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
— Uncle Frank, Home Alone Staff pick
— Mrs. White, Clue Staff pick
— Hammond, Jurassic Park Staff pick
— Leon Kowalski, Blade Runner
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
— Michael Scott, The Office (U.S.) Staff pick
Leaves from the vine, falling so slow, like fragile, tiny shells, drifting in the foam.
— Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender Staff pick
I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms.
— Michael Scott, The Office (U.S.) Staff pick
— Homer, The Simpsons
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Kratos, God of War Press start
— Dark Souls players' advice to the struggling Press start
— Error, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Press start
— 2B, NieR: Automata
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
— Kelsier, Mistborn: The Final Empire Shelf pick
— Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring Shelf pick
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
— H. G. Wells, The Outline of History Shelf pick
— Bartleby, Bartleby, the Scrivener
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man Fresh off the press
— Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man Fresh off the press
— Guts, Berserk Fresh off the press
— Charlie Brown, Peanuts
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
I don't want to admit it... the mistakes of one's own youth.
— Char Aznable, Mobile Suit Gundam From the anime corner
— Cowboy Bebop, the closing card of episode 26 From the anime corner
I've had enough of running away. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.
— Howl, Howl's Moving Castle From the anime corner
— Kaworu Nagisa, Neon Genesis Evangelion
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
— Misattributed to Carl Sagan From the signings board
— Richard Feynman From the signings board
— Anonymous folk joke (earliest found: Usenet, 1993); often misattributed to Jack Handey From the signings board
— Alexander Graham Bell
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