History Quotes / GuiltComplex

-->-- '''Dr Kaufmann''', ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories''

->''"Anyway, Darius is a Martian combat engineer with the biggest guilt complex this side of Olympus Mons. He's sent in to stop the cultists from destroying the terraforming machine that means they can all breathe - I'm guessing there's no intelligence test to get into this cult - but he fails and spends the next three years in a cave taking responsibility for some crazy guy's actions that he was trying to stop. Then the same crazy guy tricks him into unleashing a horde of murderous insect monsters on the people of Mars, and he accepts the guilt for that, too."''
->''"You egotistical fucking prick, Darius Mason. I bet you take responsibility for the sun setting in the evening 'cause you didn't give it the proper encouragement."''
-->-- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' on ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon Red Faction Armageddon]]''

-->-- '''Donna''', ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Commencement"

->''"His sister died in a fire while she was baby-sitting him. She tried to put it out, he ran outside. He went off campaigning, his father died. He wakes up in a hospital and discovers the President's been shot. He goes through every day worried that somebody he likes is going to die, and it's going to be his fault. What do you think makes him walk so fast? ''[walks towards some file cabinets]'' Anyway, when you looked at the list of replacements and said, "That's a windfall," what he heard was "Thank you Josh, you did it again. More for us."''

->-''WHY!? Why am I allowed to live while good men pay for my crimes!? Is there no justice in this world!? Please, someone tell me. How do I make it stop? What will it take to end the horror, to ensure that he is the last? Is suicide the only answer? Is a merciful death, an easy death, truly to be my fate? But what about my punishment? I'm supposed to suffer! Look! Look at the blood on my hands! Has it not earned me torment!? If not... If there is no force in this world that will destroy me for my sins... Then what hope is there? What hope for the good? For those who struggle to be kind and just? Their lives had meaning! Their lives had worth! And I ended that. I stole their future! Please. Someone, anyone. Don't let their good mean nothing.''

-->-- '''ComicBook/SpiderMan''', ''Hooky''

->'''Shao Kahn:''' Compassion is for fools.

->''"You beat yourself up with your past. Don't blame yourself, blame the world. Blame God. Blame ''me''."''

-->-- '''Donna''', ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Commencement"

-->-- '''Donna''', ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Commencement

-->-- '''Donna''', ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Commencement"

-> ''"I should've done what I was told. I should've been more careful. I shouldn't have defied Mr. Kreel; that's why he did this to me."''
-->-- '''Dollface''', reflecting on an incident when she accidentally spilled coffee and had a mask nailed to her face as a consequence. ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''
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->'''Donna:''' His sister died in a fire while she was baby-sitting him. She tried to put it out, he ran outside. He went off campaigning, his father died. He wakes up in a hospital and discovers the President's been shot. He goes through every day worried that somebody he likes is going to die, and it's going to be his fault. What do you think makes him walk so fast? (''walks towards some file cabinets'') Anyway, when you looked at the list of replacements and said, "That's a windfall," what he heard was "Thank you Josh, you did it again. More for us."
-->-- ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Commencement"

-> '''I should've done what I was told. I should've been more careful. I shouldn't have defied Mr. Kreel; that's why he did this to me.'''

->'''Dollface:''' I should've done what I was told. I should've been more careful. I shouldn't have defied Mr. Kreel; that's why he did this to me.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', reflecting on an incident when she accidentally spilled coffee and had a mask nailed to her face as a consequence.

->'''Donna:''' His sister died in a fire while she was baby-sitting him. She tried to put it out, he ran outside. He went off campaigning, his father died. He wakes up in a hospital and discovers the President's been shot. He goes through every day worried that somebody he likes is going to die, and it's going to be his fault. What do you think makes him walk so fast? (''walks towards some file cabinets'') Anyway, when you look at the list of replacements and said, "That's a windfall," what he heard was "Thank you Josh, you did it again. More for us."

->'''Mulder::''' I thought that you died for my quest.

->You feel guilty about everything.
->When we all lived in huts and wore furs, we worried over the simple things - food, water, whether animals would come and eat us in the night. Now we have supermarkets, bottled water and .38 caliber home security. So what keeps us awake at night? More often than not, guilt. If only I had acted differently... If only I hadn't said that... If only I had said ''something''...
->You beat yourself up with your past. Don't blame yourself, blame the world. Blame God. Blame ''me''.

->Anyway, Darius is a Martian combat engineer with the biggest guilt complex this side of Olympus Mons. He's sent in to stop the cultists from destroying the terraforming machine that means they can all breathe - I'm guessing there's no intelligence test to get into this cult - but he fails and spends the next three years in a cave taking responsibility for some crazy guy's actions that he was trying to stop. Then the same crazy guy tricks him into unleashing a horde of murderous insect monsters on the people of Mars, and he accepts the guilt for that, too.
->You egotistical fucking prick, Darius Mason. I bet you take responsibility for the sun setting in the evening 'cause you didn't give it the proper encouragement.

-->--'''Dr Kaufmann''', VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories

-->--'''[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation on [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon Red Faction Armageddon.]]

->''"You know, you really would make a good hero," he said casually, as if he was continuing a conversation. "Playing the blame game and losing every time is an integral part of the job."''
-->-- '''Kid Flash''' to Jinx, ''Life on the Offbeat'' by Re-Ane, a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' fanfiction.

-->-- '''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]''' in ''FanFic/MyStupidReality''

-->''"Stupid conscience. [[{{Irony}} I wish I could just give it up with a few magic words and live the rest of my life with no problems.]]"''

-->--'''[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation on [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon Red Faction Armageddon.]]

-->--'''Dr Kaufmann''', SilentHillShatteredMemories

-->--'''[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', ZeroPunctuation on [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3942-Red-Faction-Armageddon Red Faction Armageddon.]]