"A trap!" exclaimed Adam Warlock in Resurrection #2, "And I led us into it like a bumbling neophyte!" Hey, excuse me, but didn't you claim to be God last year?
— Marvel Year In Review 1993
But I can't do my job if he shuts off the information, he thought, going to the elevator bank. He pushed the penthouse button, and the elevator car rose swiftly. Again there was that nagging, unhappy feeling: Flagg hadn't known. The third spy had been here all along, and Flagg hadn't known.
— Lloyd Henreid's thoughts, The Stand
They did not miss the veteran until that evening. The judge made his way down through the smoke of the cookfires and squatted before Toadvine and the kid.
What's become of Chambers, he said.
I believe he's quit.
Quit.
I believe he has.
Did he ride out this morning?
Not with us he never.
It was my understanding that you spoke for your group.
Toadvine spat. He appears to of spoke for hisself.
When did you last see him.
Seen him yesterday evenin.
But not this morning.
Not this mornin.
The judge regarded him.
Hell, said Toadvine. I allowed you knew he was gone. It aint like he was so small you never would miss him.
The judge looked at the kid. He looked at Toadvine again. Then he rose and went back.
What's become of Chambers, he said.
I believe he's quit.
Quit.
I believe he has.
Did he ride out this morning?
Not with us he never.
It was my understanding that you spoke for your group.
Toadvine spat. He appears to of spoke for hisself.
When did you last see him.
Seen him yesterday evenin.
But not this morning.
Not this mornin.
The judge regarded him.
Hell, said Toadvine. I allowed you knew he was gone. It aint like he was so small you never would miss him.
The judge looked at the kid. He looked at Toadvine again. Then he rose and went back.
Kaladin: What do you know?
Hoid: Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.
Hoid: Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes.
— Words of Radiance (second book of The Stormlight Archive)
"So you know what’ll happen, but only a limited amount...no, a single path. One future. No. A number but...specific ones."
"We utterly failed to predict this outcome. Our servers are running through some heavy arithmagic to factor in the new developments. Until we have managed to build revised models, a low profile should be maintained."
— Bong Cha, The Secret World
"Nothing should be able to happen here that I'm unaware of. After all, that's my power... whether it's useful or not. But now, we somehow have two entities whose presence I can't explain at all."
— Anemone, Sleepless Domain
"You think you're above everyone else because you know things they can't. But even you have no idea what's going on behind the curtain."
— Tessa, to Anemone, Sleepless Domain
Van: Hadrian... I... uh... I didn't know any of this.
Hadrian: What!?
Van: It's a big town... I can't know everything...
Hadrian: You? Miss something like this? You? The man who used to brag: "Muahaha! Nothing shall happen in this town without my agents knowing about it!"
Van: That was my Career Day essay! In fifth grade!
Ivo: Hyu vos vun creepy kid.
Hadrian: What!?
Van: It's a big town... I can't know everything...
Hadrian: You? Miss something like this? You? The man who used to brag: "Muahaha! Nothing shall happen in this town without my agents knowing about it!"
Van: That was my Career Day essay! In fifth grade!
Ivo: Hyu vos vun creepy kid.
"Im... Impossible... I know you have only four hits. I'm the frikkin' Seer, I know everything! I've never been wrong about anything! What the hell is going on???"
The Seer, Kid Radd
"Is there a crack in your omniscience after all, Moebius?"
— Kain, Legacy of Kain: Defiance
"Ah, yes. I like that look on your face, Moebius. You really don't know what to do now, do you, old man? Here you are, caught without your damned staff, and I suspect things aren't progressing quite as you'd hoped. You're not used to the fly turning to confront you in your web, are you?"
—Raziel, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
