"I was the happiest guy in the world, but fate likes to play a little game called 'Up Yours, Moe'."
— Moe Szyslak, The Simpsons, "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
"I think there was probably a time where I... had joy. Where I experienced fleeting happiness, or...anger, or fear. But god it’s just been so long. Merle, I... I used to spend my days... considering the nature of time and existence. Maybe that brought me joy, once, but… unlike everybody else who ever thought about those questions, who ever pondered the meaning of it all, I—and you may find this hard to believe—I solved it, Merle. I saw the fullness of time. I—I pondered eternity and… was the first person, and only person to successfully visualize its treacherous arc. You’re a man of the cloth, Merle, certainly you’ve wondered too about what- what awaits our consciousness after death or—[he laughs] What am I saying? I’ve given a first hand experience, a few times in this very room! Perhaps for some people who think about it, there's—there’s nothing but infinite oblivion. The—the eternal erasure of your consciousness. Or for—for some it’s eternal life in their God’s glorious kingdom, or eternal cycling through all the inhabitants of their world. Any of these options, Merle, any of them are just... erasure, or contentment, or revival, any of them are fine as abstract concepts. But eternally, Merle, eternally? You can't possibly conceive of the length of eternity, Merle. I have. It’s maddening and hopeless, but it’s this burden we’re all saddled with from the moment of our creation. It’s a finish line that, by its definition, will never arrive. It stretches forever and ever, it’s... too ambivalent to even taunt those trapped behind it. It is the cruel price of existence, Merle, and it is too horrible to bear once you’ve seen it. Existence, Merle, life, Merle... is horrible. To exist, to live, is horrible."
—John, The Adventure Zone: Balance, "The Stolen Century: Chapter Four"
Did I not do all that was asked?! Did I not serve, and seek my fair and just reward?! And for my deeds, they damn me! Name me demon!...and who am I to deny it? Demon, then! Renouncing former ties and titles! And in their place, I claim...The Lord of Dark! Odio!
—Oersted, Live A Live
"I gotta listen to my little boy, every day of my life say "Daddy, I miss Atlanta" and I say "It's too bad, son. Because your dad traded in the Victorian house for a sweatbox in Long Island! Your Dad traded in a hundred... thousand dollar contract... guaranteed money... insurance... respect... and the name on the dotted line of the greatest man in the world – to work for a scumbag who operates out of a little pissant pawn shop in Philadelphia." You don’t expect me to be bitter? Tommy, when you open up your heart, when you open up your soul, and it gets shit on, it tends to make Jack a very mean boy."
Dilbert: Today I realized I hate everyone in the entire world. I used to think I might like some people I haven't met. But now I think they're weasels too.
Dogbert: How about a wide-eyed and innocent child who loves you unconditionally?
Dilbert: Tiny weasels.
Dogbert: How about a wide-eyed and innocent child who loves you unconditionally?
Dilbert: Tiny weasels.
— Dilbert
Young Adelie: (tearing up, panicking) Why is this happening?!note
Young Izzy: (tearing up also, but clearly angry) There's no reason for it. No aliens. No monsters. No god. Just people. And people are garbage.
Young Izzy: (tearing up also, but clearly angry) There's no reason for it. No aliens. No monsters. No god. Just people. And people are garbage.
— Ennui GO!, "Vantablack
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""You know... In Genosha, I felt a lot of things: Pain, grief, admiration for those who fought despite the odds. But you know what the oddest thing was? No one seemed shocked or surprised. Not even me. Yes, I was scared. But really, I had the most profound sense of deja vu. As if past, present, and future didn't matter and never had because we always end up in the same ugly place. Thing is, Magneto knows us better than Charles ever did. Knows we know better. That most of us experience tragedies like Genosha as a bit of deja vu before getting on with our day. But the scariest thing about Genosha wasn't the death or the chaos. It was a thought. The only sane thought you can have when being chased by giant robots that were built to crush you... Magneto was right."
— Val Cooper to Bastion, X-Men '97, "Tolerance is Extinction, Part 1''
