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand. And [[BloodKnight I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because I liked it. Cassandra was nothing. Her village was ''nothing''. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.

->'''"Karidian":''' ''(reading transcript)'' The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. [[FinalSolution Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society]]. ''(stops looking at the paper)'' Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered. Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus Four.\\

->'''[[BrokenPedestal Methos]]:''' The times were different, [=MacLeod=]. I was different. The whole bloody world was different, okay?\\
'''Duncan:''' Did you kill all those people?\\
'''Methos:''' ''(hesitates)'' Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed, but I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand. And [[BloodKnight I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because I liked it. Cassandra was nothing. Her village was ''nothing''. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.
-->''[[Series/{{Highlander}} Highlander: The Series]]'' ("Comes a Horseman")

-> We are proud...of having been officers of the finest corps of the [[NaziGermany Third Reich]]. And if I were born again, I would do exactly what I did. -Sieg Heil!

-->--'''Jex''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E03ATownCalledMercy}} "A Town Called Mercy"]])

->''"You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to\\

All alone and dying of cancer"''

->'''"Karidian":''' ''(reading transcript)'' The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. [[FinalSolution Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society]]. ''(stops looking at the paper)'' Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered. Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus Four.
->'''Kirk:''' I remember the words; I wrote them down. You said them [[MyGreatestFailure like you knew them]]. You hardly glanced at the paper.
-->--'''''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''''', "The Conscience of the King"

->'''[[BrokenPedestal Methos]]:''' The times were different, [=MacLeod=]. I was different. The whole bloody world was different, okay?
->'''Duncan:''' Did you kill all those people?
->'''Methos:''' ''(hesitates)'' Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed, but I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand. And [[BloodKnight I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because I liked it. Cassandra was nothing. Her village was ''nothing''. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.

->''"You think I'm unaffected by what I did? That I don't hear them screaming every time I close my eyes? It would be so much simpler if I was just one thing, wouldn't it? The mad scientist who made that killing machine, or the physician who's dedicated his life to serving this town. The fact that I'm both bewilders you."''

->''"What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of the Jedi? That I felt the call of the Sith, that perhaps, once, I held the galaxy by its throat? That for every good work that I did, I brought equal harm upon the galaxy? That perhaps what the greatest of the Sith Lords knew of evil, they learned from me?"''

->''"Truth and beauty are wonderful words, but shrapnel is shrapnel, and at the end of the day, I am alone with what I have done."'' (alt text: "We buried truth under playgrounds.")

->''"Meier did [[NoodleIncident something terrible]] in a war he tries to forget. He did it over and over, and at the time he’d freely admit he enjoyed it. His side lost, though, and the victors, along with his own ashamed people, have hunted his fellow soldiers down one by one. Through the years since, he’s heard people talk about how terrible it was, he’s seen them put up monuments to the dead and the martyrs, and his desire to escape justice has become a backwards kind of guilt. His conscience tugs at him not so much for his sins, but for anything that reminds him of the man who committed them. He’s gradually conflated this with his fear of capture, coming to believe that any trace of the man he was will somehow alert those who (he imagines) pursue him for his crimes. Yet he can’t let go of his memories... or his [[CreepySouvenir souvenirs]]."''

-->--'''Jez''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E03ATownCalledMercy}} "A Town Called Mercy"]])

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/10/youre-fast-becoming-prey-to-every.html Jez]]''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E03ATownCalledMercy}} "A Town Called Mercy"]])

-->'''''[[Series/{{Highlander}} Highlander: The Series]]''''' ("Comes a Horseman")

->'''[[BrokenPedestal Methos]]:''' The times were different, [=MacLeod=]. I was different. The whole bloody world was different, okay?\\

-->''[[Series/{{Highlander}} Highlander: The Series]]'' ("Comes a Horseman")

->'''"Karidian":''' ''(reading transcript)'' The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. [[FinalSolution Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society]]. ''(stops looking at the paper)'' Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered. Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus Four.\\
'''Kirk:''' I remember the words; I wrote them down. You said them [[MyGreatestFailure like you knew them]]. You hardly glanced at the paper.

->'''Duncan:''' Is what she said true?\\
'''[[BrokenPedestal Methos]]:''' The times were different, [=MacLeod=]. ''I'' was different. The whole bloody world was different, okay?\\
'''Duncan:''' Did you kill all those people?\\
'''Methos:''' Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed... But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed '''ten''' thousand. And I was good at it. And it wasn't for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]], it wasn't for [[OnlyInItForTheMoney greed]]. It was because [[EvilFeelsGood I liked it.]] Cassandra was nothing. [[DoomedHometown Her village]] was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.

'''Methos:''' Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed... But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed '''ten''' thousand. [[BecauseImGoodAtIt And I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]], it wasn't for [[OnlyInItForTheMoney greed]]. It was because [[EvilFeelsGood I liked it.]] Cassandra was nothing. [[DoomedHometown Her village]] was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.
-->''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'' ("Comes a Horseman")

->''"Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed... But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed '''ten''' thousand. [[BecauseImGoodAtIt And I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because [[BloodKnight I liked it.]] Cassandra was nothing. Her village was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes."''
-->Methos, '''''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series''''' ("Comes a Horseman")

-->Methos, '''''HighlanderTheSeries''''' ("Comes a Horseman")

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->'''Karidian:''' ''(reading transcript)'' The revolution is successful, but survival depends on drastic measures. [[FinalSolution Your continued existence represents a threat to the well-being of society]]. ''(stops looking at the paper)'' Your lives means slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered. Signed, Kodos, governor of Tarsus Four.\\

-->'''Pink Floyd - Dogs'''

->"Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is ''that'' what you want to hear? I killed... But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed '''ten''' thousand. [[BecauseImGoodAtIt And I was good at it.]] And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because [[BloodKnight I liked it.]] Cassandra was nothing. Her village was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]! Death on a horse! When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was ''[[TheDreaded me]]''! I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?! ''(calms himself)'' The answer is yes. Oh yes.

'''Kirk:''' I remember the words; I wrote them down. You said them like you ''knew'' them. You hardly glanced at the paper.

->'''Duncan:''' Is what she said true?
->[[spoiler:'''Methos:''']] The times were different, [=MacLeod=]. ''I'' was different. The whole bloody world was different, okay?
->'''Duncan:''' Did you kill all those people?
->[[spoiler:'''Methos:''']] Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is that what you want to hear? ... I killed. But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand! And I was good at it. And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because... I liked it. Cassandra was nothing. Her village was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was [[TheFourHorsemen Death]]. Death on a horse. When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was me. I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night. Is that what you want to hear?! The answer is yes. Oh yes.
-->''HighlanderTheSeries''

->"What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of the Jedi? That I felt the call of the Sith, that perhaps, once, I held the galaxy by its throat? That for every good work that I did, I brought equal harm upon the galaxy? That perhaps what the greatest of the Sith Lords knew of evil, they learned from me?"

->"Truth and beauty are wonderful words, but shrapnel is shrapnel, and at the end of the day, I am alone with what I have done." (alt text: "We buried truth under playgrounds.")
-->ASofterWorld

->Meier did [[NoodleIncident something terrible]] in a war he tries to forget. He did it over and over, and at the time he’d freely admit he enjoyed it. His side lost, though, and the victors, along with his own ashamed people, have hunted his fellow soldiers down one by one. Through the years since, he’s heard people talk about how terrible it was, he’s seen them put up monuments to the dead and the martyrs, and his desire to escape justice has become a backwards kind of guilt. His conscience tugs at him not so much for his sins, but for anything that reminds him of the man who committed them. He’s gradually conflated this with his fear of capture, coming to believe that any trace of the man he was will somehow alert those who (he imagines) pursue him for his crimes. Yet he can’t let go of his memories... or his [[CreepySouvenir souvenirs]].

->"...You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight, You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking. And after a while, you can work on points for style. Like the club tie, and the firm handshake, A certain look in the eye and an easy smile. You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to, So that when they turn their backs on you, You'll get the chance to put the knife in. You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder. You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older. And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south, Hide your head in the sand, Just another sad old man, All alone and dying of cancer."

-->''[[{{Highlander}} Highlander: The Series]]''

->[[spoiler:'''Methos:''']] Yes. Is that what you want to hear? Killing was all I knew. Is that what you want to hear? ... I killed. But I didn't just kill fifty, I didn't kill a hundred. I killed a thousand. I killed TEN thousand! And I was good at it. And it wasn't for vengeance, it wasn't for greed. It was because... I liked it. Cassandra was nothing. Her village was nothing. Do you know who I was? I was Death. Death on a horse. When mothers warned their children that the monster would get them, that monster was me. I was the nightmare that kept them awake at night. Is that what you want to hear?! The answer is yes. Oh yes.