History Quotes / StepfordSmiler

-->-- [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]], ''Anime/CodeGeass''

-->-- Wolfgang Grimmer, ''Anime/{{Monster}}''

-->-- [[BigGood All-Might]], ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia''

-->--Anonymous, viral Internet quote

-->-- '''Nora''', ''Fanfic/LetMeBeYourPoison'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} fanfic

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->“I think he still blamed himself,” she says in the blandest tone, “even though I told him I was okay.”
->“He does that sometimes,” you agree. “But I don't think you were really okay, and even though you lied to yourself, I think you couldn't lie to him.”
->She turns to look at you, her face as blank and expressionless as her empty eye sockets.
->“But I'm okay,” she says, her voice still lacking inflection. “[[MadnessMantra I was okay. I'm okay,]]” she repeats, and blinks rapidly.
->You brush a lock of hair back from her face, and the contact surprises her, even though you had your hand on your shoulder just a minute ago.
->“Are you really, though?” you ask kindly, and she hiccups. Fat, reddish tears start rolling down her cheeks.

->''But he got it now. He got what everyone was looking for. It wasn't for him to be happy, and he wasn't trying to be mean thinking about that. People wanted other people to fit into a nice, neat package with smartly tied bows that were the right color to match the wrapping paper. People wanted to be able to classify other people, and for them to behave according to code.''
->''Light found his code.''
->''His role is son, older brother, protector, student, genius, role model, kind, earnest. His role is to be perfect so they don't have to worry again, so they won't say he's abnormal, strange, worrisome (all whispered in the dark night across the kitchen table when they thought he was asleep).''

->Ruby, on the other hand, acts like she doesn’t come back to the dorm looking pensive on most nights, leaves and flower petals stuck to her hair; acts like she doesn’t shift closer to you in bed on others. Ruby acts like what happens [[BadDreams past midnight]] happens on a different plane, another reality even, like she wants to keep the part of her that wolfs down cookies and swings around gun-scythes with pinpoint precision and playfulness separate from the part of her that shuffles to bed with you during the early morning hours.
->It’s worrying.
->It’s worrying and you understand why she does it.

->'''Ikeda:''' You're forcing it.
->'''Yoshida:''' Don't say that. We must pretend we're happy. It's scary if another disaster strikes again.

''she crafted her first mask;''\\
''imbued with betrayal and hurt.''\\
''She named it confidence''\\
''and put it on''

->''That sugar cane that tasted good''
->''That's who you are, that's what you could''
->''C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry''

->''I may seem alright, and smile when you leave''
->''But my smiles are just a front''
->''Just a front''

-> And I've been telling Yuna... Let's go to Zanarkand together! Let's beat Sin! I told her all the things we could... we could... And all along, the whole time, I didn't know anything! But Yuna, she'd... just smile.

-> You said it made you happy when I smiled, didn't you? But really... I was afraid. I was always afraid.

-> No, no... I shouldn't be laughing. Nothing's funny.

->Seek alternate subject. Initiate analysing scan: Philip Marquard.
->Look, sweetling. See the pretty picture: the charismatic leader of [[PathOfInspiration Morninglight]] and his beautiful family, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a symbol of the new era of humanity]]. The patriarch, Philip, handsome and earnest of smile. His wife, Elisa, equally photogenic. Their two children - Alexandre and Kathrine, eight and eleven years old, pretty little replicas of their parents. And, of course, there is a beautiful, purebred dog. A lovely portrait. But the photo album pages are stuck together with blood and worse. Down in the basement...

->''That’s what interests me about the [Eleventh] Doctor because, actually, look at the blood on the man’s hands. 900 years, countless very selfish choices, and he's literally blown planets up. His own race, you know, that’s all on his hands. Which is why I think he has to make silly jokes and wear a fez. Because if he didn’t, [[DrivenToSuicide he'd hang himself]].''

->Lying tears hurt others; lying smiles hurt only oneself.

->I'm smiling now...right?

->'''Cassie:''' Nothing is normal here. Can't you feel it? All these so-called full members, they're all being so perfectly nice. So perfectly
helpful. They're so perfectly normal it's abnormal. And all the time their eyes are following you, [[BigBrotherIsWatching watching you]]. Watching you like... [[PupeteerParasite like a hungry dog watching a bone]].

-->-- "I Try", '''Macy Gray'''

-->-- "Flashman", '''TheMegas'''

-->-- '''Leo Valdez''' (narration), ''TheHeroesOfOlympus''

-->--'''Matt Smith''' (the Eleventh Doctor), ''Series/DoctorWho''

->''That’s what interests me about the [Eleventh] Doctor because, actually, look at the blood on the man’s hands. 900 years, countless very selfish choices, and he's literally blown planets up. His own race, you know, that’s all on his hands. Which is why I think he has to make silly jokes and wear a fez. Because if he didn’t, [[DrivenToSuicide he'd hang himself]].''
-->--'''Matt Smith''' (the Eleventh Doctor), ''Series/DoctorWho''