"I was goin' down for the last count. And I knew it."
Rocket Raccoon: But Quill, beating Ronan... it can't be done. You're asking us to die.
Peter Quill: Yeah... I guess I am.
Peter Quill: Yeah... I guess I am.
Doolittle: Do you know what "Top Secret" means?
Rafe: Top Secret missions are the kind where you get medals... but they send them to your relatives.
Rafe: Top Secret missions are the kind where you get medals... but they send them to your relatives.
I will never fully understand the notion of a suicide mission. For us it is relatively simple, entailing only the considerable boredom of youth as its primary consequence. Certainly I regretted how likely it seemed that I was going to have to blow a hole in my own skull to escape the situation I had so effectively talked myself into, but by far the more intimidating prospect would have been capture and questioning, and I considered a few years' boredom to be infinitely preferable to that.
"You'll do it because it must be done. You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough (of a reason), I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering. I spit on the people who did this, and I curse the price I have to pay. But I'm making my peace with it, now you make yours. And go into that water. Because it must be done."
—Scherbina, Chernobyl, explaining the need for the deadly excursion
