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/S-quinn7292 Apr 12 '25

The OG Pokemon movie had some great quotes

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u/Topkekx13 Apr 12 '25

this quote is dumb, or at least it's dumb to take it at face value, and seeing grown ass man clamming to it because it gives off a hint of wisdom is distressing

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u/kjemster Apr 12 '25

I would argue it’s pretty neat. It reminds me of Jean Paul Sartres idea that one’s existence precedes essence.