Quotes with lore.
Today's line
Floor G: Film & TV
Information desk
Staff pick
— Jim Halpert, The Office (U.S.) Staff pick
Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
— Duke Leto Atreides, Dune Staff pick
— The narrator's cliffhanger sign-off, Batman (1966), Batman Staff pick
— George, Back to the Future Staff pick
— Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Floor 1: Video Games
Press start
— Dhalsim, Street Fighter II Press start
— Guybrush Threepwood, The Secret of Monkey Island Press start
— Spamton G. Spamton, Deltarune Press start
— The Merchant (Resident Evil 4), Resident Evil 4 Press start
— Announcer, League of Legends
Floor 2: Books
Shelf pick
— H. P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature Shelf pick
If I'm to choose between one evil and another, I'd rather not choose at all.
— Geralt of Rivia, The Last Wish Shelf pick
— The dolphins' farewell to humanity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Shelf pick
Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
— Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Shelf pick
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Floor 3: Comics & Anime
Fresh off the press
— Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man Fresh off the press
— Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man From the anime corner
— Itachi Uchiha, Naruto Fresh off the press
— Charlie Brown, Peanuts From the anime corner
— Roy Mustang, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Floor 4: Signings
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 From the signings board
— Anonymous folk joke (earliest found: Usenet, 1993); often misattributed to Jack Handey From the signings board
— Alexander Graham Bell
Behind the ground floor's bead curtain: The Back Room
Opens after midnight. Cult and horror, after dark. Until then, browse the horror shelf.
After hours
— Criswell, Plan 9 from Outer Space After hours
— Tagline of the 1979 poster and ads, credited to Barbara Gips; never said by a character in Alien (1979)., Alien After hours
They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls!
— Private Hudson, Aliens
Store directory
Listening booth: Moods
Tell Moods how today is going and it finds you a line from film, TV or games.
Aisles: genres
Iconic characters
Collections
Lines we say back
A few words, and you're back in the scene. Familiar lines from films we keep coming back to.
10 quotes
Explore the collectionWhen certainty slips
Six lines about the moment things stop making sense — and what we do next.
6 quotes
Explore the collectionPlaying to the room
A name, a motto, a rallying cry. Six ways a few words can change the room.
6 quotes
Explore the collection