-> "Sorry I burned down your village. Here's some gold."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reparations Reparations]]'''

->'' "The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, never surrender, and don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off."''
-->-- '''Nevinyrral''', Necromancer's Handbook, '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129529 Drudge Skeletons]]'''

-> "Greatness, at any cost."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=370413 Dark Confidant]]'''

-> "You can become anything if I just put my mind to it."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=383287 Jalira, Master Polymorphist]]'''

-> "Hard to imagine," mused Hanna, stroking the petal, [[http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Black+Lotus "such a lovely flower inspiring such greed."]]
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194975 Lotus Petal]]'''

-> ''"I want a banana ''this'' big!"''
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29980 Gorilla Titan]]'''

-> ''"I desire the acquisition a potassium-rich fruit comestible of ''substantial'' magnitude."''
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73976 Uktabi Kong]]'''

-> "The root of all greevils."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8827 Root Greevil]]'''

-> "Not all heroes die in armor."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398628 Blessed Spirits]]'''

-> "Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=50929 Last Word]]'''

-> Life is eternal. A lifetime is ephemeral.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=21192 Fecundity]]'''

-> Life is ephemeral. Phyrexia is eternal.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221557 Spread the Sickness]]'''

-> The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that delivers death.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74063 Hand of Cruelty]]'''

-> The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3632 Wicked Reward]]'''

-> Every tear shed is a drop of immortality.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=196990 Angel of Mercy]]'''

-> "Have you ever killed insects nibbling at your crops? I think that's what [[EldritchAbomination the Eldrazi]] believe they're doing to [[WeAreAsMayflies us]]."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193534 Shrivel]]'''

-> Only the Eldrazi mind thinks in the warped paths required to open the hedrons and tap the power within.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193501 Dreamstone Hedron]]'''

-> Falling from heaven is not as painful as surviving the impact.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=18287 Tormented Angel]]'''

-> Some do. Some teach. The rest look it up.
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12390 Archivist]]'''

->'' "Ach, Hans, run! It's the Lhurgoyf!"''
-->-- '''Saffi Eriksdotter''', last words ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2576 Lhurgoyf]]''')

-> ''"Not again."''
-->-- '''Hans''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5211 Revenant]]''')

-> In the blink of an eye, she strode from deep snow to dusty waste. From the crease of light behind her, a voice rang hollow: "Saffi, wait for me . . . ."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=113540 Saffi Eriksdotter]]'''

-> ''"I have a bad feeling about this."''
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=113512 Norin the Wary]]'''

-> ''"What am I looking at? Ashes, dead man."''
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=191102 Prodigal Pyromancer]]'''

-> ''"Try to pretend you understand what's important."''
-->-- '''Jace Beleren''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=185819 Fact or Fiction]]''')

-> ''"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."''
-->-- '''Pemmin''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=46558 Stifle]]''')

-> ''"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight ''everything'' with fire."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45358 Sizzle]]''')

-> ''"All my spells smell like burnt hair lately."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=124474 Simian Spirit Guide]]''')

-> ''"Anybody want some... toast?"''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=184763 Pyrokinesis]]''')

-> ''"Yes, I think ‘toast' is an appropriate description."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=184636 Incinerate]]''')

-> ''"And ''I'' say north is where I ''want'' it to be!"''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3050 Mystic Compass]]''')

-> ''"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe . . . oh, why not all of them?"''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=184650 Meteor Shower]]''')

-> ''"Overkill? This isn't a game of Kick-the-Ouphe!"''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=184648 Lava Burst]]''')

-> ''"Some have said there is no subtlety to destruction. You know what? They're dead."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45394 Inferno]]''')

-> ''"That's a lotta nuggets."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9667 Chicken Egg]]''')

-> ''"Once great literature—now great litter."''
-->-- '''Jaya Ballard, Task Mage''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=184761 Browse]]''')

-> ''"Who'd want to ignite things one at a time?"''
-->-- '''Chandra Nalaar''', thoroughly taking after her mentor ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=208009 Pyroclasm]]''')

-> "After the fourth time Chandra left a place engulfed in flames, she decided to just go ahead and make it her thing."
-->-- ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=185817 Seal of Fire]]''')

-> "Walls collapse and kill people all the time. Some are just more aggressive about it."
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5212 Rolling Stones]]''' (Stronghold version)

-> ''"Don't mourn for me. This is my destiny."''
-->-- '''Gerrard Capashen''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=19135 Vindicate]]''')

-> ''"That was fun! Now me."''
-->-- '''Gwendlyn Di Corci''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9751 Handcuffs]]''')

-> ''"No matter how many I kill, there are always more to hunt. It makes me smile just to think about it."''
-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=246949 Elite Inquisitor]]'''

-> ''"There are two ways for me to pass this gate. One involves you remaining conscious."''
-->-- '''Gerrard of the Weatherlight''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=197037 Abyssal Gatekeeper]]''')

-> ''"Don't just have an idea -- have all of them."''
-->-- '''Niv-Mizzet''' ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=366411 Enter the Infinite]]''')

-> ''"It is done."''
-->-- '''Elspeth Tirel''' [[spoiler: after ''killing a god'']] ('''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=380395 Deicide]]''')

->'' "[[DespairEventHorizon No matter how big your champion, theirs is bigger]]. No matter how great your numbers, theirs are greater. No matter how voracious your appetite, they are hungrier. [[TheBadGuyWins That is why the Eldrazi will win.]]";;
-->-- '''Kalitas''', thrall of Ulamog. (Eldrazi Devastator)

-> ''"I've heard it said that a Planeswalker is someone who can always run from danger. But Gideon's right: we're also the ones who can choose to stay."''
-->-- '''Jace Beleren''' ('''[[http://mythicspoiler.com/ogw/cards/callthegatewatch.html Call the Gatewatch]]''')

-> [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/catching-2015-07-22 Jace apologized to Liliana]] for leaving their [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/catching-2015-07-22 date-not-murder]] to help Gideon save Zendikar. She did not take that kindly.
--> '''Liliana Vess''': And heading off to some wilderness plane with that walking anatomical diagram.\\
'''Jace Beleren''': ''(stifling laughter)'' I doubt he'd take that as a compliment.\\
'''Liliana Vess''': It is! He'll make a perfect corpse, if he gets around to dying before it all goes soft.\\
'''Jace Beleren''': And I'm certain he wouldn't take that as a compliment.

->''"I can only say to you, in this, my final prayer to the world, that I only ever meant to keep the innocent from harm.''

->''I am Avacyn. I am to protect."''

-->-- '''Avacyn, Angel of Hope's''' [[http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/i-am-avacyn-2016-05-18 final moments]].


-> ''"I am not Franz!"''
-->-- '''Franz''' ('''[[http://magiccards.info/6e/de/81.html Memory Lapse]]''', German version)

-> ''"My past is part of who I am, but it is not who I am."''
-->-- '''Vraska, later Jace''' [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/talented-captain-vraska-2017-09-20 The Talented Captain Vraska]]

-> "Hatred outlives the hateful."
-->--'''[[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?name=Rancor Rancor]]'''


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It is important to note that ''Magic: the Gathering'' has made quotations part of the product, and every set has dozens, if not hundreds of quotable lines spread across the cards. These range from humorous to touching to profound.