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*''The rules of Ascendance have changed according to the wish of the dragon.'' | *''The rules of Ascendance have changed according to the wish of the dragon.'' | ||
*''Imagine three great nations under three great queens. The first queen writes a great book of law and her rule is just. The second queen builds a high tower and her people climb it to see the stars. The third queen raises an army and conquers everything.'' | *''Imagine three great nations under three great queens. The first queen writes a great book of law and her rule is just. The second queen builds a high tower and her people climb it to see the stars. The third queen raises an army and conquers everything.'' | ||
*''We fear the Darkness because we believe it is | *''We fear the Darkness because we believe it is wrong. Evil. No, no, no. There is one reason to be afraid: the recognition that it is RIGHT.'' | ||
*''Listen! Listen. Death, true death, is both failure and liberation. Liberation from a race you had no hope of winning. To kill, then, is a terrible sort of compassion, a dreadful kindness.'' | *''Listen! Listen. Death, true death, is both failure and liberation. Liberation from a race you had no hope of winning. To kill, then, is a terrible sort of compassion, a dreadful kindness.'' | ||
*''Delve deeper. Make yourself known. They'll believe you are one of their own. And that is the only way.'' | *''Delve deeper. Make yourself known. They'll believe you are one of their own. And that is the only way.'' | ||
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*''I could flense you apart, molecule by squirming, molecule. It is within my power.'' | *''I could flense you apart, molecule by squirming, molecule. It is within my power.'' | ||
*''Guiding the uninitiated toward a final battle of spectacular futility used to be my speciality, you know. Forgive me if I'm a little rusty.'' | *''Guiding the uninitiated toward a final battle of spectacular futility used to be my speciality, you know. Forgive me if I'm a little rusty.'' | ||
*''I destroyed my Ghost, when I was like you. You should consider doing the same. Little good it does you.'' | |||
*''When a god's will is met with force, its might will be unleashed in the form of... hahaha.. trickery.'' | *''When a god's will is met with force, its might will be unleashed in the form of... hahaha.. trickery.'' | ||
*''Do you like it here? It's scenic, I will say that. The sisters did not do much redecorating when they moved in, but I say, give them time..'' | *''Do you like it here? It's scenic, I will say that. The sisters did not do much redecorating when they moved in, but I say, give them time..'' | ||
*''Follow the screams'' | *''Follow the screams'' | ||
*''Knowledge is its own end.'' | |||
*''Oryx would look on all of this and laugh - he would laugh so deep and true...'' | *''Oryx would look on all of this and laugh - he would laugh so deep and true...'' | ||
*''This curse is a prototype, I'm sure. A step to something far more cunning.'' | *''This curse is a prototype, I'm sure. A step to something far more cunning.'' | ||
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*''Study everything. Absorb the pattern. Transcend it.'' | *''Study everything. Absorb the pattern. Transcend it.'' | ||
*''The witch-queen's deception runs far and deep. Question everything. Question even me.'' | *''The witch-queen's deception runs far and deep. Question everything. Question even me.'' | ||
*''Mara is right about one thing: A second Collapse is on the horizon, and this time, there will be no crawling out of the trash heap of humanity.'' | |||
*''Why do we have atoms? Because atomic matter is more stable than the primordial broth. Atoms defeated the broth. That was the first war. There were two ways to be and one of them won.'' | |||
*''Belief in the Light is a thin pane of glass between you and the truth, and if you don't shatter the glass yourself, I will shatter it for you.'' | *''Belief in the Light is a thin pane of glass between you and the truth, and if you don't shatter the glass yourself, I will shatter it for you.'' | ||
*''Were you tricked by the worm that chased the Warmind? Did you truly believe you'd fought one of the beings that the Hive call gods? Ha!'' | *''Were you tricked by the worm that chased the Warmind? Did you truly believe you'd fought one of the beings that the Hive call gods? Ha!'' | ||
*''This is the shape of victory: to rule the universe so absolutely that nothing will ever exist except by your consent.'' | |||
*''What is it they say? "The only was to win is not to play"? Impossible. I call is a game, but it's not; it is the nature of the universe. To exist is to throw your hat in the ring.'' | |||
*''"A shape which depends on nothing but itself." Do you see the profundity of that concept?'' | *''"A shape which depends on nothing but itself." Do you see the profundity of that concept?'' | ||
*''Ah, my foolish friend, you walk the spine of an ouroboros. Find another way.'' | *''Ah, my foolish friend, you walk the spine of an ouroboros. Find another way.'' | ||
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*''Sickness, weakness, bad luck, pestilence - that's the old idea of a curse. This repetition is an innovation purpose - built for Guardians.'' | *''Sickness, weakness, bad luck, pestilence - that's the old idea of a curse. This repetition is an innovation purpose - built for Guardians.'' | ||
*''Banish every memory of what you believe is true. Unshackle yourself.'' | *''Banish every memory of what you believe is true. Unshackle yourself.'' | ||
*''Will you ever do anything that screams down the millennia? Will you ever hammer your will on the universe until it rings and rings and rings?'' | |||
*''Death is just a word, isn't it? A catch-all term for the failure to go on – nothing spiritual, nothing with its own quiddity.'' | *''Death is just a word, isn't it? A catch-all term for the failure to go on – nothing spiritual, nothing with its own quiddity.'' | ||
*''Come back to us, Eris. Come back. I have seen your future; you are, as ever, fated to be misunderstood, maligned, ruined on the rocks of tragedy...'' | *''Come back to us, Eris. Come back. I have seen your future; you are, as ever, fated to be misunderstood, maligned, ruined on the rocks of tragedy...'' | ||
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*''Do you know the Awoken bury their dead in open-air crypts? It's a tradition born of a dreadful kind of optimism. Foolish, if you ask me.'' | *''Do you know the Awoken bury their dead in open-air crypts? It's a tradition born of a dreadful kind of optimism. Foolish, if you ask me.'' | ||
*''You are a brave light, but a stupid one, too.'' | *''You are a brave light, but a stupid one, too.'' | ||
*''Are you the truth? That is the question now as it was before.'' | |||
*''This is the shape and the point of the tooth: Nothing has ever live that will not die.'' | |||
*''Lo, lo, I never sleep, I dance in light and shadow, I never sleep, I will never die.'' | |||
*''War above and trickery below, all within a city built for navigation. The unholy trinity.'' | *''War above and trickery below, all within a city built for navigation. The unholy trinity.'' | ||
*''[[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]] is the key. The Mind simulates Oryx, and thereby masters the power to Take. But of course, Quria is no power unto itself.'' | *''[[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]] is the key. The Mind simulates Oryx, and thereby masters the power to Take. But of course, Quria is no power unto itself.'' | ||
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*''This is the queen at the end of time, whose sovereignty is eternal because no other sovereign, can defeat it.'' | *''This is the queen at the end of time, whose sovereignty is eternal because no other sovereign, can defeat it.'' | ||
*''They'll carry out their orders with grinding stone and squeaking claw, skittering thrall and blade against bone.'' | *''They'll carry out their orders with grinding stone and squeaking claw, skittering thrall and blade against bone.'' | ||
*''Some terros you defeat. Some, you become.'' | |||
*''Eir. Ur. Yul. That is the cry now, that is the cry now that the littlest worm has shamed its kin...'' | *''Eir. Ur. Yul. That is the cry now, that is the cry now that the littlest worm has shamed its kin...'' | ||
*''The Last True Shape is not a belief. It has nothing to do with faith. It's pure logic. Self-evident, self- proving.'' | *''The Last True Shape is not a belief. It has nothing to do with faith. It's pure logic. Self-evident, self- proving.'' | ||
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*''You are a misshapen puzzle piece. You perplex me. You defy the logic which cannot be defied.'' | *''You are a misshapen puzzle piece. You perplex me. You defy the logic which cannot be defied.'' | ||
*''What will you do here, in this world on fire? You could carve your name into the fabric of reality, but you lack the imagination for that, don't you?'' | *''What will you do here, in this world on fire? You could carve your name into the fabric of reality, but you lack the imagination for that, don't you?'' | ||
*''Do you carve finality, my friend? Listen to the screams on the wind. Let them beckon you. Let them teach you.'' | |||
*''Osiris! Osiris, Osiris, can you hear me?'' | *''Osiris! Osiris, Osiris, can you hear me?'' | ||
*''You will never meet the deceiver.'' | *''You will never meet the deceiver.'' | ||
*''Inflict your desires upon reality, Guardian.'' | |||
*''The song is death. To hear it is to die.'' | |||
*''Yet from those flames, no light - but rather, darkness visible...'' | |||
*''A dreamer set adrift, caught between schemes - a pleasant pawn for murderous queens... hahaha.'' | *''A dreamer set adrift, caught between schemes - a pleasant pawn for murderous queens... hahaha.'' | ||
*''That which does not kill you makes you stronger, but what does that mean in the face of immortality?'' | *''That which does not kill you makes you stronger, but what does that mean in the face of immortality?'' | ||
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*''Eris, Eris, what a name, a name for discord a name for far cold orbits where no living thing should dare to go...'' | *''Eris, Eris, what a name, a name for discord a name for far cold orbits where no living thing should dare to go...'' | ||
*''If you’re looking for the heart of the curse, you will not find it here. It is smuggled away, secret and safe...'' | *''If you’re looking for the heart of the curse, you will not find it here. It is smuggled away, secret and safe...'' | ||
*''Listen - death is the last part of living and life is learning to die. The song is the same as the singing; the last truth commands me to eat all the light in the sky.'' | |||
*''What does it mean to die so many times, at the hands of so many enemies and allies? What has death taught you, Guardian? How has it shaped you?'' | |||
*''To perform a ritual of sacrifice is to tempt a god's hunger. Your very presence here is a kind of ritual. You present your Light so freely...'' | |||
===Moon Patrol Quotes=== | ===Moon Patrol Quotes=== | ||