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Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#1776: Jul 16th 2015 at 12:30:40 PM

Lewis sighed. “Alex, are you sure? This is your last chance to get out of hooking up with my sister and to make a run for it.”

DarkbloodCarnagefang They/Them from New Jersey Since: May, 2012
They/Them
#1777: Jul 16th 2015 at 12:48:07 PM

"No, I will not polish your spear!"

Context: Angry Argonian lady who's very tired of guys making "The Lusty Argonian Maid" references.

Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.
Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#1778: Jul 16th 2015 at 12:54:01 PM

[up]I should just mention as one of the last Morrowind fanatics left your story and avatar have made my time on the forums a source of endless joy.

Nous restons ici.
DarkbloodCarnagefang They/Them from New Jersey Since: May, 2012
They/Them
#1779: Jul 16th 2015 at 1:06:30 PM

[up] I find that very touching to read.

Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.
Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#1780: Jul 16th 2015 at 5:00:41 PM

Male lead and his estranged wife.

“Gabriel David Wright!”
“Jennifer Persephone Sharpe…”
“I’m still Wright. I never saw a reason not to be.”
“You may consider yourself always Wright, but to me you will always be Sharpe.”

Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#1781: Jul 17th 2015 at 3:52:34 AM

Mikey was the light of my life, and I will never be whole without him. Sure. But what sticks with me was the first time I talked, really talked, to him, I promised him that when the war was over he'd get to go home and be normal again. The rest of us, we're all weird and broken, predators who don't know how to stop or souls so scarred by rage they'll never recover or nights spent haunted by the thought that the last time we retired the world went to hell and maybe we could have stopped it. Some of us will never be fit for normal society and the rest of us will never be comfortable there. Mikey wasn't like that, could have gone back. He chose to stay. For me. And in the end it killed him.

Nous restons ici.
Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#1782: Jul 19th 2015 at 12:31:39 PM

Of all the things to say to a naked woman on your doorstep ‘You must be cold’ was not something he would have chosen as his first response.

Error404 Magus from Tau Ceti IV-2 Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
Magus
#1783: Jul 22nd 2015 at 5:23:41 PM

By all rights, it was impossible. Jumping through an interdiction field, landing on a planet that had, quite literally, no surface area unmonitored, getting an extraction team in, extracting the agent, getting out, fighting past the largest navy in the three galaxies, jumping through the interdiction field again, and evading the astonishingly comprehensive sensor net on the way out.

Oh. And Ivan almost forgot Step Three: Profit!

StrixObscuro from Somewhere in Massachusetts Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#1784: Jul 24th 2015 at 10:53:30 PM

"Give me the cheapest drink you have."
"Here it is - I call it the Taxpayer's Dime."
"Why's it called that?"
"Because it's very quickly pissed away."

edited 24th Jul '15 10:55:58 PM by StrixObscuro

By now, it should be clear to all except the most dense of us that sheep are secretly conspiring to kill us all and steal our pants.
Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#1785: Jul 25th 2015 at 12:15:39 PM

“Now, I am really enjoying the love-making, but I think it would be massively improved if it also contained some actual sex.”

He kissed her. “That’s why you are such a great friend. You have fantastic ideas.”

OmniGoat from New York, NY Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
#1786: Jul 26th 2015 at 3:35:09 PM

Main character and his best friend just had an epic fight ending, more or less in a draw.

"Well, Drew, you know how this goes...from this day onward we must be enemies, I'll give you this one, I'll run for now and you'll follow me and we'll fight again. You're a good man, Drew, watch over my Nina for me, she can't follow this path anymore. Goodbye...my old friend.." - Damien Paul

This shall be my true, Start of Darkness
DarkbloodCarnagefang They/Them from New Jersey Since: May, 2012
They/Them
#1787: Jul 26th 2015 at 3:41:07 PM

"Nothing is a guarantee is just a quick way to say that the universe is definitely going to screw you over."

Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.
MeetTheNewBoss I'm Ruthless. from The Same As The Old Boss Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
I'm Ruthless.
#1788: Jul 26th 2015 at 7:42:49 PM

This is from a crossover story that ended in a..shocking way. The Big Good don't realizes it, however...

"-Everything is fine.

-Dude, no.

-What? The villains were defeated, we got the magical red orb back and the world will recover. Look, we didn't even need to kill that last guy.

-Naruto is dead.

-Nice. Now his widow can marry other man!

-Dude, Sasuke betrayed us at the last minute!

-He is alive though.

-The priest ripped off his eyeballs!

-And gave them to his wife so his child don't turns blind in the future!

-Everyone is severely traumatized.

-Naruto was the only good guy that died!

-He was....Naruto. Don't you get it?

-Naruto is overrated. And in fact, we still have our Naruto. Aren't you happy with that?"

edited 26th Jul '15 7:43:45 PM by MeetTheNewBoss

You claim that God is opressing us, but I see you opressing others without needing a God.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#1789: Jul 29th 2015 at 3:52:27 AM

"Have an adequate Midwinter Festival."

"You don't celebrate Hearthswarming?"

"Oh, please. Those grass-munching pricks have even less right to spew that old lie this year than they ever did. If the Windigoes were real, where have they been the last three hundred years? Why didn't they show up when we needed them?"

Abigail noticed that a lot of human holidays were intended simply as a slap in the face to Equestrian ones. Midwinter Festival's Airing of Greivances and Feats of Strength meant to contrast Heartswarming's Friendship Carols and Pageants, Uprising Day's annual riot as a counter to Hearts-and-Hooves' romanticism. The only holiday the two cultures could agree on was Nightmare Night, but that was only because that was when the Grandfathers had returned...

edited 20th Dec '15 3:57:25 PM by dvorak

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#1790: Jul 29th 2015 at 6:35:17 AM

The Yoth's immortal god-emperor achieved his status by passing down a number of symbols, including a mask, down from father to son through the ages, and a complex mythology to explain why, in fact, the immortal god-emperor could physically die, be murdered and replaced by ambitious brothers, and all the other things that happen to emperors, but was totally the same immortal god-emperor. The Uelane's immortal god-emperor achieved his status by being an immortal god-emperor.

I imagine their first meeting was quite awkward.

CLCN Since: Dec, 2013
#1791: Jul 29th 2015 at 11:25:16 AM

This is something my stepdad said that I just have to use in something.

(Our sink had just exploded and water is everywhere. He's about to leave.)

"Don't burn the house down...Well, you can't because the house is wet."

It just made me crack up when he said it.

Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#1792: Jul 29th 2015 at 11:59:45 AM

So, after 20 years of Everyone Can See It, and the efforts of a lover who was a Shipper on Deck (a little odd to write!), even though they claim She Isnot My Girlfriend, they finally get it together.

Its the Morning after the Night Before.

Its all a bit weird for them. He is saying he doesn't want sex, but to make love. They talk for an hour, holding, stroking, resolving the oddity. Then she says

“Now, I am really enjoying the love-making, but I think it would be massively improved if it also contained some actual sex.”

edited 29th Jul '15 12:01:02 PM by Last_Hussar

Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#1793: Jul 30th 2015 at 1:46:42 PM

oops

edited 30th Jul '15 3:25:09 PM by Night

Nous restons ici.
Error404 Magus from Tau Ceti IV-2 Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
Magus
#1794: Jul 30th 2015 at 6:56:08 PM

"Yes..." mused Mac briefly, glancing off to the left. "I'm terribly sorry if I tipped anyone off about your cunningly concealed herd of Jumpships."

Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#1795: Jul 30th 2015 at 9:36:38 PM

"The hardest thing I ever had to learn about myself was the realization that I wasn't going to break down after I ran over twenty people with a tank. It wasn't something I wanted to particularly do again, but I knew that if I had to, I could. And I could live with it. Learning that had me climb out of the tank and puke. Really didn't want to know I could do that, see."

Nous restons ici.
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#1796: Aug 5th 2015 at 4:06:55 PM

My attempt to summarize the above-mentioned Yoth emperor's views on the world, as told to his son and heir apparent. (In-universe, it's not known which emperor actually said this or if it's apocryphal, but it's generally agreed to be a fair summation of the Hobbesian ruling style of most House Adamantine emperors.)

If an advisor truly believes you are a god, he is of no use to you. Fire him for flattery and stupidity. If an advisor should ever actually say that you are not a god, however, execute him; such ideas are dangerous if they find their way into minds that cannot determine them unaided.

edited 5th Aug '15 4:15:28 PM by KillerClowns

trashconverters "Team Ken, baby" from Melbourne (Series 2) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
"Team Ken, baby"
#1797: Aug 5th 2015 at 5:48:42 PM

Charlie would open the window, and let the smells escape down the street. Sometimes he hoped it would stay in the air after he left for school; that the neighbours would wake up to his burnt toast and choke.

He didn't know why he entertained such morbid thoughts, but he never pushed them away.

This is part of a little digression at the beginning, detailing Charlie's daily routine. Still my favourite line, dunno why.

Stand up against pinkwashing, don't fall for propoganda
Night The future of warfare in UC. from Jaburo Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
The future of warfare in UC.
#1798: Aug 12th 2015 at 3:14:59 AM

A thousand beams glittering in the dark, crossing in the opening volleys as the last battle opened; Second Fleet dying in a single blast of concentrated sunlight at Solomon; the New York skyline in flames; an old Dom, broken in half, burning, seen through the optics of...a tank, not even a mobile suit; the slow and steady breathing and calm heartrate of a seasoned hunter stalking prey.

He snapped back to reality. His mind fought to cope. Was this what going mad was like? Was the deck shifting under his feet or was he just stumbling? Irrationally he seized on a thought to protect himself from thinking about it all at once: every other Newtype saw humans as points of light against the darkness.

She saw them as darkness against a pale gray. Why? What did that mean?

Nous restons ici.
ladytanuki Friendly Neighborhood Lich from SF, CA, US Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Friendly Neighborhood Lich
#1799: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:31:51 AM

Despite the fact that I have several stories planned out, I haven't actually written them yet. However, I have joined a lot of play-by-post RP Gs with my characters in order to develop them a bit more. I remember this one little gem from one such post:

Context: Best friends Daisy and Tiffany are inside a strange house in the middle of nowhere, and suspect it might be haunted. While exploring the house, the two got separated. Daisy had been wandering around the garden outside the entire time, since she is a bit spooked by the whole situation (exploring the house was Tiffany's idea). She is a timid yet polite Green Thumb; Tiffany is a brash and talkative Perky Goth (why they're friends is anyone's guess). At one point, Daisy realizes that Tiffany is still in the house, and reluctantly goes in to investigate, being concerned for her safety. All of a sudden, she hears a creepy voice near the stairway and some footsteps, and starts to freak out.

Daisy backed up some more, until her back hit the pedestal atop which the mint container rested. Her mouth hung open for a while as whoever—or whatever—spoke got closer... And then she let out a shrill scream.

But the scream didn't last long. A cold-fingered hand clasped over her mouth, and somebody was pressing her against the mint pedestal. Slowly, a face moved into the dim light emanating from the dining room, bearing dark shadowed eyes that seemed to stare right into her soul, and dark lips pulled into a menacing smirk. Whoever this malevolent lady was, she raised a finger and gently pressed it against an exposed part of Daisy's mouth. "Ssssssshhhh," she whispered. "Fear not, Daisy doll. It is I, Mistress of the Black Rose."

Daisy squirmed about, desperately trying to free herself from this woman's grasp, but yet she couldn't find the proper strength to struggle. She had ceased her muffled scream by now... and knowing this, the woman grabbed Daisy's shoulders instead, shoving her over towards the dining room... and more importantly, the light filtering from it. "Honestly, does your memory suddenly draw a blank when you're frightened?" the woman spoke in a decidedly plainer and more mortal voice, carrying a dry yet slightly amused tone to it, that Daisy knew all too well. The light confirmed it, exposing the woman's curly black hair and gothic style of dress.

"...T-t-tiffany!?" Daisy stammered, pointing a shaking finger at her.

"Ahahahaha!" Tiffany laughed, removing her hands from Daisy's shoulders and holding one up next to her face. "I got you good, didn't I? Although, I do eagerly await the day where I actually can be an evil spirit haunting a place like this. At some point this lovely red rose has to die and turn black, right?"

Daisy's cheeks flushed scarlet, and she grabbed the top of Tiffany's vest. "That's NOT funny! I'm serious! This place is creepy enough as it is, and you're only making it worse!"

edited 24th Aug '15 4:36:22 AM by ladytanuki

Come, my child of the devil. Your mother is calling you. Hear my call in Hell's grand hall, where all our dreams come true.
TempestKnight Tempest Knight from Toronto Since: Dec, 2014
#1800: Aug 24th 2015 at 9:40:06 PM

Masaru gazed down at Eustathios. “Who's the pretty boy?” “Another Mainlander,” replied Daichi. “I asked the Redariam about him...apparently he's baggage those four dwarves got saddled with on the way over. I think his name is Steve.” Eustathios turned red. “THAT IS NOT MY NAME!!” he exclaimed. “I – AM – EUSTATHIOS!!” He paused to take a breath, then continued. “I am a great athlete and performer! I have performed on stage under the direction of the greatest elven playwrights! I have sung and acted to the amazement of crowds! I am the greatest elven swordsman to ever rise from the ashes of poverty to the heights of the theatre! I have been in more battles than thou canst shake a finger at in the past few months alone! I – AM – EUSTATHIOS!!!” He sank to his knees, breathing hard. The three Tarsi stared nonchalantly at the elf. “Want some cheese with that ham?” asked Daichi.


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