Quotes with lore.
The lines fans quote from films, TV, games, books, comics and anime, each with its scene, its speaker and the story behind it.
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Movies
Browse MoviesStaff pick
— Harry Wormwood, Matilda Staff pick
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
— Marie “Slim” Browning, To Have and Have Not Staff pick
— Paul Atreides, Dune Staff pick
— Tony Stark, Iron Man
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
— Rose Tyler, Doctor Who Staff pick
— Joey, Friends Staff pick
— Father Jack, Father Ted Staff pick
— Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Legion, Mass Effect 3 Press start
— GLaDOS, Portal Press start
— Foster Addison, Mass Effect: Andromeda Press start
— Goro Majima, Yakuza 0
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
— Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol Shelf pick
— Max, Where the Wild Things Are Shelf pick
— The Losers' Club, It (1986) Shelf pick
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.
— H. P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
I learned it last night! Everything is so simple! ... I just typed import antigravity.
— The flying stick figure explaining Python, xkcd #353, "Python" (2007) Fresh off the press
— The sign over the school in a Gary Larson Far Side panel, The Far Side Fresh off the press
— Batman, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Fresh off the press
— xkcd #386, "Duty Calls" (2008)
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Naruto Uzumaki From the anime corner
— Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya From the anime corner
— Nico Robin, One Piece From the anime corner
— Ryuk, Death Note
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
— Misattributed to Often credited to Mark Twain or Albert Einstein; earliest documented in Narcotics Anonymous literature (1981) From the signings board
— Misattributed to Jules Verne From the signings board
— Misattributed to Bill Gates From the signings board
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
— Albert Einstein
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