Line #11 Quotes/SympathyForTheHero


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3	->''"You... [[SaveTheVillain you just couldn't let me go, could you?]] ... You truly ''are'' incorruptible, aren't you?"''
4	-->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''' admits that his HumansAreBastards philosophy is wrong about ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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6	->''"[[VillainProtagonist I was guilty as sin]], but [[HeroAntagonist Valentine]] couldn't prove it. And he was the rarest breed of law enforcement officer: [[ByTheBookCop the type who knew I was breaking the law]], [[TheFettered but wouldn't break it himself to bust me]]."''
7	-->-- '''[[ArmsDealer Yuri Orlov]]''', ''Film/LordOfWar''
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9	->''"Hurts, doesn't it? Being lied to. Being told you're one thing... and then learning it's all a fiction."''
10	-->-- '''Loki''', ''Film/ThorRagnarok''[[note]]After finding out that his brother wasn't the first child and that his father was once a conqueror. He's not patronizing or mocking Thor like the SmugSnake he is, he's genuinely sympathizing with him.[[/note]]
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13	[[folder:Literature]]
14	->''"Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but God, I don't envy the blood on your conscience."''
15	-->-- '''Lynn Bracken''' to Ed Exley, ''Literature/LAConfidential''
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18	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
19	->''"It must be strange for you, coming into this room. I was standing right here when it happened... he was very brave, your brother. Your father too. They didn't deserve to [[KillItWithFire die like that]]. ''Nobody'' deserves to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath die like that]]. And later, when I watched the Mad King die, I remembered him laughing while your father burned. [[EvenEvilHasStandards It felt like justice]]."''
20	-->-- '''Jaime "[[BodyguardBetrayal The Kingslayer]]" Lannister''' to his ArchEnemy [[HonorBeforeReason Lord Eddard Stark]], ''Series/GameOfThrones''
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22	->''"Poor Ned Stark. [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Brave man]], ''[[TooDumbToLive terrible]]'' [[TooDumbToLive judgement]]."''
23	-->-- '''Jaime Lannister''', again, when Ned Stark bites off more than he can chew trying to do the right thing, ''Series/GameOfThrones''
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26	[[folder:Video Games]]
27	->''"May you find the peace in death that you did not find in life."''
28	-->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]]''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''
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30	->''"Cry for the [[VampireHunter Draculesti]]. Unwilling to [[RoyalBlood diversify their blood]] and unable to [[GoodOldWays diversify their minds]], they are destined to die.\
31	[[SoWhatDoWeDoNow What will happen when the creatures they hunt are dead?]]\
32	As individuals, they are skilled trackers and hunters. Do not hesitate to learn anything they wish to impart. But as a collective they are outmoded and negligible - enfeebled by their singular purpose and their singular past. Blood, lineage, tradition - all worthless compared to adaptability. Without variance, there can be no life.\
33	Everyone has a purpose. Theirs is to make us weep."''
34	-->-- '''Bong Cha''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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36	->''"Such a beautiful friendship. A family born of love and not genetics. [[IJustWantToBeLoved Everything I want]]... I wish I'd never seen this. It was so much easier accepting the future when they were simply enemies."''
37	-->-- '''Sage''', ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''
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40	[[folder:Western Animation]]
41	->'''[[ArchEnemy The Monarch]]:''' ''[finally inside [[TragicHero Dr. Venture]]'s laboratory]'' Oh my god, look at this place. It's like a museum of failure.\
42	'''Dr. Girlfriend:''' It's almost depressing.\
43	'''The Monarch:''' Here I am, in the belly of the beast, and I don't even care. ''[gesturing to a random gadget]'' I don't even feel like taking a whiz on this. I used to DREAM of taking a whiz on this!\
44	'''Dr. Girlfriend:''' So I guess... we're not gonna...\
45	'''The Monarch:''' What can ''I'' do to this guy that life hasn't already? I almost feel sorry for him.
46	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
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