Quotes that gives you chills?
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"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." - Howard Philips Lovecraft. The first part of The Call of Cthulhu. I absolutely LOVE that quote.
I can't beat that for reality.Donnyp said:
For fiction, and related,
[HEADING=3]"That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was all the time I needed...! That's not fair!"[/HEADING]
I'll go for the full slice.T8B95 said:
Oh god...that book. The film is NOTHING compared to the book. That will haunt you. (It's a bit too long at the end...but dear god...)Jamboxdotcom said:
'And the world will look up and shout, 'save us'. And I'll whisper, 'no.'
'None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with ME.'
'So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.'
'It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me'.
'The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist'.
I'm sure there are others, but that's all that immediately springs to mind at the moment :L
'None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with ME.'
'So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.'
'It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me'.
'The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist'.
I'm sure there are others, but that's all that immediately springs to mind at the moment :L
The end speech itself is godly in its message, but the music just makes me spasm.
"We die, standing"
War... War has changed.Valiance said:
just to counter you XD
I heard this one some time ago, but don't remember where
also, it's not like it gives me the chills, but I know it did gave them to a few people
"Children are overrated"
screw this site, i'm gone...The Urban Moose said:
but seriously: ' quote the raven: nevermore'. jesus, the raven is awesome, but it is damn creepy.
from teen titans episode 31 'haunted':'I am the thing that keeps you up at night, the evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind. I will never rest, and neither will you.' slade, overall, is just CREEPY! also, close, your eye's and just listen to the last fight with slade in that episode, and tells me what it sounds like. and tell me that cartoons can't be scary.
and 2 from stephen king: the first is from IT:'they float. they float georgie, and when you're down here, you will too.' i only read that last week, and i still get shivers when i remember it.
and from CELL:' at bottom, you see, we are not homo sapiens at all. our core is MADNESS. our prime directive? MURDER. what darwin was too polite to say, my friends,is that we came to rule this earth not because we were the smartest, or the meanest,but because we've always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.' so true.
A spoilerific quote from Baldur's Gate II:
"I... I do not remember your love, Ellesime. I have tried. I have tried to recreate it, to spark it anew in my memory, but it is gone... a hollow, dead thing. For years I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. And then nothing. The Seldarine took that from me too. I look upon you and feel nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me along with all the others. Once my thirst for power was everything. And now... I hunger only for revenge. And I. WILL. HAVE IT!" - Jon Irenicus
"I... I do not remember your love, Ellesime. I have tried. I have tried to recreate it, to spark it anew in my memory, but it is gone... a hollow, dead thing. For years I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. And then nothing. The Seldarine took that from me too. I look upon you and feel nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me along with all the others. Once my thirst for power was everything. And now... I hunger only for revenge. And I. WILL. HAVE IT!" - Jon Irenicus
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
-Plato(I believe. I think there is a debate about the source.)
It's just so damn bleak.
-Plato(I believe. I think there is a debate about the source.)
It's just so damn bleak.
It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day so that he may never truly die.
Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperors will. Vast armies give battle in His name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever-vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants -- and worse.
To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be relearned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.
Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperors will. Vast armies give battle in His name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever-vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants -- and worse.
To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be relearned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.
This place is not a place of honor.
No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
Nothing valued is here.
This place is a message and part of a system of messages.
Pay attention to it!
Sending this message was important to us.
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.
No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
Nothing valued is here.
This place is a message and part of a system of messages.
Pay attention to it!
Sending this message was important to us.
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.
"Adam denies us any excuse to not be beautiful." Steinman's descent into madness is all quite disturbing. This line sortof sums it all up. Also, Andrew Ryan's monologue at the beginning of the game, but hell, I can't remember that word for word.
The speech Nixon prepared in the event that the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon:
IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER:
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.
In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.
For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.
PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT:
The President should telephone each of the widows-to-be.
AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT, AT THE POINT WHEN NASA ENDS COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MEN:
A clergyman should adopt the same procedure as a burial at sea, commending their souls to "the deepest of the deep," concluding with the Lord's Prayer.
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.
In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.
For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.
PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT:
The President should telephone each of the widows-to-be.
AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT, AT THE POINT WHEN NASA ENDS COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MEN:
A clergyman should adopt the same procedure as a burial at sea, commending their souls to "the deepest of the deep," concluding with the Lord's Prayer.
