"I'm a partner in a freak show."
—Dingo, Gargoyles
"Of all the ministers and all the deputies, entire congregation of obedient fools, they mistakenly sent the one good man."
— Valery Legasov, to Boris Shcherbina, Chernobyl
Finnick knows then what Haymitch and I know. About Peeta. Being truly, deep-down better than the rest of us. Finnick took out that tribute from 5 without blinking an eye. And how long did I take to turn deadly? I shot to kill when I targeted Enobaria and Gloss and Brutus. Peeta would have at least attempted negotiations first. Seen if some wider alliance was possible.
—Katniss, The Hunger Games
''Tools of war can force a kind of peace, but I think our rule should be fair and just.
None but fools would break things and not rush to fix them.''
—Tinker Knight, Shovel Knight
"Be the annoying goodie two-shoes that you are. One of us has to be."
— Queen Maeve to Starlight, The Boys (2019)
"I have... many regrets, Dr. Hayden."
— VEGA, Doom (2016)
Prompto: I gotta say, Aranea really impressed me today.
Noctis: With her outfit?
Prompto: Well, yeah, that too. It's just, I always had this impression that the [Niflheim] Empire was filled with nothing but jerks.
Ignis: She certainly doesn't fit the mold.
Noctis: With her outfit?
Prompto: Well, yeah, that too. It's just, I always had this impression that the [Niflheim] Empire was filled with nothing but jerks.
Ignis: She certainly doesn't fit the mold.
Jack: All right magical locust, defoliate, fly and feast, eat those flowers!
Ethical Bug: I-I'm not a magic locust. Why, I'm not a locust at all.
Jack: What are you then? Some sort of demon grasshopper? A deadly fairy? Put a spell on the forest, then!
Ethical Bug: I-I don't cast spells.
Jack: Well, what do you do?!
Ethical Bug: Well, I-I-I judge you, I sit on your shoulder and judge your actions and the quality of your character, I'm your conscience.
Jack: I really did overpack.
Ethical Bug: I-I'm not a magic locust. Why, I'm not a locust at all.
Jack: What are you then? Some sort of demon grasshopper? A deadly fairy? Put a spell on the forest, then!
Ethical Bug: I-I don't cast spells.
Jack: Well, what do you do?!
Ethical Bug: Well, I-I-I judge you, I sit on your shoulder and judge your actions and the quality of your character, I'm your conscience.
Jack: I really did overpack.
"I think that we all have to accept that everybody here is a potential fucking powder keg. Except for [Orym]. For some reason we decided to have one person who seems healthy and well-adjusted, honestly it's a little irritating."
— Ashton, Critical Role