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.
Today's line
Movies
Browse MoviesStaff pick
— Virgil Tibbs, In the Heat of the Night Staff pick
— Happy Gilmore Staff pick
— Steve Rogers, Avengers: Endgame Staff pick
— Knights, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song, and there's always music in the air.
— The Man from Another Place, Twin Peaks Staff pick
— Adama, Battlestar Galactica Staff pick
— Jeff Winger, Community Staff pick
— Lord Blackadder
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Eileen the Crow, Bloodborne Press start
— The Terran adjutant in StarCraft (1998) Press start
— The hunter's own note, Bloodborne (2015) Press start
— Doom Eternal (2020); Mick Gordon's track for the Doom Slayer
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?
— Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables Shelf pick
— Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables Shelf pick
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Shelf pick
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.
— Granger, Fahrenheit 451
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Little Orphan Annie Fresh off the press
— Pogo Fresh off the press
I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever — I am Phoenix!
— Jean Grey, X-Men Fresh off the press
— Mary Jane Watson, The Amazing Spider-Man
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live.
— Yui Ikari, The End of Evangelion From the anime corner
— Kyubey, Puella Magi Madoka Magica From the anime corner
— Saitama, One-Punch Man From the anime corner
The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed!
— Lelouch vi Britannia, Code Geass
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
— Stan Lee From the signings board
It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.
— Disputed attribution: Terry Pratchett From the signings board
— Misattributed to Carl Sagan From the signings board
— Richard Feynman
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Moods
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Genres
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