| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 4 | ->''"I wasn't joking, but I wasn't serious, either. I swallow it all down, along with my voice. Because I still want to be able to smile when you look at me. So please give me a little more time. Until I can really smile from the bottom of my heart."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Sayaka Saeki''', ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'' Anthology Volume 2 |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ->''"Lying tears hurt others; lying smiles hurt only oneself."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''[[MysteriousWaif C.C.]]''', ''Anime/CodeGeass'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | ->''"I'm smiling now... right?"'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Wolfgang Grimmer''', ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ->''"I'm supposed to be the guy who's always smiling, right? I'm the symbol of peace. People everywhere have to think I'm never afraid. But honestly, I smile to hide the fear inside. It's just a brave face I put on when the pressure's high. This job isn't easy."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''[[BigGood All Might]]''', ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Sumire]]''': As always... your salesman smile is absolutely cruel..\ |
| 17 | '''Teru''': Oh...? You know, there's quite a few people I'm actually grateful to. I wasn't lying...\ |
| 18 | '''Sumire''': Right, but it's just too different from your normal self. |
| 19 | -->-- ''{{Manga/Saki}}'', after Teru puts on a cheerful and polite face at a press conference. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ->''"You don't have to pretend everything's fine for my sake. I never know what's up because you're always smiling, but then, last time, when you cried, wasn't that how you really felt?"'' |
| 22 | -->-- '''Shizuku Hoshikawa''', to '''Kaori Asaka''', ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'' |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 27 | ->''Downstairs are a couple named Ken and Barbie -- they're normal. [[UncannyValley Terrifyingly, appallingly normal]] -- like they've gone through normal and come out the other side. The Stepford Yuppies.'' |
| 28 | -->-- ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}: Moving In'' |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 32 | ->"I think he still blamed himself," she says in the blandest tone, "even though I told him I was okay."\ |
| 33 | "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."\ |
| 34 | She turns to look at you, her face as blank and expressionless as her empty eye sockets.\ |
| 35 | "But I'm okay," she says, her voice still lacking inflection. "[[MadnessMantra I was okay. I'm okay,]]" she repeats, and blinks rapidly.\ |
| 36 | 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.\ |
| 37 | "Are you really, though?" you ask kindly, and she hiccups. Fat, reddish tears start rolling down her cheeks. |
| 38 | -->-- '''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Aradia Megido]]''', in the fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/426732/chapters/896135 Conciliatory Shenanigans]]'' |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ->''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.\ |
| 41 | Light found his code.\ |
| 42 | 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).'' |
| 43 | -->--''{{Fanfic/Solitude}}'', a ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ->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 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.\ |
| 46 | It's worrying.\ |
| 47 | It's worrying and you understand why she does it. |
| 48 | -->-- ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/970087 There's a hole in my soul]]'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic |
| 49 | |
| 50 | ->"He won't stop crying."\ |
| 51 | "And you're going to stop him by killing him?" Hastur said.\ |
| 52 | Zirah stared at him in wide-eyed innocence. He looked puzzled.\ |
| 53 | "Why not?" |
| 54 | -->--''Fanfic/TheSacredAndTheProfane'', a ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fanfic. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ->Some of your friends are surprised by how excitable and confident you seem, and you don’t blame them at all. That’s not you. You try to force yourself to be as happy as you possibly can all the time, but that’s only a distraction. She’s still there in your head, still talking to you. Telling you how weak you are. How you’re not good enough. How you’ve never been good enough for anything. How you won’t win this one. You can’t win this one. You’ve never won anything in your life. You know none of it’s true, but that doesn’t stop you from worrying, a nervous feeling eating away at you. What if you aren’t good enough for this? What if you can’t win? After all, she knows you as well as you know yourself. |
| 57 | -->-- The fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/776503 Fronting]]'''s [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpretation]] of [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Feferi Peixes]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ->Frigga appeared the perfect caregiver. She walked through the castle, gave comfort where it was needed, and did not let her face slip. |
| 60 | -->--'''Narration''', "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7156507/1/Enduring Enduring]]", a ''Film/{{Thor}}'' fanfic |
| 61 | |
| 62 | -> ''Light pulled himself up to the counter, putting on his, 'I'm completely normal and if you don't believe me, I'll kill you,' façade.'' |
| 63 | -->--''Fanfic/TheFacelessDisguiseOfCarnivorism'', a ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ->''Earn your worth with your devotion, sacrifice and strive\ |
| 66 | Another set of orders is another day alive.'' |
| 67 | -->-- [[http://projectormom.tumblr.com/post/127917831498/pearl-backstory-headcanons-are-p-much-my-obsession Song of the Pearl Caste]], untitled ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fic |
| 68 | |
| 69 | ->Though his Pokemon noticed his determined grin, he did not let them see his eyes. He could certainly say it and force himself to at least appear confident, but inside he was still a raging bundle of emotions that he was still trying to tamp down. He'd lost people he cared about, his Pokemon had too and they were probably suffering just as much as him, but he knew he needed to at least pretend to be strong…for their sake.\ |
| 70 | He could not let himself dwell on dark thoughts, yet despite his forced enthusiasm, his Pokemon merely and silently exchanged looks and agreed. |
| 71 | -->-- '''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]]''', ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ->Sakura took a deep breath. And then, as Saber watched in amazement, her face began to shift. There was no magic involved, yet in a matter of seconds, she became a different person. All the tears, all the distress melted away, leaving behind a half-smile that had to be fake...but would have fooled Saber, had she not watched it take form.\ |
| 74 | Sakura turned at last, false smile firmly in place. |
| 75 | -->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5282769/5/The-World-Without The World Without]]'' |
| 76 | |
| 77 | ->"What? I'm not afraid! It's just better sometimes to take all those bad childhood memories and all of their consequences and bury them deep down inside of you, so instead of getting any release, they can just slowly eat at you from within over the course of several decades." |
| 78 | -->-- '''Nora''', ''Fanfic/LetUsBeYourPoison'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ->''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Himari]] looked up at Ichika; something seemed wrong about her. Her smile looked a little fake; almost plastered on.'' |
| 81 | -->-- ''Fanfic/GlitterForceIntoTheGlitterverse'' |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 85 | ->''Don't let them in\ |
| 86 | Don't let them see\ |
| 87 | Be the good girl you always have to be\ |
| 88 | Conceal\ |
| 89 | Don't feel\ |
| 90 | Put on a show\ |
| 91 | Make one wrong move, and everyone will know'' |
| 92 | -->--'''Queen Elsa''' preparing for the day, ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' |
| 93 | |
| 94 | ->''Any idea is a good idea, except the not-happy ones. Those get pushed down deep inside, 'til you'll never, ever, ever,'' '''[[NightmareFace EVER]]''' ''fiiiiind theeeem~'' |
| 95 | -->--'''Unikitty''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' |
| 96 | |
| 97 | -> '''Diego''': You look sad today. |
| 98 | -> '''Manny''': Actually, I'm sad every day. I just don't have the energy to hide it today. |
| 99 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1'' |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ->''I make perfect, practiced poses\ |
| 102 | So much hides behind my smile'' |
| 103 | -->--'''Isabela''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 107 | ->''"I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip."'' |
| 108 | -->-- '''Patrick Bateman''', ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' |
| 109 | |
| 110 | ->''"Not a lot of people know what it feels like, do they? To be angry. In your bones. I mean, they understand. Foster parents. Everybody understands. For a while. And then, they want the angry little kid to do something he knows he can't do. Move on. So after a while, they stop understanding. They send the angry kid to a boys’ home. I figured it out too late. You gotta learn to hide the anger. Practice smiling in a mirror. It's like putting on a mask. So you showed up this one day in a cool car, pretty girl on your arm. We were so excited - Bruce Wayne, billionaire orphan. I mean, we used to make up stories about you, man. Legends. And you know, with the other kids that's all it was, just stories. But... right when I saw you, I knew who you really were. I’d seen that look on your face before. It's the same one I taught myself."'' |
| 111 | -->-- '''John Blake''', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ->''♫ Ever look at all the people who seem to know exactly how to be?\ |
| 114 | You think, "They don't need piles of prescriptions to function naturally"\ |
| 115 | Well, look again, and you might catch it\ |
| 116 | Just stay a minute more\ |
| 117 | There's this little moment after the sunny smile\ |
| 118 | As their eyes fall to the floor\ |
| 119 | And the truth starts peeking through\ |
| 120 | They're a lot like me and you\ |
| 121 | They can fake a smile, too. ♫'' |
| 122 | -->-- '''Alana Beck''', "The Anonymous Ones", ''Film/DearEvanHansen'' |
| 123 | |
| 124 | ->''"I mean, I'm smiling, but I'm very '''fucking furious'''!"'' |
| 125 | -->-- '''Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov''', ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'' |
| 126 | |
| 127 | ->''"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."'' |
| 128 | -->-- '''Film/FightClub''' |
| 129 | |
| 130 | ->''"If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being. You'd be a game-show host."'' |
| 131 | -->--'''Veronica Sawyer''', ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' |
| 132 | |
| 133 | ->'''Ikeda:''' You're forcing it.\ |
| 134 | '''Yoshida:''' Don't say that. We must pretend we're happy. It's scary if another disaster strikes again. |
| 135 | -->-- ''Film/PoisonBerryInMyBrain'' |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 139 | ->''A sociable smile is nothing but teeth.'' |
| 140 | -->-- '''Creator/JackKerouac''' |
| 141 | |
| 142 | ->[[BecomingTheMask She was a master of bluffing, wore a mask better than anyone I knew, and she’d adopted her persona in a way that nobody else in the]] [[TrueCompanions Undersiders]] or [[SuperTeam Wards]] had. In the midst of all of this, she’d been a pillar, a source that everyone had been turning to when they had questions.\ |
| 143 | But where was someone in that position supposed to turn to when they needed support?\ |
| 144 | A minute passed before she broke away. [[SandInMyEyes She turned her back to me before I could see her face.]]\ |
| 145 | “All good?” I asked.\ |
| 146 | “[[BlatantLies Peachy,]]” she said, without looking at me. |
| 147 | -->--'''[[ReformedCriminal Weaver]]''' to '''[[SherlockScan Tattletale]]''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' |
| 148 | |
| 149 | ->''"He always smiled, and he always chuckled, but inside he did not notice anyone, did not care; it was his body that smiled, nodded and shook hands. Nothing touched his mind, which remained remote."'' |
| 150 | -->-- '''Creator/PhilipKDick''', ''Literature/{{Ubik}}'' |
| 151 | |
| 152 | ->''It was there,''\ |
| 153 | she crafted her first mask;\ |
| 154 | imbued with betrayal and hurt.\ |
| 155 | She named it confidence\ |
| 156 | and put it on'' |
| 157 | -->-- "[[http://rhyiant.deviantart.com/art/Masks-435538433 Masks]]" a poem by [=MaroonLynx=] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | ->I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long. [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse No one suspected what crouched behind]] my perfect imitation smile. |
| 160 | -->-- '''Dexter Morgan''' in ''[[Literature/{{Dexter}} Dearly Devoted Dexter]]'' by Jeff Lindsay |
| 161 | |
| 162 | ->She seemed like a creature made to attract everyone and express nothing real |
| 163 | -->-- '''Magnus Bane''', ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | ->Plus, humor [[SadClown was a good way to hide the pain]]. |
| 166 | -->-- '''Leo Valdez''' (narration), ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ->''It was sung very boisterouly, and with a forced attempt at merriment; but no wail of despair, no words of impassioned prayer, could have had such a depth of woe in them as the wild notes of the chorus. As if the poor, dumb heart, threatened,—prisoned,—took refuge in that inarticulate sanctuary of music, and found there a language in which to breathe its prayer to God! There was a prayer in it, which Simon could not hear.'' |
| 169 | -->-- ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->I was almost at the front door when Mrs Harmon appeared on the landing above my head. She smiled emptily at me, seemingly [[AddledAddict lost in a pharmaceutical haze]], but the smile didn't extend farther than her lips and her eyes were full of unspeakable things. |
| 172 | -->-- ''[[Literature/CharlieParkerSeries The Unquiet]]'' |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->During the latter half of his senior year, an odd impulse came over him - one which as frightening to [[BrokenAce Todd]] as it was irrational. He seemed to be clearly and firmly in control of it, and ''that'' at least was comforting, but that such a thought should have occurred at all was scary. He had made an arrangement with his life. he had worked things out. His life was much like his mother's bright and sunshiney kitchen, where all the surfaces were dressed in chrome, Formica and stainless steel - a place where everything worked when you pressed the buttons. There were [[SerialKiller deep and dark cupboards]] in this kitchen, of course, but many things could be stored in them and their [[VillainWithGoodPublicity doors still be closed]]. |
| 175 | ->This new impulse reminded him of the dream in which he had come home to discover the dead and bleeding wino in his mother's clean, well-lighted place. It as as if, in the bright and careful arrangement he had made, in that a-place-for-everything-and-everything-in-its-place kitchen of his mind, a dark and bloody intruder now lurched and shambled, looking for a place to die conspicuously. |
| 176 | -->-- ''[[Literature/DifferentSeasons Apt Pupil]]'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | ->In horror fiction, every culture has its own supernatural menace. African Americans get voodoo. The Chinese get fox spirits. And [=WASPs=] get the all-American boy sporting a varsity letter jacket and blinding-white smile [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon that mask the howling maniac on the inside]]. |
| 179 | ->Living in [[StepfordSuburbia exclusive Connecticut neighborhoods or affluent New Orleans suburbs]], these families have names like Stuyvesant and Scarborough. The fathers are successful doctors, lawyers, and insurance brokers; the mothers run fashionable boutiques or, preferably, don't work at all. The children attend only the best schools. They love to ski, and their problems are handled by therapists with [[HerrDoktor German accents and names like Dr Reisenkonig]]. |
| 180 | ->[[CrapsaccharineWorld Everything is perfect, everyone is privileged]], [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and every single son is]] [[AxCrazy hopelessly insane]]. |
| 181 | -->-- ''Paperbacks From Hell,'' by Grady Hendrix |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->All my unspoken instincts, my vague suspicions, suddenly took shape and centered upon the naturalist. In that impassive, colourless man, with his straw hat and his butterfly-net, I seemed to see something terrible--a creature of infinite patience and craft, with a smiling face and a murderous heart. |
| 184 | -->-- '''Creator/ArthurConanDoyle''', ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ->'''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... [[PuppeteerParasite like a hungry dog watching a bone]]. |
| 187 | ->'''Rachel:''' Creepy. Like if you took cheerleaders, combined them with gym teachers, and made them all drink ten cups of coffee. |
| 188 | ->'''Marco:''' They are all just a little too happy, aren't they? People keep telling me how all their problems disappeared once they became a full member of The Sharing. [[PathOfInspiration It's like some cult or something]]. |
| 189 | -->-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #1: The Invasion'' |
| 190 | |
| 191 | ->''You'' [[BurgerFool work on this Hub for nineteen hours]], ten days a week, [[ClonesAreExpendable twelve years a life]]; ''you'' serve abusive consumers; ''you'' abase yourself to a [[PointyHairedBoss Seer]], [[CorruptBureaucrat Aides]] and a [[CargoCult Logoman]]; ''you'' obey our Catechisms; do all these, then tell me [[ServantRace fabricants]] are the happiest stratum in the State. [[HappinessIsMandatory We smile because we are genomed to do so]]. "Happy," you call us? I would end my life now, but all the knives in this prison are plastic, Madam. |
| 192 | -->-- '''Yoona-939,''' ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' |
| 193 | |
| 194 | ->''I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.'' |
| 195 | -->-- ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->''There had been a time when the [[MurderInc Talifero brothers]] rarely smiled. Since Miami, though, and that terribly dismal first encounter with [[OneManArmy Mack Bolan's mind-blowing brand of blitzing warfare]], the brothers had been given to smiling and laughing it up quite a bit. Those closest to them knew, too well, that Pat and Mike were in their most deadly moods when they were smiling and laughing it up.'' |
| 198 | -->-- ''Literature/TheExecutioner'', "Jersey Guns" |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 203 | ->'''Donna Noble:''' You alright?\ |
| 204 | '''Tenth Doctor:''' I'm always alright.\ |
| 205 | '''Donna Noble:''' Is 'alright' special Time Lord code for 'really not alright at all'?\ |
| 206 | '''Tenth Doctor:''' Why?\ |
| 207 | '''Donna Noble:''' 'Cause I'm alright too. |
| 208 | -->--''Series/DoctorWho'' |
| 209 | |
| 210 | ->'''Harper:''' You're a Maddy. Happies and Maddies just don't get along.\ |
| 211 | '''Alex:''' Well, I get along with you, and ''you're'' a Happy.\ |
| 212 | '''Harper:''' Oh, dear, only on the outside. That's why we work. |
| 213 | -->--''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', "Positive Alex" |
| 214 | |
| 215 | ->'''Hal:''' My God, Annie. Yours is even better than mine.\ |
| 216 | '''Annie:''' My what?\ |
| 217 | '''Hal:''' Your mask. |
| 218 | -->-- ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'' |
| 219 | |
| 220 | ->No, Orson Hodge isn't exactly the guy I'd have picked to head my family, but I'll give him one thing... he's got the smile down cold. |
| 221 | -->-- '''Rex Van de Kamp''', ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' |
| 222 | |
| 223 | ->'''Jack:''' You always believe that everything is going to work out. How do you do it?\ |
| 224 | '''Kenneth:''' Well, I'll tell you my secret sir! ''(leans in close)'' [[MoodWhiplash I lie to myself]]. Every day, when I wake up, I say "everything's gonna be ookay," ''but I'm lying''. ''(Jack tries to stand up, Kenneth grabs his shoulder and forces him to sit back down)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis And I don't know. How much longer. I can do it.]] ''(pained squeak as smile returns)'' Have a swell night, sir! |
| 225 | -->-- ''Series/ThirtyRock'' |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 229 | ->''Now, all's well! I'm laughing on the inside, I swear\ |
| 230 | Just trying to keep my head above red tide despair'' |
| 231 | -->-- '''Music/AesopRock''', "Oxygen" |
| 232 | |
| 233 | ->''This beaming smile knew a private agony that burns!'' |
| 234 | -->-- '''Music/AesopRock''', "Shovel" |
| 235 | |
| 236 | ->I'm smiling but I'm dying |
| 237 | -->-- '''Music/TheScript''', "Nothing" |
| 238 | |
| 239 | ->''There's a crack in my soul\ |
| 240 | You thought was a smile'' |
| 241 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7DoUR93yk "Leave a Scar"]], '''Music/MarilynManson''' |
| 242 | |
| 243 | ->''The plastic face forced to portray\ |
| 244 | All the insides left cold and gray'' |
| 245 | -->-- "[[Music/TheFragile1999 The Day The World Went Away]]", '''Music/NineInchNails''' |
| 246 | |
| 247 | ->''If it's getting harder to face everyday...''\ |
| 248 | ''Don't let it show... don't let it show...'' |
| 249 | -->-- "Don't Let It Show", '''Music/TheAlanParsonsProject''' |
| 250 | |
| 251 | ->''At first when I see you cry\ |
| 252 | It makes me smile\ |
| 253 | Yeah, it makes me smile\ |
| 254 | At worst, I feel bad for a while\ |
| 255 | But then I just smile\ |
| 256 | Yeah, I go ahead and smile'' |
| 257 | -->-- "Smile", '''Music/LilyAllen''' |
| 258 | |
| 259 | ->''You are scum, you are scum and I hope that you know\ |
| 260 | That the cracks in your smile are beginning to show\ |
| 261 | Now the world needs to see that it's time you should go\ |
| 262 | There's no light in your eyes and your brain is too slow\ |
| 263 | Can't believe you were once just like anyone else\ |
| 264 | Then you grew and became like the devil himself\ |
| 265 | Pray to god I can think of a nice thing to say\ |
| 266 | But I don't think I can, so fuck you anyway'' |
| 267 | -->-- "Fuck U", '''Music/{{Archive}}''' |
| 268 | |
| 269 | ->''I like to smile when I'm sad\ |
| 270 | I think I'm lost and I've gone mad\ |
| 271 | I'm shouting out that I am scared\ |
| 272 | I wish that someone fucking cared'' |
| 273 | -->-- "I Like to Smile When I'm Sad", '''FREAK''' |
| 274 | |
| 275 | ->''I'm a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride\ |
| 276 | Skipper Dan is the name\ |
| 277 | And I'm doin' thirty-four shows every day\ |
| 278 | And every time it's the same\ |
| 279 | Look at those hippos, they're wigglin' their ears\ |
| 280 | Just like they've done for the last fifty years\ |
| 281 | Now I'm laughin' at my own jokes but I'm cryin' inside\ |
| 282 | 'Cause I'm workin' on the Jungle Cruise ride'' |
| 283 | -->-- "Skipper Dan", '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''' |
| 284 | |
| 285 | ->''How is it that I smile when I am sad?\ |
| 286 | From what resource do I derive this strength?'' |
| 287 | -->-- "Blackbird Sonnets, III", '''Music/EmilieAutumn''' |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->''Even the people who never frown eventually break down'' |
| 290 | -->-- "Pushing Me Away", '''Music/LinkinPark''' |
| 291 | |
| 292 | ->''What Megaman and my brothers don't know, is this flash is all for show\ |
| 293 | 'Cause inside, there's nothing there, and there's nothing to me,\ |
| 294 | I'm empty, and I'm hollow'' |
| 295 | -->-- "Flashman", '''Music/TheMegas''' |
| 296 | |
| 297 | ->''I always wear a smile\ |
| 298 | Because anything but a smile would make me have to explain\ |
| 299 | And they wouldn't understand anyway\ |
| 300 | I conceal my feelings so I won't have to explain\ |
| 301 | What I can't explain anyway'' |
| 302 | -->-- "Can't Decide", '''Music/BlackFlag''' |
| 303 | |
| 304 | ->''We wear the mask that grins and lies\ |
| 305 | It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes\ |
| 306 | This debt we pay to human guile\ |
| 307 | With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,\ |
| 308 | And mouth with myriad subtleties'' |
| 309 | -->-- "We Wear the Mask", '''Paul Laurence Dunbar''' |
| 310 | |
| 311 | ->''You was raised without a daddy,\ |
| 312 | You're really not happy,\ |
| 313 | You only smile to cover the rain...'' |
| 314 | -->-- '''[=GemStones=]''', ''Skeletons'' |
| 315 | |
| 316 | ->''"It's okay," he smiles and says\ |
| 317 | Though his loneliness is driving him crazy\ |
| 318 | He don't show what goes on in his head,\ |
| 319 | But if you watch very close, you'll see it all'' |
| 320 | -->-- "Lonesome Loser", '''Music/LittleRiverBand''' |
| 321 | |
| 322 | ->''With a smile, I'm dying inside\ |
| 323 | But I know, I'll be just fine'' |
| 324 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCDARNA6FBk "Just the Thing"]], '''Paul Mac''' |
| 325 | |
| 326 | ->''Hold on, baby you're losing it\ |
| 327 | The water's high, you're jumping into it\ |
| 328 | And letting go\ |
| 329 | and no one knows\ |
| 330 | That you cry, but you don't tell anyone\ |
| 331 | That you might not be the golden one\ |
| 332 | And you're tied together with a smile but you're coming undone'' |
| 333 | -->-- Music/TaylorSwift, "Tied Together With a Smile" |
| 334 | |
| 335 | ->''All that great heart lying still\ |
| 336 | In silent suffering\ |
| 337 | Smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end'' |
| 338 | -->-- Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}, ''Song of Myself'' |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ->''I won't scream in my head\ |
| 341 | And let it isolate me'' |
| 342 | -->-- "I Won't Be Left", '''Music/TeganAndSara''' |
| 343 | |
| 344 | ->''So silent\ |
| 345 | No violence\ |
| 346 | But inside my head\ |
| 347 | So loud and clear\ |
| 348 | You're screaming\ |
| 349 | You're screaming\ |
| 350 | Covered up with a smile I've learned to fear...'' |
| 351 | -->-- "Still Alive", by '''Lisa Miskovsky''' |
| 352 | |
| 353 | ->''That sugar cane that tasted good\ |
| 354 | That's who you are, that's what you could\ |
| 355 | C'mon, c'mon, no one can see you cry'' |
| 356 | -->-- '''Music/{{REM}}''', "Imitation of Life" |
| 357 | |
| 358 | ->''I may seem alright, and smile when you leave\ |
| 359 | But my smiles are just a front\ |
| 360 | Just a front'' |
| 361 | -->-- '''Music/MacyGray''', "I Try" |
| 362 | |
| 363 | ->''We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blond\ |
| 364 | Who comes on at five\ |
| 365 | She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye\ |
| 366 | It's interesting when people die\ |
| 367 | Give us dirty laundry'' |
| 368 | -->-- '''Don Henley''', "Dirty Laundry" |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->''If I smile with my teeth,''\ |
| 371 | ''bet you believe me.''\ |
| 372 | ''If I smile with my teeth,''\ |
| 373 | ''I think I believe me.''\ |
| 374 | ''Oh, please, don't ask me how I've been.''\ |
| 375 | ''Don't make me play pretend.''\ |
| 376 | ''Oh, no, oh, what's the use?''\ |
| 377 | ''Oh, please, I bet everybody here''\ |
| 378 | ''is fake happy too.'' |
| 379 | -->-- '''Music/{{Paramore}}''', "Fake Happy" |
| 380 | |
| 381 | ->''I'm going to a place where everybody's pretty,\ |
| 382 | but they're all dead and vacant inside.\ |
| 383 | \ |
| 384 | Tell me how I'm any different,\ |
| 385 | can you make me understand?\ |
| 386 | 'Cause I've seen all the imaging,\ |
| 387 | and there's nothing there but a hollow man.'' |
| 388 | -->-- '''Music/{{Joywave}}''', "Going to a Place" |
| 389 | |
| 390 | ->''I hate to see you cry\ |
| 391 | Your smile is a beautiful lie\ |
| 392 | I hate to see you cry\ |
| 393 | My love is dying inside'' |
| 394 | -->--'''Music/EdwardMaya & Vika Jigulina''', "Stereo Love" |
| 395 | |
| 396 | ->''We're so happy, even when we're smiling out of fear'' |
| 397 | -->--'''Music/{{Lorde}}''', "Tennis Court" |
| 398 | |
| 399 | ->''[[AddledAddict She's]] got her jaws now locked down in a smile\ |
| 400 | But nothing is alright, alright'' |
| 401 | -->--'''Music/ThirdEyeBlind''', "Semi-Charmed Life" |
| 402 | |
| 403 | ->''I know there's something in the wake of your smile\ |
| 404 | I get emotion from [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the look in your eyes]]'' |
| 405 | -->-- '''Music/{{Roxette}}''', "Listen To Your Heart" |
| 406 | |
| 407 | ->''Oh, street angel\ |
| 408 | Smile for everyone you meet\ |
| 409 | When behind closed doors at night\ |
| 410 | You’re a shadow of your former self\ |
| 411 | Why do you scar yourself\ |
| 412 | When all your light burns dry?'' |
| 413 | -->-- '''Abigail Hopkins''', "[[https://youtube.com/watch?v=X0nLSdckukI Street Angel]]" |
| 414 | |
| 415 | ->''Little friend, you showed strength enough like no-one could\ |
| 416 | Never shed a tear\ |
| 417 | So does it really matter what people think?\ |
| 418 | You proved that life is vulnerable'' |
| 419 | -->-- '''Seventh Crystal''', "Higher Ground" |
| 420 | |
| 421 | ->''Watch me dance, dance the night away\ |
| 422 | My heart could be burning, but you won't see it on my face'' |
| 423 | -->-- '''Music/DuaLipa''', "[[Film/Barbie2023 Dance the Night]]" |
| 424 | |
| 425 | ->''Flash your teeth though the inside hurts'' |
| 426 | -->-- '''Music/WolfAlice''', "Moaning Lisa Smile" |
| 427 | |
| 428 | ->''"I was told I had to walk away\ |
| 429 | Leave my enemies to rot in their own grave\ |
| 430 | But scars don't heal, I've given blood a taste\ |
| 431 | I'll fake the smile they've seen before\ |
| 432 | They'll see I am so much more"'' |
| 433 | -->--'''Music/{{CG5}}''', "Lonely King" |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 437 | -> Step one: separate your lips. \ |
| 438 | Step two: use facial muscles to pull back the corners of your mouth. \ |
| 439 | Step three: widen your eyes. \ |
| 440 | This is how to be happy. |
| 441 | -->-- ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 445 | ->Smile! (no response) Little girl, this is an adult speaking! I '''order''' you to smile. |
| 446 | -->--'''Albert''', ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' |
| 447 | |
| 448 | ->When you start to get confused\ |
| 449 | Because of thoughts in your head\ |
| 450 | Don't feel those feelings!\ |
| 451 | Hold them in instead |
| 452 | -->-- '''Elder [=McKinley=]''', ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' "Turn It Off" |
| 453 | |
| 454 | ->One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. |
| 455 | -->--'''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | ->The best advice I ever got was, "When you're scared, just smile. It intimidates people." I'd say they were right. |
| 461 | -->--'''Kingpin''', ''VideoGame/AgentsOfMayhem'' |
| 462 | |
| 463 | ->Sorry about the mess. Everything Jack kills, he dumps here -- bandits, Vault Hunters, Claptrap units... If I sound pleased about this, its only because my programmers made this my default tone of voice! I'm actually quite depressed! |
| 464 | -->-- '''Claptrap''', ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' |
| 465 | |
| 466 | -> That's how the family works. Daddy brings home a paycheck and goes away with his secretary, while Mommy cooks dinner and keeps a brave face on things. All the while, her heart is breaking. Where are my pills... |
| 467 | -->-- '''Jan Brown''', [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]] [[Radio/GTARadio Public Radio]] panelist. |
| 468 | |
| 469 | -> '''Hawke:''' I have a smile on my face. That should be enough for most people.\ |
| 470 | '''Aveline:''' That doesn't work on me. |
| 471 | -->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' |
| 472 | |
| 473 | ->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. |
| 474 | -->-- '''Tidus''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' |
| 475 | |
| 476 | ->You said it made you happy when I smiled, didn't you? But really... I was afraid. I was always afraid. |
| 477 | -->-- '''Oerba Dia Vanille''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. |
| 478 | |
| 479 | ->Tietra puts on a brave face, but the truth is not as honeyed as her words. |
| 480 | -->-- '''Alma Beoulve''', regarding her friend and schoolmate Tietra Heiral, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' |
| 481 | |
| 482 | ->His easy smile is striking... But that smile doesn't reach his eyes... |
| 483 | -->-- '''Byleth'''[='=]s first impression of Claude, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' |
| 484 | |
| 485 | ->No, no... I shouldn't be laughing. Nothing's funny. |
| 486 | -->-- '''Laughing Octopus''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' |
| 487 | |
| 488 | ->Seek alternate subject. Initiate analysing scan: Philip Marquard.\ |
| 489 | 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... |
| 490 | -->--'''The Buzzing,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' |
| 491 | |
| 492 | ->I don't trust a man that doesn't have something strange going on about him, 'cause that means he's hiding it from you. If a man's wearing his pants on his head or if he says his words backwards from time to time, you know it's all laid out there for you. But if he's friendly to strangers and keeps his home spick-and-span, more often than not he's done something even his own ma couldn't forgive. |
| 493 | -->-- '''[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight No-Bark Noonan]]''', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' |
| 494 | |
| 495 | ->Back in those days I was just desperately following people around to protect myself. I was so scared of being alone. I'd smile all the time, so people won't hate me, cling to them with all my might... But... People always end up doubting me... |
| 496 | -->--'''Iroha''', ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'' |
| 497 | |
| 498 | ->''Bayonetta, you bury your loneliness deep down in your eyes\ |
| 499 | Sadness lies in your smile\ |
| 500 | But victory shines in your eyes\ |
| 501 | You're still alive'' |
| 502 | -->--'''Mysterious Destiny''', ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' |
| 503 | |
| 504 | ->''"Hwah!" (Wh-What is this?! She's smiling but it doesn't feel like she's smiling... Sh-She's really scary...!!!!)'' |
| 505 | -->--'''Emu Otori''', on meeting '''Mafuyu Asahina''' for the first time, ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' |
| 506 | [[/folder]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 509 | ->"[The [[GenkiGirl Misha]] you know is different from the one I think of, when I think of the time we first met. Even though I think she looks better cheerful and smiling, that isn't how she typically is.]" |
| 510 | -->-- '''Shizune Hakamichi''', ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' |
| 511 | |
| 512 | ->"I interrupt her. 'I'm ok Mads. Really. You don't have to worry.' I flash her the old grin and finger guns. I've done it so many times on camera when I was sick or tired that I don't think even Maddie can see my heart isn't really in it this time. At least I hope not." |
| 513 | -->-- '''Tara narrating''', ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods'' |
| 514 | |
| 515 | ->"When I giggle, it's like I'm forcing myself to do it. I wonder if it sounds as painful as it feels." |
| 516 | -->-- '''Amber narrating''', ''VisualNovel/HighwayBlossoms'' ''[[DownloadableContent Next Exit]]'' |
| 517 | |
| 518 | -> I pop off my scalp like the lid of a cookie jar.\ |
| 519 | It's the secret place where I keep all my dreams.\ |
| 520 | Little balls of sunshine, all rubbing together like a bundle of kittens.\ |
| 521 | \ |
| 522 | I reach inside with my thumb and forefinger and pluck one out.\ |
| 523 | It's warm and tingly. |
| 524 | But there's no time to waste! I put it in a bottle to keep it safe.\ |
| 525 | And I put the bottle on the shelf with all of the other bottles.\ |
| 526 | Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts in bottles, all in a row.\ |
| 527 | \ |
| 528 | My collection makes me lots of friends.\ |
| 529 | Each bottle a starlight to make amends.\ |
| 530 | Sometimes my friend feels a certain way.\ |
| 531 | Down comes a bottle to save the day.\ |
| 532 | \ |
| 533 | Night after night, more dreams.\ |
| 534 | Friend after friend, more bottles.\ |
| 535 | Deeper and deeper my fingers go.\ |
| 536 | Like exploring a dark cave, discovering the secrets hiding in the nooks and crannies.\ |
| 537 | Digging and digging.\ |
| 538 | Scraping and scraping.\ |
| 539 | \ |
| 540 | I blow dust off my bottle caps.\ |
| 541 | It doesn't feel like time elapsed.\ |
| 542 | My empty shelf could use some more.\ |
| 543 | My friends look through my locked front door.\ |
| 544 | \ |
| 545 | Finally, all done. I open up, and in come my friends.\ |
| 546 | In they come, in such a hurry. Do they want my bottles that much?\ |
| 547 | I frantically pull them from the shelf, one after the other.\ |
| 548 | Holding them out to each and every friend.\ |
| 549 | Each and every bottle.\ |
| 550 | But every time I let one go, it shatters against the tile between my feet.\ |
| 551 | Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts in shards, all over the floor.\ |
| 552 | \ |
| 553 | They were supposed to be for my friends, my friends who aren't smiling.\ |
| 554 | They're all shouting, pleading. Something.\ |
| 555 | But all I hear is echo, echo, echo, echo, echo\ |
| 556 | Inside my head. |
| 557 | -->-- "Bottles", ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' |
| 558 | |
| 559 | ->I have this...problem...where I get really upset when people worry too much about me. I can't control it... It's like...why waste your energy worrying about me when you can just be happy instead? So I never tell anyone about these kinds of thoughts that I have. It's so much easier to just smile and help everyone else be happy. |
| 560 | -->--'''Sayori''', ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClubPlus'', "Trust Part 2" |
| 561 | |
| 562 | ->'''Sayori''': ...I just have a roommate that can be really hard to get along with. Called depression.\ |
| 563 | '''Natsuki''': Depression...? But you're like...the happiest person I know.\ |
| 564 | '''Sayori''': I am not my feelings. |
| 565 | -->--''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Plus'', "Reflection Part 2" |
| 566 | [[/folder]] |
| 567 | |
| 568 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 569 | ->'''Narrator:''' You may think the 50s was a nice time to live... |
| 570 | ->'''Father:''' We're as prosperous as ever! My wife loves me, my children respect me, and I'm able to provide for my family with a single income. '''''[[MoodWhiplash BUT I'M SECRETLY GAY!]]''''' '''''[[ClosetGay DEEP DOWN I'M SO GAY!]]''''' '''''BUT IT'S THE 50s! I HAVE TO BE WITH MY WIFE INSTEAD OF AT A LEATHER BAR! NOOOOOO--!!!!''''' |
| 571 | ->'''Mother:''' My husband is strong and masculine. He can easily protect and provide for us all, and the food at the grocery store is delicious and healthy. '''''BUT I'M GAY! I'M SECRETLY GAY! I'M SO GAY I JUST WANNA GO BE GAY AT THE BATHHOUSE! NOO!! NOOOOOOOO--!!!!''''' |
| 572 | ->'''Child:''' I have plenty of friends and we play outside all day. But I like to read too. I'm not sat in front of a screen 24/7. '''''AND I'M SECRETLY GAY! I'M SO GAY I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! OHHH!! TO HOLD IT IN!!! NO ONE CAN EVER KNOOOOOWWWWW HOW GAY I AM! OOOOOOHHHHHHH--!!!!''''' |
| 573 | ->'''Baxter:''' Ruff! Ruff! |
| 574 | ->'''Father:''' Oh, Baxter. ''[[EverybodyLaughsEnding (The father proceeds to laugh, the child laughs nervously alongside, the dog barks happily, and the mother struggles to keep a straight face.)]]'' |
| 575 | ->'''Baxter:''' '''''[=WowoWOFwowoWOOOOF!=]''''' '''''WOOOOF!!!''''' '''''[=WoWOFwowoWOOOOOF!!!=]''''' [[labelnote: Translate]]'''''[[OverlyLongGag BUT I'M SECRETLY GAY! GAAAYYY!!! I'M SECRETLY GAY!]]'''''[[/labelnote]] |
| 576 | -->--''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'' |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 580 | ->'''Wolfe:''' You seem to be managing well.\ |
| 581 | '''Sidney:''' ''Pffh!'' Do I?!\ |
| 582 | '''Wolfe:''' ...Until you made that noise, yes.\ |
| 583 | '''Sidney:''' Pffffffha[-haaaah-] ''[[==][[HeadDesk slumps against the window]]]'' |
| 584 | -->-- ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'' |
| 585 | [[/folder]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 588 | ->Camille Cosby pretty much made it clear where she stands when she put on a manufactured, creepy, Stepford Wife smile as her husband got pissy with an AP reporter for asking him about all the sexual abuse allegations against him. Camille Cosby didn’t need to say shit. We all know that she’s been putting her fingers in her ear holes and singing, ''[='=]Stand by your maaaaaaan'',' at the top of her lungs as accuser after accuser after accuser after accuser comes out. Camille is Ride or Die all the way even if the ride is filled with women he’s drugged up. |
| 589 | -->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/12/15/bill-cosbys-wife-thinks-hes-the-real-victim/ Michael K.]]''', "Creator/BillCosby’s Wife Thinks He’s The Real Victim" |
| 590 | |
| 591 | ->This character, she didn’t make the jokes because she thought nothing of it, or because the experience was funny. She told the joke because she knew that the alternative was people looking at her with pity, or disinterest, calling her dramatic or a fool for staying. So she willingly became the fool. She knows that if she lets that mask slip, if people see the scars beneath the innocent facade, they won’t love her anymore. So she tries extra hard. I sat there for the first act whilst she ran around, singing and dancing. I watched as they whispered about how stupid she was. And I thought, ‘no’. This is a woman who is screaming inside. Maybe she’s not even screaming anymore. Maybe she’s dead. And she just makes this physical shell of herself keep laughing and flirting and dancing, because if she didn’t, she’d see that look in her best friend’s eyes. She’d hear that word- ‘victim’. And maybe that would be worse than death. |
| 592 | ->She was the most intelligent character in that play. And somehow she could still carry on as the most light hearted. She took all that darkness inside her and kept the lights shining for everybody else. |
| 593 | -->-- Blogger '''[[http://thebjdhotel.tumblr.com/post/87841536335/a-character-analysis thebjdhotel]]''' |
| 594 | |
| 595 | ->''"See this happy sun over here? He's smiling because it's the only thing to keep him from crying."'' |
| 596 | -->--'''WebVideo/GrayStillPlays''' ''VideoGames/SolarSmash'', "when a needle hits the earth at lightspeed" |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 601 | ->Well, it doesn't matter how you feel inside, you know? It's what shows up on the surface that counts. That's what my mother taught me -- take all your bad feelings and push them down, all the way down, past your knees until you're almost walking on them. And then you'll fit in, and you'll be invited to parties, and boys will like you, and happiness will follow! |
| 602 | -->---'''Marge Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 603 | |
| 604 | ->''"I'' know ''smiles, and those smiles... they're just not right!"'' |
| 605 | -->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 "The Cutie Map Part 1"]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | ->I know I'm smiling right now, but the light inside of me is ''dying.'' |
| 608 | -->-- '''Sarah Lynn''', ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS3E12ThatWentWell "That Went Well"]] |
| 609 | |
| 610 | ->''"''It’s not an act!'' It’s who I ''need'' to be! And ''this''… this is my escape. Where I can forget about it all, how much I hate… ''everything.'' A place where I can get high and not have to think about how much it ''hurts.'' And maybe if I can ruin myself enough in the process, if I end up ''broken'', I won't be [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil his favorite toy anymore.]] And maybe he'll let me go…"'' |
| 611 | -->-- '''Angel Dust''', ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' |
| 612 | |
| 613 | ->''"Just because you see a smile, don't think you know what's going on underneath. A smile is a valuable tool, my dear. It inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and ensures that no matter what comes your way,'' you're ''the one in control."'' |
| 614 | -->-- '''[[PerpetualSmiler Alastor]]''', ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[/folder]] |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 619 | ->''I think we all have a dark side to us. I find that I can't trust sunny-natured people, people who are constantly sunny. I think that's major denial.'' |
| 620 | -->--Actor '''Gordon Tomson''' |
| 621 | |
| 622 | ->''I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken, and the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldn't brighten her own.'' |
| 623 | -->--'''Anonymous''', viral Internet quote |
| 624 | |
| 625 | ->''Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.'' |
| 626 | -->--'''Creator/GretaGarbo''' |
| 627 | |
| 628 | ->''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]].'' |
| 629 | -->--'''Creator/MattSmith''' (the Eleventh Doctor), ''Series/DoctorWho'' |
| 630 | [[/folder]] |
| 631 |
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