History Quotes / GoodFeelsGood

->''"How do I feel about it? I ''love'' being ComicBook/SpiderGirl. It's awesome to be able to swing through the city and have people cheering my name. It feels ''right'' to save people who aren't in a position to save themselves. So I do what [[ComicBook/SpiderMan my dad]] did before me, and I stand between this city and oblivion. [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse And no matter how many times I get knocked down, I always get back up]]."''
-->-- '''May "Mayday" Parker''', ''Fanfic/FriendsOfFamily'', [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28615194?view_full_work=true here]]

->''"There's something decidedly pleasant about being a genuine source of happiness in another."''

-->-- '''May "Mayday" Parker''', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28615194?view_full_work=true Friends of Family]]''

->''"The approval of one's own conscience is a very heady draught; and specially for those who are not accustomed to it."''

->''"[[BeAllMySinsRemembered I don't deserve to be so happy...]] But I can't help it. I just can't help it!"''
-->-- '''Ebenezer Scrooge''', ''Film/Scrooge1951''

-->-- '''Gunn''', ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Players"

->''"Ev'ryone always talks about tha seductive power o' Evil, but I think Good's just as slippery a slope. Doin' good - sometimes just seein' other people do good - feels good. Tha feelin' gets ta ye ev'ntually. Sometimes I think tha only reason more evil folks dinnae succumb ta it is tha it feels ''bad'' [[HeelRealization ta realize how evil ye've been.]] Most'd rather pretend ta nev'r feel nuthin' than experience tha pain."''
-->--'''Durkon''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''"This is the first time I've ever used my powers to help someone. It's strange... it feels kind of... nice."''
-->-- '''Psycho Mantis''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' (last words)

->''"When you help others, you can't help helping yourself"''
-->-- "The Money Song", ''Theatre/AvenueQ''

-->-- ''{{Series/Farscape}}''

->''It filled me up in an instant and I imagined it leaking from my eyes, nose and mouth. I wanted to shout and dance with joy because it was everything Streen had described. It was what I felt when Mirax first said she loved me. It was the scent of the perfume my mother wore, and the warm laugh my father used to have when he was proud of me. It was the hearty slap on the back from Wedge after a mission and even a touch of Whistler's triumphant serenades. It was everything that was good and right and positive and alive; and it was waiting for me to bend it to my will.''
-->-- '''Corran Horn''' opens himself fully to TheForce for the first time, ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]''

-->-- ''{{Series/Leverage}}''

->''"I feel heroic! And handsome! I'm a little wet, but I still look good! I look good!"''
-->--'''Snowball''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''

->''"I'm astonished it feels this amazing. Nobody told me it would."''
-->-- '''chaosmage''', [[http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/10/slow-but-steady/#comment-302996 on donating to the Against Malaria Foundation]]

->''"Yesterday they wanted my head on a platter, now they act like I'm one of the family. Truth be told, it was nice, even for that short time. To be treated like a hero. Felt good."''
-->-- '''Cole [=MacGrath=]''' after saving a train full of civilians, ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}''

->''"It's a funny thing about doing something good or something kind. You do it because it feels right, it's proper. It's not so much what's expected, but what you want to do."''
-->--'''Benni the kangaroo''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSilverBrumby''

->''"A good deed is like pissing yourself in dark pants. Warm feeling, [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold but nobody notices]]."''
-->-- '''Jacob Taylor''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->''"You wanna know why I help the common folk? Why not? Everyone has their low points in life. I don't really do anything, other than help steer those who are truly lost towards a brighter future."''
-->-- '''Beidou''', ''More About Beidou:III'', ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''

->''"[[BeAllMySinsRemembered I don't deserve to be so happy...]] But I can't help it. I just can't help it!"''
-->--'''Ebenezer Scrooge''', ''Film/Scrooge1951''

->'''Flash''': It's really cool you guys seem ready to do battle and stuff, but I've never done battle. I've just pushed some people and run away!\\
'''Batman''': Save one.\\
'''Flash''': What?\\
'''Batman''': Save one person.\\
'''Flash''': What do you mean save--\\
'''Batman''': Don't talk. Don't fight. Get in. Get one out.\\
'''Flash''': And then what?\\
'''Batman''': ...You'll know.
-->--''Film/JusticeLeague2017''

->'''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Mashmyre Cello]]''': This power welling up inside me... Is this the joy that comes from finding a new reason d'etre? I, Mashmyre Cello, will put my life on the line and fight to defend all those I find dear!\\
'''[[Anime/CodeGeass Anya Alstreim]]''': What a ham...\\
'''Jeremiah Gottwald''': No. If anyone knows the meaning of chivalry... It's him.
-->--''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''

->''"It's a good tonic, altruism. Nothing helps one put problems in perspective like allegiance to a higher cause."''
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''

->''"It puts a smile on my face, you know. Helping people. Not that you can see with the [[PoweredArmor mask on]]."''
-->-- '''Sento Kiryu''', ''Series/KamenRiderBuild''

->'''Garnet:''' How do you feel?\\
'''[[spoiler:Peridot]]:'''...Big.
-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

->There’s something decidedly pleasant about being a genuine source of happiness in another.
-->-- ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' [[https://christylove94.tumblr.com/post/183337804949/13-we-cant-go-in-there-more-the-evening fic]]

->Gharad the Ox duels the hated Elector Count Wulfgang von Greidhart at Maulwurfbad and takes his victim's skull as a drinking vessel. During the duel, Gharad is astounded to be cheered on by the women of the township. Obscurely pleased, he leaves the town intact.
-->--Warriors of Chaos 7th edition armybook timeline, ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy''

->The approval of one's own conscience is a very heady draught; and specially for those who are not accustomed to it.
-->--''Literature/ThatHideousStrength''

->How do I feel about it? I ''love'' being ComicBook/SpiderGirl. It's awesome to be able to swing through the city and have people cheering my name. It feels ''right'' to save people who aren't in a position to save themselves. So I do what [[ComicBook/SpiderMan my dad]] did before me, and I stand between this city and oblivion. [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse And no matter how many times I get knocked down, I always get back up]].
-->--'''May "Mayday" Parker''', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28615194?view_full_work=true Friends of Family]]''

->It's been a long, long time since I had the chance to do something decent. And that's reward enough.
-->--'''[[TheExpyWithNoName The Sundown Kid]]''', ''Videogame/LiveALive''

->As it turns out, creating stuff actually ''is'' exciting. Being able to share the fruits of your labor with people honestly gets your blood pumping. I remember getting up really early the day we first announced ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' so that I could tweet, with great pride, "I'm writing for this game." That single sentence was more gratifying, momentous, and, yes, ''exciting'' than any of the vitriolic takedowns I'd written of other people's work.
-->-- '''Creator/AnthonyBurch''', ''[[https://kotaku.com/five-things-i-didn-t-get-about-making-video-games-unti-1687510871?fbclid=IwAR1X07e-j44Yr7oVw-_XBj_Lt-jg6-f4u4IBTeS-zMrVNLXCF9rWpgHI4Wc# Five Things I Didn’t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)]]''

->Imaginary evil is romantic and varied;
->Real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring;
->Imaginary good is boring;
->''Real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating''.
-->--'''Simone Weil'''

->Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring; imaginary good is boring; ''real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating''.

-->''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

-->-- ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'' [[https://christylove94.tumblr.com/post/183337804949/13-we-cant-go-in-there-more-the-evening fic]]

->Gharad the Ox duels the hated Elector Count Wulfgang von Greidhart, at Maulwurfbad and takes his victim's skull as a drinking vessel. During the duel, Gharad is astounded to be cheered on by the women of the township. Obscurely pleased, he leaves the town intact.

->'''[[ReformedCriminal Bekhesh]]:''' A lifetime of killing and extortion takes its toll.\\

'''Bekhesh:''' Yes... but also on myself. During a hostage raid, we captured a priest - a disciple of the Writ of Taru. He refused to eat or sleep: all he would do, day and night, was preach, whether anyone was listening or not. I executed him... but I kept his writ. I don't know why. One day I started reading; they were words of peace, but they made me feel... better. Then one day I took off my [[ArmCannon gauntlet]] and [[TheAtoner I threw it away]].

-->-- '''Psycho Mantis''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' (FamousLastWords)

->''"Marcus, it is so simple. You do one thing, one good thing, for no other reason than you know it's right. That's the first step."''

-->''"Marcus, it is so simple. You do one thing, one good thing, for no other reason than you know it's right. That's the first step."''

->"It feels good to be doing good."