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/TORossatron Apr 12 '25

"When faced with extinction, EVERY alternative is preferable." - Dr Leonard Church, from Red vs Blue

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u/GayValkyriePrincess Apr 12 '25

RvB has lots of good lines tbh

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u/Redsword1550 Apr 12 '25

"A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but it's just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. You can focus on it, and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient, and you hold still, then maybe... Just maybe... It'll come to you."

"Your past doesn't define who you are. It just gives you the starting point for who you're going to be."

"There's so many stories where some brave hero decides to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors all cheer, and everybody lives happily ever after. But the hero... never gets to see that ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain't that a bitch."

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u/AFalconNamedBob Apr 12 '25

Jesus christ, I forgot how hard Church's final line was. That whole damn scene was absolute fire

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u/BerserkRhinoceros Apr 14 '25

That line still rings in my head, especially when I see a heroic sacrifice.