"Am I still not as strong as those you've fought before? I will throw away shame, honor, and my way of doing things to defeat you! That is the courtesy I can show a person like you."
— Gentle, My Hero Academia
"The kiddie gloves are coming off, tighten up the big boy pants 'cause things are gonna get really, really bad for you Vault Hunters."
— Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2
"Bad things kept happening to me. It was high fucking time I started happening to them."
— Harry, Cold Days
"I've been through hell and a half in this last week. I've fought Blackstarr, Eclipso, the Zoners, Kralik, the Golem, and I'm probably leaving some out. I almost got zombified because of you. Now you've hurt the man I love, and my cousin, and my friends. I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to do any of it. I hate fighting. But I promise you, Darkseid, if you don't restore them and surrender, you're never getting up from this floor in one piece. I swear it!"
— Supergirl, Hellsister Trilogy
Kanan: You shouldn't have done that.
Grand Inquisitor: Why? Because you've got no one left to die for you?
Kanan: No. [Force-grabs Ezra's lightsaber] Because now I've got nothing left to fear.
Grand Inquisitor: Why? Because you've got no one left to die for you?
Kanan: No. [Force-grabs Ezra's lightsaber] Because now I've got nothing left to fear.
"I can act directly if the situation involves magic or is an immediate threat to myself or others. You are a homicidal wizard invading a public school. No one will care if I kill you."
— Raven, El Goonish Shive, "Failed Diplomacy"
"No more chivalry. Now we fight like wolves."
— Robert the Bruce, Outlaw King
"When you take the gloves off, you get blood on your hands, Kyle. That's how it works. … End of the day someone has to make the enemy scared of the dark. We get dirty and the world stays clean. That's the mission."
— Captain Price, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
"I've given thee courtesy enough."
— Godfrey, Elden Ring
