Our actions have consequences. To be reminded of them is not punishment.

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal.

Desperation can bring out the demon in the best of men.

A problem doesn’t have to reach our doorstep for it to be our responsibility.

After Y2K the end of the world had become a cliché...Everything is subjective. There were only personal apocalypses. Nothing is a cliché when it's happening to you.

I can't go to hell. I'm all out of vacation days.

They say money can't buy you love, But it's a damned good replacement.

The mouse smiled brightly, it outfoxed the cat. Then down came the claw, and that, love, was that.

Pain. Hope. The promise of better days. All of these are heavy cloaks that bend our backs and burden our hearts.

In a world without gold, we could've been heroes.

KRATOS (GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK)

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