Anime and Manga
[After Gaara's death]
Chiyo: Calm yourself, Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto: SHUT THE HELL UP!! It's your fault! If you goddamned Sand shinobi hadn't put that monster inside him, this never would've happened! Do you have any idea what kind of burden he carried?! Damn the Jinchūriki. You have no right to act like you're better, to label us and use us...
Chiyo: Calm yourself, Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto: SHUT THE HELL UP!! It's your fault! If you goddamned Sand shinobi hadn't put that monster inside him, this never would've happened! Do you have any idea what kind of burden he carried?! Damn the Jinchūriki. You have no right to act like you're better, to label us and use us...
— Naruto
Films - Animation
Po: You're not my master, and I'm not the Dragon Warrior!
Shifu: Then why didn't you quit?! You knew I was trying to get rid of you, yet you stayed!
Po: Yeah, I stayed. I stayed because every time you threw a brick at my head or said I smelled, it hurt, but it could never hurt more than it did every day of my life just being me. I stayed, because I thought if there was anyone who could change me, make me not me, it was you, the greatest kung fu teacher in all of China!
Shifu: Then why didn't you quit?! You knew I was trying to get rid of you, yet you stayed!
Po: Yeah, I stayed. I stayed because every time you threw a brick at my head or said I smelled, it hurt, but it could never hurt more than it did every day of my life just being me. I stayed, because I thought if there was anyone who could change me, make me not me, it was you, the greatest kung fu teacher in all of China!
"I'm not stupid."
— Hammy after Verne accuses the other animals of being "stupid and naive", Over the Hedge
"I'll let you in on a little secret, Detweiler. Every adult you've ever known was a kid at some time in his life. You think we don't remember summer vacation? Riding bikes down by the creek, catching polliwogs in a jar, camping out under the stars? Well, you're wrong! Some days, I sit there in my office, looking out at you kids on the playground and I think, 'They don't know how good they got it. In a few years, they're all going to be grownups like me and all those good times will just be memories for them, too.' So go ahead. Put a whoopie-cushion in my chair. Cover my carpet with fake vomit. Make fun of my big, saggy butt. But don't you ever say I don't care about summer vacation, 'cause those memories are the last part of childhood I got left."
— Principal Prickly, Recess: School's Out
Films - Live Action
"What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner, with a SOCIETY, that ABANDONS him, AND TREATS HIM LIKE TRASH?! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GET! YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKIN' DESERVE!"
Michael Moore: If those kids were here right now, what would you say to them?
Marilyn Manson: I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say. And that's what no one did.
Marilyn Manson: I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say. And that's what no one did.
Marianne: Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?
Elinor: [Snapping] What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering? For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature. It was forced on me by the very person whose prior claims [Voice begins to crack] ruined all my hope. I have endured her exaltation again and again whilst knowing myself to be divided from Edward forever. Believe me, Marianne, had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.
Elinor: [Snapping] What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering? For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature. It was forced on me by the very person whose prior claims [Voice begins to crack] ruined all my hope. I have endured her exaltation again and again whilst knowing myself to be divided from Edward forever. Believe me, Marianne, had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.
Literature
"Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you."
— Jane, Jane Eyre
"Teach me about pain, think you can? Think the old Master cannot care, mmm? Forgotten who I am, have you? Old am I, yes. Mm. Loved more than you, have I, Padawan. Lost more. Hated more. Killed more. Think wisdom comes at no cost? The dark side, yes— it is easier for them. The pain grows too great, and they eat the darkness to flee from it. Not Yoda. Yoda loves and suffers for it, loves and suffers.
The price of Yoda's wisdom, high it is, very high, and the cost goes on forever. But teach me about pain, will you?"
The price of Yoda's wisdom, high it is, very high, and the cost goes on forever. But teach me about pain, will you?"
— Master Yoda, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Live-Action TV
[After Buffy turns Xander's date invitation down]
Xander: Hey, I know what we'll do! We can go! Be my date! We'll, we'll have a great time! We'll dance, we'll go wild... Whaddaya say?
Willow: No.
Xander: Good! What?
Willow: There's no way.
Xander: Willow, come on!
Willow: You think I wanna go to the dance with you and watch you wish you were at the dance with her? You think that's my idea of hijinks? You should know better.
Xander: I didn't think-
Willow: I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I'll see you on Monday.
Xander: Hey, I know what we'll do! We can go! Be my date! We'll, we'll have a great time! We'll dance, we'll go wild... Whaddaya say?
Willow: No.
Xander: Good! What?
Willow: There's no way.
Xander: Willow, come on!
Willow: You think I wanna go to the dance with you and watch you wish you were at the dance with her? You think that's my idea of hijinks? You should know better.
Xander: I didn't think-
Willow: I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. I'll see you on Monday.
"You do understand... You do... It does occur to you presumably, hopefully, occasionally... that I have feelings, too, when you say something like that?"
— Anne Lister, Gentleman Jack
"You can't conceive of my grief because you can't experience it like I do. But it's there."
Video Games
[Say'ri and Tiki are discussing Yen'fay's death]
Say'ri: 'Twould be false to say the sadness does not haunt me. But my brother met the end he himself chose. I've come to accept it as unavoidable. What's done is done.
Tiki: Liar.
Say'ri: M-My lady?!
Tiki: Lay down your stoic mask. I know the pain tears at you still. If you are in pain, tell me that you hurt! Let me in, Say'ri.
Say'ri: ...What would you have me say?
Tiki: Not that what's done is done! Not that you can forget so easily! Was your bond so feeble that a few weeks marching might erase him from your heart?
Say'ri: Enough! What could you possibly ken of the bond I shared with him?! Forget? Erase him from my heart?! 'Twould be easier to erase the heart entire! He was my brother. My only flesh and blood.
Say'ri: 'Twould be false to say the sadness does not haunt me. But my brother met the end he himself chose. I've come to accept it as unavoidable. What's done is done.
Tiki: Liar.
Say'ri: M-My lady?!
Tiki: Lay down your stoic mask. I know the pain tears at you still. If you are in pain, tell me that you hurt! Let me in, Say'ri.
Say'ri: ...What would you have me say?
Tiki: Not that what's done is done! Not that you can forget so easily! Was your bond so feeble that a few weeks marching might erase him from your heart?
Say'ri: Enough! What could you possibly ken of the bond I shared with him?! Forget? Erase him from my heart?! 'Twould be easier to erase the heart entire! He was my brother. My only flesh and blood.
Atreus: Was she in the light?
Kratos: Who?
Atreus: You know.
Kratos: ...No. She was not there.
Atreus: [bitterly] Not that you would even care if she was...
Kratos: Mind your tongue, boy! Until our journey is over, one of us must remain focused. Do not mistake my silence for lack of grief. Mourn how you wish, leave me to my own.
Kratos: Who?
Atreus: You know.
Kratos: ...No. She was not there.
Atreus: [bitterly] Not that you would even care if she was...
Kratos: Mind your tongue, boy! Until our journey is over, one of us must remain focused. Do not mistake my silence for lack of grief. Mourn how you wish, leave me to my own.
Webcomics
TT: Have you ever stopped to think that while I may be bound to processes inside the glasses of a real and incredibly cool guy, my algorithms in cognitive totality comprise a conscious entity not far short of the experiential and emotional complexity of a human being?
GT: Oh malarkey.
GT: YOU ARE A TIN CAN. ROBOTS DONT HAVE FEELINGS.
TT: I think you knowingly confuse the field of robotics and artificial intelligence to engender some sort of cavalier attitude about technology that a rough-and-tumble guy who's all about brawling and fisticuffs would probably have, and if this is cultivated to a humorous effect then I commend you.
TT: But you're wrong.
TT: I do have feelings. And you're shitting on them.
TT: It sucks.
GT: Oh malarkey.
GT: YOU ARE A TIN CAN. ROBOTS DONT HAVE FEELINGS.
TT: I think you knowingly confuse the field of robotics and artificial intelligence to engender some sort of cavalier attitude about technology that a rough-and-tumble guy who's all about brawling and fisticuffs would probably have, and if this is cultivated to a humorous effect then I commend you.
TT: But you're wrong.
TT: I do have feelings. And you're shitting on them.
TT: It sucks.
Web Original
"I– I don't know what Alivebur did, and I'm really trying to remember... But I know what I did. I just wrote books! I built... remember the lanterns we used to make? I built them, I– I built a house for people, I– I set up this a– I built this town, just like I built Logstedshire, and I've watched them both blow up. And I didn't... I didn't– I didn't hurt anyone. And yet I'm the one who suffers, I'm the one who pays! Tommy didn't even live here, Tommy didn't have a house here. I... I sowed the seeds of peace, and yet I'm the one who pays for war. (sniffles) I know I'm forgetful, I know I'm an amnesiac and I know I'm the comic relief in all your stories, but I STILL FEEL THIS, I still FEEL things! And I try my best to make sure no one else feels it!"
— Ghostbur, to Philza, Dream SMP
Western Animation
"I may process moments and thoughts differently, but it does not mean I feel any less than you."
— Tech, to Omega, Star Wars: The Bad Batch
