Quotes / Existential Horror

"It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish."

— Jean-Paul Sartre

"Does art imitate life? Or does life imitate art? AM I EVEN REAL?!"

— Marina, Splatoon 2

"HAHAHA! It's funny because we're all living in a simulation and free will is a lie."

— Marina, Splatoon 2

"For what purpose was I created?"

— Mewtwo, Pokémon: The First Movie

"I have never been allowed in here before. This must be where I was born. Look at all the Endos! They are.. all the same. Have I always been a Freddy? Am I Monty with a different shell? W-what if... I am not the first Glamrock Freddy? Are there more of me at other pizzerias? Do we all feel the same? Am I special? If I am mass produced... am I still art?"

— Glamrock Freddy, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

— T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland

Eyeballs: Every time you fall asleep, you die. Someone else wakes up in your body thinking they are you.
White Marshmallow: ...Oh.
Eyeballs: You are alone, trapped in your own mind. The world around you is your lie.
White Marshmallow: Okay.
Eyeballs: Soon you will be nothing. You will never again hear sounds. Never again see colors. Never again be anyone...

— Marshmallow People 3

Dorothy: Hey, honey? How do you know what's real?
Jill: ...How so?
Dorothy: I mean, how do you know if the thing you see is an actual thing? How can you tell if what you see around you is actually happening? What tells you everything is not a fabrication? What tells me I'm not just a simulation in a computer?

— VA 11 Hall A

"The entire reason for my existence is to befriend you. And I'm not even completely sure if that's possible at this point. Do you know how frightening you are to me? DO YOU KNOW HOW TERRIFYING IT IS KNOWING THAT MY PURPOSE MIGHT NEVER BE FULFILLED?"

"Buddy", Buddy Simulator 1984

I'm not, I'm not myself
I'm not somebody else

—Miracle of Sound, "Replica"

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