Anime and Manga
Clare: You think a hostage will have any effect on me?
Youma: No... until yesterday. When I saw you walk into town, carrying this boy as if he were your own. Did you have a little brother who looked just like this brat, when you were still human... Claymore? I'm right, aren't I? I can see it all over your face.
Youma: No... until yesterday. When I saw you walk into town, carrying this boy as if he were your own. Did you have a little brother who looked just like this brat, when you were still human... Claymore? I'm right, aren't I? I can see it all over your face.
— Claymore
Comic Books
Megatron: But the others... Rodimus, Minimus. They wouldn't understand.
Terminus: Of all the reasons to leave, that is the worst. You're not accountable to them - you're accountable to your conscience.
Megatron: They are my conscience.
Terminus: Of all the reasons to leave, that is the worst. You're not accountable to them - you're accountable to your conscience.
Megatron: They are my conscience.
— Transformers: Lost Light #5
Fan Works
"I took Alice's hand, and walked towards the cafeteria. I felt the disapproval radiating from the humans around us. They thought it unscrupulous that my adopted sister and I were "together" and living under the same roof. At this moment I didn't care. Her little hand in mine was the only thing keeping them safe right now."
— Jasper Cullen, in Jasper in Gym
, a Twilight fic
, a Twilight fic"There’s been this voice. In my head, ever since I woke up." She edged slightly away from me, but I smiled at her, the softest I thought that I could pull off. "Thing is, he goes away whenever I’m near you. Don’t know how, don’t know why. All I know is that when I’m near you, my mind calms down."
"I-I don't know. It's way over my head, ya know? The only other reason I have is that you're not as much as a sociopathic bitch as you think you are and that you've always had those emotions; it just took spending time with me to bring them out. Which is crazy because I'm... not really anypony. Just a regular DJ that makes awesome music."
— Vinyl Scratch, Ambition
Bridgette: Sometimes, I wonder if he cares more about his show...or secretly cares about us.
Leshawna: Nah, he secretly cares for Marinette.
Leshawna: Nah, he secretly cares for Marinette.
"It's in here, I can see it. He's got no conscience... but he gets one when he thinks of you."
"Athena Costa had no affection for anyone or anything except the sparrows that ate the seeds she left every morning on her windowsill at the Institute."
Films - Animation "Superbad. Superdad."
— Tagline for Despicable Me 1
Literature
"You’re still missing something big… No, not missing… You probably haven’t realized it yourself, but there’s a big gap between you and the world. It’s actually frightened me at times... However, I’ve been reassured. Not because a mage like that is your teacher; because you feel respect for the way your teacher lives. As long as you have that feeling, you should be able to overcome your gap."
— Jack to Flat Escardos, Fate/strange Fake
Live-Action TV
Sansa Stark: You won't hurt me.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: No, little bird, I won't hurt you.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: No, little bird, I won't hurt you.
Doctor: Why do I keep you around?
Clara: Because the alternative would be developing a conscience of your own.
Clara: Because the alternative would be developing a conscience of your own.
— Doctor Who, "The Caretaker"
Music
"Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
(...)
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how."
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
(...)
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how."
— "Demons", by Imagine Dragons
"Though it goes against
Every grain of your sand,
Like turning wolves
Into lambs,
Be your best for her,
Your best for her."
Every grain of your sand,
Like turning wolves
Into lambs,
Be your best for her,
Your best for her."
— "Sleeping at Last", by Wilderness
"You're just a sinner I am told
Be your fire when you're cold
Make you happy when you're sad
Make you good when you are bad"
Be your fire when you're cold
Make you happy when you're sad
Make you good when you are bad"
— "I Would Die For You" by Prince
"Staring out at the rain
with a heavy heart
It's the end of the world
in my mind
Then your voice pulls me back
like a wake-up call "
with a heavy heart
It's the end of the world
in my mind
Then your voice pulls me back
like a wake-up call "
— "Because You Live", by Jesse McCartney
Podcasts
Deidre: I don't know how you functioned out there. All this time, you were out there in a world like this. How did you do it?
Verge: Well...it helps to never know the other side. If all you know is crime, and evil, and slavery...well, you start to accept it. "Welcome to the Triad." That's what we say. You can't change it. Might as well get used to it.
Deidre: I don't want to be like that. I don't want you to be like that.
Verge: I'm not. Not anymore.
Deidre: What changed?
Verge: There was this girl. And she asked me to dance.
Verge: Well...it helps to never know the other side. If all you know is crime, and evil, and slavery...well, you start to accept it. "Welcome to the Triad." That's what we say. You can't change it. Might as well get used to it.
Deidre: I don't want to be like that. I don't want you to be like that.
Verge: I'm not. Not anymore.
Deidre: What changed?
Verge: There was this girl. And she asked me to dance.
Video Games
Farah: You may choose not to help them, but you cannot stop me. [runs off to rescue people]
The Prince: I go to kill the Vizier, to end this, while you run about applying bandages to ax wounds!
The Dark Prince: Good riddance. She had been nothing but a distraction, always getting into trouble and slowing us down. Finally, we can — [the Prince halts in his tracks] What?
The Prince: Something could happen to her. I cannot lose her again. [runs after her]
[...]
Kaileena: So she had reached the Prince. He feared for her safety. Even if it was just one person, at least now he thought of someone other than himself.
The Prince: I go to kill the Vizier, to end this, while you run about applying bandages to ax wounds!
The Dark Prince: Good riddance. She had been nothing but a distraction, always getting into trouble and slowing us down. Finally, we can — [the Prince halts in his tracks] What?
The Prince: Something could happen to her. I cannot lose her again. [runs after her]
[...]
Kaileena: So she had reached the Prince. He feared for her safety. Even if it was just one person, at least now he thought of someone other than himself.
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds... but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will - not their Void devilry - not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing, and take away its pain."
— Warframe
"Before you I moved through this world like a ghost. I tried to see everything while remaining unseen. I touched nothing. Was touched by nothing. The greatest horrors and heroism were no more than footnotes to me. You saw me. You touched me. You showed me just how little I knew."
"For the sake of our children, we must be better."
—Kratos to Thor, God of War Ragnarök
Visual Novels
"Right now, though, I'd have to say that you're probably the person I hate the least."
— Anna to the Protagonist, Angels with Scaly Wings
Web Animation
"While Clementine is clever, and at times helpful, in a strictly pragmatic sense, Lee would simply be better off without her. But the entire game is focused on this relationship, on how this tiny human being allows Lee to be more than he is."
— Extra Credits, on Telltale Games' The Walking Dead
Rogue: When has Shadow ever asked for permission?
Abraham: You could've talked him down, Rogue!
Rogue: (laughs quietly) There's only one person who could ever do that.
Abraham: True... and she was lost to us a long time ago...
— Sonic × Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings, To the ARK
Webcomics
"Stupid cat. A ranger is supposed to influence an animal's behaviour. You're doing it backwards."
"I'm actually getting a little antsy about Scruffy and Bloodfeast. And by extension the ship and all the humans and the world."
—Belkar, The Order of the Stick
Web Video
Mike: I am going to kill the next person I fucking see, I swear to God!
Wolfie: Hello, hi, I'm so happy to see you!
Mike: Heeeeey, oh my God. Oh my God, what's going on? Hey, little guy. [pets Wolfie]
Wolfie: Wow, I'm so happy to see you! [babbles]
Wolfie: Hello, hi, I'm so happy to see you!
Mike: Heeeeey, oh my God. Oh my God, what's going on? Hey, little guy. [pets Wolfie]
Wolfie: Wow, I'm so happy to see you! [babbles]
— Real-Time Fandub, "Until Dawn - Part 2"
Western Animation
"You seem to be the only thing your father cares about"
— Scales to Lloyd regarding Lord Garmadon, "Ninjago''