History Quotes / WhatYouAreInTheDark

->'''Dorien''': Yes, thank you Sharon.

-->-- ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E8MindOverMatter Mind Over Matter]]"

-->-- '''Takayuki Yagami''', ''VideoGame/Judgment''

->''This is it... this is the icing on my cake! A lifetime of physical and psychological abuse, brought to a swift and satisfying end! ''[[MurderByInaction All I have to do... is nothing!]]'' I mean, this is just Darwinism at work! As long as I don't hand her this lifesaving juice ''that I am currently handing her-NOOOOOOOOO!!''

->This is it... this is the icing on my cake! A lifetime of physical and psychological abuse, brought to a swift and satisfying end! [[MurderByInaction All I have to do... is nothing!]] I mean, this is just Darwinism at work! As long as I don't hand her this lifesaving juice ''that I am currently handing her NOOOOOOOOO!!''

->This is it... this is the icing on my cake! A lifetime of physical and psychological abuse, brought to a swift and satisfying end! All I have to do... is nothing! I mean, this is just Darwinism at work! As long as I don't hand her this lifesaving juice ''that I am currently handing her NOOOOOOOOO!!''

-->-- '''Young Chiba''' to Young Naeko, ''Manga/DetectiveConan''

-> I don't know how I'd face up to murder, but I'm sure of one thing. If I'd been in his shoes, I would have done [[DeadPersonImpersonation exactly what Paul did in 1939.]] And [[PromotionToParent I can only hope to God that I'd have acted the same in 1948.]]

-> I don't know how I'd face up to murder, but I'm sure of one thing. If I'd been in his shoes, I would have done exactly what Paul did in 1939. And I can only hope to God that I'd have acted the same in 1948.
--> ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher'': ''By Hook or by Crook''

->Nineteenth [Platoon] lasted seventeen minutes from the time the gates closed. [[LastStand They accounted for one-hundred and eighty nine enemy casualties.]] No one witnessed their heroism.
-->-- ''Literature/GauntsGhosts: Sabbat Martyr''

-->-- '''Miiro''', ''Anime/KantaiCollection'' [=OP1=]

-->-- '''Barbara''', ''Comicbook/Batgirl2000'', issue 45

->This is it... this is the icing on my cake! [[BigSisterBully A lifetime of physical and psychological abuse,]] brought to a swift and satisfying end! All I have to do... [[MurderByInaction is nothing!]] I mean, this is just Darwinism at work! As long as I don't hand her this lifesaving juice ''[[ChronicHeroSyndrome that I am currently handing her]] [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOO!!]]''

->'''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney Harry]]:''' Come on, Lee. If they want to get killed, let 'em.\\
'''[[TheHero Chris]]:''' Go ahead, Lee. You don't owe anything to anybody.\\
'''[[CowardlyLion Lee]]:''' Except to myself.

->Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
-->--'''Creator/PGWodehouse'''

->'''Tenavik''': You may still choose to walk away from [[FutureMeScaresMe this future.]] But if you take the crystal, your fate will be sealed forever. There will be no escaping it.\\

-->-- Proverb

-->-- Unknown

->'''Player''': [[spoiler:Graham]] wasn't the one who killed all those people. He just allowed it to happen.\\
'''Felix''': I'm sure [[spoiler:Graham]] told himself the same thing. He wasn't the one who held the gun and pulled the trigger. All he did was turn a key. The thing is... that's all it takes. Sometimes the difference between right and wrong is turning a key, or looking the other way, or keeping your mouth shut when you oughtta speak up.
-->--''Videogame/TheOuterWorlds''

'''Felix''': I'm sure [[spoiler:Graham]] told himself the same thing. He wasn't the one who held the gun and pulled the trigger. All he did was turn a key. The thing is... that's all it takes. Soemthimes the difference between right and wrong is turning a key, or looking the other way, or keeping your mouth shut when you oughtta speak up.

!!!RealLife
->''"When Nazi doctors were let loose during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]], the incredible rate of their discoveries were matched only by the inadequacy of words to atone for them. They might have been monsters, but without them, we never would have discovered the yield elasticity of the elderly, or learned what part of a prisoner’s tongue detects the taste of angel meat. ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' is a computer game based on these Nazi scientists that offers us a world of moral ambiguity, free to perform psychological experiments away from the leering eye of ethics. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Which is exactly what I did.]] Here are the results of my findings."''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ Exploring the Mysteries of the Mind with The Sims 3]]''

->''"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."''

->''"True friends are easiest to see in the dark."''
-->-- '''Unknown'''

->''"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."''
-->-- '''J.C. Watts'''

->''"The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."''
-->-- '''Thomas Babington Macaulay'''

->''"[[NiceToTheWaiter Someone who is nice to you but rude to their waiter is not a nice person]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/DaveBarry'''

->''"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."''
-->-- '''Dale Carnegie'''

->''"Heaven knows, Earth knows, you know and I know."''
-->-- '''Yang Zhen'''[[note]]This is the traditional Chinese proverb for this trope.[[/note]]

->"''Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching."''
-->-- '''Proverb'''

->''"I have to tell you -- [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem this office]], it’s about who you are and what you are, and it doesn't change after you occupy the office. It just magnifies it."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/BarackObama'''

->CLIMB A MOUNTAIN\\
TELL NO ONE
-->-- '''[[ImageMacro Courage Wolf]]'''

->''"If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're ''not values'' -- they're ''hobbies''."''

!!!Fiction
->''"History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark."''
-->-- '''Lord John Whorfin''', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''

->''"How do you know the {{Chosen One}}s? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions. Not for glory, not for fame.... For one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see."''
-->-- '''Sebastian''', ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''"Principles only matter if you stick to them when it's inconvenient."''
-->-- '''Sen. Laine Billings Hanson''', ''Film/TheContender''

->'''Billis:''' ''Sir, with regret, I'm going to have to lower my gun.''\\
'''Droxil:''' ''Why?''\\
'''Billis:''' ''She is a crying, unarmed, female civilian. I'm thinking of the visual.''\\
'''Droxil:''' ''Nobody's looking!''\\
'''Billis:''' ''Doesn't mean there's no visual''.

->''"Only in darkness are we revealed.... Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit -- without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis."''
-->-- '''Nardole''' (quoting River Song), ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Extremis"

->''"Integrity means doing what's right, even if nobody is looking."''
-->-- '''Rainman''', ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard''

->''"Hey, I think I finally came up with an answer to your question--The one about "Soul"? You know at the end of the day, when you close the door and you're all alone... and you strip off your armor and lower your guard and peel away the mask... When there's nobody watching and nothing to hide... and you no longer need to be strong or clever or pretty or brave... There's just YOU. That's IT. That's the soul."''
-->-- '''Barbara''', {{Comicbook/Batgirl2000}}, issue 45

->''"Good deed's like pissing yourself in dark pants. Warm feeling, but no one notices."''
-->-- '''Jacob''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->''"I spend a lot of time moving around people's homes, their bedrooms. You get to know people if you see them when they think they're alone. You see them for what they truly are: selfish, deceitful... and gassy."''

->'''[[CowboyCop Mbizi]]:''' (Referring to an ArmsDealer Agent Valentine has been chasing for a decade and who has just gotten away with it again) Let me make him disappear, Mr. Valentine. Around here people disappear all the time.\\
'''[[ByTheBookCop Valentine]]:''' I can't do that.\\
'''Mbizi:''' (Gestures to the empty African countryside) Look where we are. Who will know?\\
'''Valentine:''' We will. (Mbizi hesitates, then reluctantly moves his machete away from the ArmsDealer's neck)
-->-- ''Film/LordOfWar''

->''"We all do our duty when there's no cost to it. Honor comes easy then. But sooner or later, in every man's life, there comes a day when it is not easy. A day when he must choose."''
-->-- '''Maester Aemon''', ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->''"Ah," the Master of Fandom said, "so I guess this is when we find out who we really are." He paused for a moment, then shrugged. "I don't seem to be anyone in particular. Oh well."''
-->-- ''Literature/ThreeWorldsCollide''

->''"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."''
-->-- '''Aral Vorkosigan''', ''Literature/ACivilCampaign''

->''"Bilbo almost stopped breathing, and went stiff himself. He was desperate. He must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had any strength left. He must fight. He must stab the foul thing, put its eyes out, kill it. It meant to kill him.\\
No, not a fair fight. He was invisible now. Gollum had no sword. Gollum had not actually threatened to kill him, or tried to yet. [[SympathyForTheDevil And he was miserable, alone, lost.]]"''
-->-- ''Literature/TheHobbit''

->''"The truth of a man is found in the darkness, beneath the surface. Some light might reveal only what some men want to be seen.''\\

''Only the way a man is when he is hidden, is how he is. A shallow glimpse can deceive. Look deep, ponder, and recognize all that is hidden."''
-->-- '''The Prophecies of Oorpah''', as quoted by Yeesha in ''VideoGame/{{Uru}}''

->''"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."''
-->-- '''Creator/KurtVonnegut''', ''Literature/MotherNight''

->''She never gave up the hope even till the end\\
Only the sea knows''
-->-- ''Miiro'' (''Anime/KantaiCollection'' [=OP1=])

->'''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney Harry]]:''' Come on, Lee. If they want to get killed, let 'em.
->'''[[TheHero Chris]]:''' Go ahead, Lee. You don't owe anything to anybody.
->'''[[CowardlyLion Lee]]:''' Except to myself.
-->-- ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''

->''"You know what, Matt? It's amazing what you can do... when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror any more."''
-->-- '''[[InvisibleJerkass Sebastian Caine]]''', ''Film/HollowMan''

->'''Cmdr. William T. Riker:''' What do we do, sir? With [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens them]] monitoring every move, every word...
->'''Capt. Jean-Luc Picard:''' S.O.P., Mr. Riker.
->'''Riker:''' Standard Operating Procedures?
->'''Picard:''' We do exactly what we'd do if this "Q" never existed. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Encounter at Farpoint"

->''"If you break the rules and let yourself off the hook even once, it'll become a habit! You might think you can break a habit, but you can't!"''
-->-- '''Young Chiba''' to Young Naeko, ''Manga/DetectiveConan''

->''"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."''
-->-- '''Professor Albus Dumbledore''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''

->'''Tuvok:''' If the Doctor uses knowledge that [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Moset]] gained through his experiments, we would be validating his methods, inviting further unethical research.
->'''Chakotay:''' We'd be setting a terrible precedent.
->'''Paris:''' We're in the middle of the Delta Quadrant. Who would know?
->'''Tuvok:''' ''We'' would know.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Nothing Human"

->''"Welcome to a future where our true reflection is only revealed once the screen goes dark. Welcome to the darkness. I hope you find it enlightening."''
-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di6emt8_ie8&list=PLvahqwMqN4M3d_PTQywnw74cLqK82BLEO&index=20 "Welcome to the Darkness" promo]]

->''"You are who you are on your very worst day, Durkon. Anything less is a comforting lie you tell yourself to numb the pain."''

-> [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Thar’s na much ta explain.]] Ye told me b’fore tha ye are who ye are on the worst day o’ yer life. An’ tha’s true. Tha’s 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha next day. Tha day ye wake up an’ haf ta decide: [[CharacterDevelopment are ye gonna make this tha new worst day o’ yer life, or na]]? An’ ye are who ye are the day after tha, which can also be yer new worst… or na. Ye are who ye are on all o’ yer days. All o’ em. Includin’ tha worst and th’ best. Ev’ry single one counts. All tha way ta tha end.
-->-- '''Durkon''', in response to the above, ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.''
-->--'''{{God}}''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

->'''Bruce Banner:''' You don't fool me for a second, mister; I've got all your secrets right here.
->'''Thor:''' And I have your secrets right here, doctor Banner. Have you told Betty Ross that you cry yourself to sleep every night or are you too busy fantasizing about hurting the Pyms for stealing your old job?
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

->'''[[ConMan Kitsune]]''': (After finding the man she was robbing dead with stacks of gold coins in front of him) So much gold...but it's bad luck to rob a corpse. I'd better get out of here. Too bad, We could have had quite a haul tonight. On the other hand, what does a dead doctor need with so much money? Maybe just a few coins won't be missed. (reaches for a pile of coins, but turns away) No. Even I have my limits! Too bad. It's so much gold. It looks like Kiyoko is going to stay hungry tonight.
-->--''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo #161: The Body in The Library, part 1''

->''This would be death I'd lead my friends to ... Death, and what is right.''
-->-- '''Kaladin''', ''Literature/TheWayOfKings''

->(Pike has just seen the horrible future that awaits him after his promotion to Fleet Captain)\\
'''Tenavik''': You may still choose to walk away from this future. But if you take the crystal, your fate will be sealed forever. There will be no escaping it.\\
'''Pike''': (somewhat recovering from his HeroicBSOD and talking to himself) You're a Starfleet Captain. You believe in service, sacrifice, compassion, and love. (to Tenavik) ''No.'' I'm not going to abandon the things that make me who I am because of a future... that contains an ending I... I hadn't foreseen for myself. No. ''Give it to me.''\\
'''Tenavik''': I honor you, Captain.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', "Through the Valley of Shadows"