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
— Brody, Jaws Staff pick
— Derek Zoolander Staff pick
— Dead Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Staff pick
— Bluto, Animal House
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
— Mal, Firefly Staff pick
— Jim Halpert, The Office (U.S.) Staff pick
— The narrator's cliffhanger sign-off, Batman (1966) Staff pick
— Kino Loy, Andor
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Nightfall message, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Press start
— D.Va, Overwatch Press start
— Moblin, The Legend of Zelda Press start
— Roy Campbell, Metal Gear Solid
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos Shelf pick
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
— Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night Shelf pick
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
— Princess Irulan, Dune Shelf pick
— Mr Tumnus, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Tharg the Mighty, 2000 AD Fresh off the press
— Lucy van Pelt, Peanuts Fresh off the press
— The alt text of xkcd #552, "Correlation" (2009) Fresh off the press
— The Thing, Fantastic Four
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Mayuri Shiina, Steins;Gate From the anime corner
— Opening theme 'Tank!', Cowboy Bebop From the anime corner
And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite.
— Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell From the anime corner
— Joseph Joestar, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
— Stephen Hawking From the signings board
— Albert Einstein From 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
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