Line #88 Quotes/BetterToDieThanBeKilled


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3	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
4	->'''Freeza:''' Someone of my strength could never fall to the likes of you. I'll die by my own hands before I let that happen!\
5	'''Goku:''' What are you waiting for?
6	-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZKai''
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8	->''"[[YouAreAlreadyDead It appears that my time has come]]...even still, I refuse to die by your hand! Farewell, Kenshiro!"''
9	-->-- '''Shin''', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''
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11	->''"[[SelfDisposingVillain I too will decide how I die!]] [[IronicEcho Sound familiar]], dear?"''
12	-->-- '''[[spoiler:[[BigBad Ragyo Kiruyin]]]]''', ''Anime/KillLaKill''
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14	->''"But if I'm going to be tortured to death by the likes of you...I'd rather make my exit here..."''
15	-->--'''[[spoiler:Rika Furude]]''', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
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18	[[folder:Fan Works]]
19	->''"I know an example: when faced with the prospect of dying by the hands of [[UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide his own general]], the esteemed warlord [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga Nobunaga Oda]] chose death on his own terms. He and his trusted page set the temple they were in ablaze, then took their own lives to deny their treasonous enemy the satisfaction of killing them. Brave men, they were."''
20	-->--'''Masao Mifune''', ''Fanfic/DanganronpaMementoMori''
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23	[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
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25	->''"They ain't gonna get Honey Mustard twice... FUCK YOU, GODS! I've got a date with oblivion!"''
26	-->--'''Honey Mustard''', ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''
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30	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
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32	->''"I'm sure she hoped they would let her live, but she must have known she was going to her death."''
33	-->--'''M''' about Vesper Lynd, ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''
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35	->''"[[LargeHam ERASE ME!!!]]"''
36	-->-- '''A captured program,''' ''Film/TronLegacy''
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39	[[folder:Literature]]
40	->''This death...This death is ours. We choose it. We deny you your victory.''
41	-->--'''Huron-Fal''', ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Flight Of The Eisenstein]]'', shortly before overloading his internal reactor rather than succumb to a viral weapon
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43	->The teeth of his old enemies, these ancient brothers and sisters of a thing which had called itself Kurt Barlow, sank into him like stingers. Callahan felt them not at all. He was smiling as he pulled the trigger and escaped them for good.
44	-->-- ''Literature/TheDarkTower VII: Literature/{{The Dark Tower\|2004}}''
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46	->''"I have never surrendered."''
47	-->-- '''General Namen''', ''Literature/TheGraceOfKings''
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50	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
51	->''"You can't have me."''
52	-->-- '''Chloe''', ''Series/HarpersIsland''
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54	->'''John''': Aeryn, if [[BigBad Scorpius]] gets me...\
55	'''Aeryn''': I know. Shoot you.\
56	'''John''': [[SubvertedTrope No! Shoot]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments him!]]''
57	-->-- ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', ''[[Recap/FarscapeS02E19LiarsGunsAndMoneyANotSoSimplePlan Liars, Guns & Money I: A Not So Simple Plan]]''
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60	[[folder:Music]]
61	->''I would rather go out in a blaze, than give 'em the glory...''
62	-->-- '''Music/{{MF DOOM}}''', Deep Fried Frenz
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64	->''And no one is ever gonna take my life from me\
65	I lay it down\
66	A ghost is born\
67	A ghost is born\
68	A ghost is born''
69	-->-- {{Music/Wilco}}, "Theologians"
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72	[[folder:Poetry]]
73	->''"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,\
74	And the women come out to cut up what remains,\
75	Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,\
76	An' go to your Gawd like a soldier."''
77	-->-- '''Creator/RudyardKipling''', final verse of "The Young British Soldier"
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80	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
81	->Urian's cruelty was as legendary as [[OneManArmy his skill]]: his foes said that he had the heart of a daemon, and that if you were captured by him, it was better to swallow your own tongue and choke to death than survive [[ColdBloodedTorture the horrors]] the following hours or days would bring. When Urian learnt of this, he made sure that, in future, [[TongueTrauma his prisoners had no tongues to choke on]].
82	-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Dark Elves Army Book (4th Edition)''
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85	[[folder:Video Games]]
86	->''"I choose death!"''
87	-->-- '''Garrosh's''' Concede quote, ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft''
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89	->''Dearest Helena,\
90	\
91	By now, the news of our defeat has reached the Earth. The creatures we were sent here to tame... are untameable. And the colonies we were sent to reclaim... have proven to be stronger than we anticipated.\
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93	Whatever you may hear about what has happened out here, know this: Alexei did not die gloriously in battle. I killed him... my pride killed him. And now my pride has consumed me as well.\
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95	You will never see me again, Helena.\
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97	Tell our children that I love them, and that their father died in defense of their future.\
98	\
99	Au revoir''
100	-->-- '''Admiral [=DuGalle=]''''s final letter, ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftI StarCraft: Brood War]]'', shortly before he self-terminated
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102	->''"You have no idea how this ring works, do you? Why the Forerunners built it? Halo doesn't kill Flood, it kills their food. Humans, Covenant, whatever. We're all equally edible! The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death. And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do: Wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life."''
103	-->-- '''Cortana''', ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''
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105	->''"It is inside me. I feel it spreading, clawing at my will, tearing at my thoughts. It moves me against my will, to this cavern. Here it will end. I do not wish this, do not want my body to become a weapon for the Ing within me. It hates. It demands obedience. I will fight to the end. I shall self-terminate before I will become a pawn of a filthy Ing."''
106	-->--'''D-Isl''''s Testament, ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes''
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108	->''[[PathOfInspiration Morninglight]] are worse than vampires: they don't just suck you dry and let you go, that's too easy. They ''[[TheCorruption change]]'' you, empty out your mind and body, [[MindRape fill what's left of you with nightmares]], strip you down until you're [[ReforgedIntoAMinion just a thing]], and it's still not over. There's no release. [[BodyHorror Only the changing]]. It's best when the eyes are gone: you can't look into a - what do you say, tentacle? - and see what's [[AndIMustScream trapped behind it]]. I'm not ending up like that, no way. I won't have [[OmnicidalManiac the oblivion I dreamed of]], but I'll take death cheap and dirty over the Morninglight.''
109	-->--'''Alina Florea,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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111	-> ''"My life is mine to spend."''
112	-->-- '''Abaddon''', if he kills himself casting [[CastFromHitPoints Mist Coil]], ''VideoGame/Dota2''
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114	->''"It doesn't matter. Nothing matters--not anymore. The time is now... I can still save Hoshido, even without the blade of salvation... You can't keep me prisoner... See? Do you see?! You shouldn't have left me a way... a way to escape..."''
115	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Takumi]]''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates: Conquest''
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117	->''"Unfortunately, I will not let you do as you wish. I will issue... my own death."''
118	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Kai Satou]]''', ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie''
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120	->''"Defeated by [Arete] after all these years... I wanted to create a better world. Who knows what she wants? No, [[RageQuit I won't give you the satisfaction of the final blow]]. Farewell."''
121	-->-- '''[[spoiler: Director Steele]]''', ''VideoGame/CosmicStarHeroine''
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123	->'''Jensen:''' "We can avoid another unnecessary tragedy." Isn't that what you said? You surrender now, I will give the kill switch to you. You'll spend the rest of your days in prison -- but the hold your masters have on you will end.\
124	'''Marchenko:''' A nice dream... But we both know there is no escape from these men. I am a soldier, Brother. I accept my fate.\
125	''[Marchenko brandishes his bomb detonator, and Jensen triggers the kill switch]''
126	-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided''
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128	->''"When the barbarians are at the gate, the truly noble may choose to find an honorable way out; and so the crude and lawless find they have arrived too late. And thus, the weave of history may disguise a cunning victory as a defeat."''
129	-->-- '''Executor Nihil''', ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Nightwave Series 3: The Glassmaker
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134	->''"If it's the only way, you can leave my body behind.''[[note]]Lalli is currently in a coma and communicating with Emil telepathically.[[/note]]'' But please put a bullet in my brain, I don't want my body to be ripped apart by them."''
135	-->-- '''Lalli''' to '''Emil''', ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent''
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139	[[folder:Western Animation]]
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141	->''This is no time for suicide! We're about to be killed!''
142	-->-- '''Uncle Gabby''', ''WesternAnimation/TheDrinkyCrowShow''
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144	->''"You have no idea what you've unleashed here today. There are some things far more frightening than death."''
145	-->-- '''The Grand Inquisitor''', choosing to fall to his death rather than face the wrath of Darth Vader, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''
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149	[[folder:Real Life]]
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151	->''Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."''
152	-->-- '''Bill Maher'''
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154	->''I just drank poison, I am not a war criminal. I oppose this conviction.''
155	-->-- '''[[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/29/un-war-crimes-defendant-claims-to-drink-poison-at-trial-in-hague-slobodan-praljak Slobodan Praljak]]'''
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