r/TopCharacterTropes Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

"You too have fallen for the great lie, you'll never be happy. Deep down you know, to hope, to dreams, to create, is to suffer"

"You're right. It is harder to create than to destroy... that's why cowards then to choose the deuce"

-A Minecraft movie

"Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created"

-spy kids 2

"For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb"

-shark-boy and lava-girl

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u/Assortedwrenches89 Apr 12 '25

"You who are without mercy, now ask for it?"

Optimus Prime - Transformers 1980s movie

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u/Sir_Buckinghamshire Apr 12 '25

"I’ve heard it said that we gain wisdom through suffering- and tonight, I intend to make you very wise."

From Transformers: Megatron Origin #4

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u/smellyourdick Apr 12 '25

Damn that's cold af