Favorite quote from your main character

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  1. Simpson17866

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    Alec: I'd rather serve my best friend in Hell than rule in Hell alone.
     
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    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    "And Jens is short for Jen?"

    Your character's name is Raimo? :bigeek: (I'm sorry, every Raimo I've known has been a weirdo. It's a common male name in my country).
     
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    ShannonH Senior Member Contest Winner 2023

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    Really? I had no idea it was a real name:)
     
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    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    Indeed it is. :D
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimo

    But no worries, it's too obscure for anyone else to notice. Unless they've read this thread.
     
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    OJB A Mean Old Man Contributor

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    Nerium: As my tensed grip slipped finger by finger, a horn, which could landslide mountains, blew and was followed by the cheers, chanting, and clapping of tens of thousands. "Are you cheering for me to fall and die? If so, how can I refuse such well-sung applause?"
     
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    *Explaining, to a pile of gore, how it became a pile of gore*

    "Armor piercing rounds aren't meant for human targets. I'm sorry."
     
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    "I don't live to service my Father's ego."
     
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    My favoirte one so far. Said to a love interest when she says her housemates are disgusting, so doesn't want him seeing her flat:
    "I'm disgusting too, the difference is I earn enough to pay a cleaning lady."
     
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    One I like from a new one:

    "Really, Harriet, everyone has some kind of dark secret. Everyone has a reason for someone to want them dead. I've had past lovers. Their husbands might seek to end my life to save them from disgrace. You are a princess. Someone may wish to enact revenge upon your father, the King. You'll soon learn, precious young thing, that the Court is not such a happy place as you once thought."

    "I'm Henrietta."
     
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    ChaosReigns Ov The Left Hand Path Contributor

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    So, another conversation between two characters in The Master Swordsman Chronicles

    “ah so the crown prince now does is fathers job eh?” Kilnir commented. “How are you finding that?”

    “No amount of Zari’s and my Father’s preparing could prepare me for that undertaking.” Gunnar said. “I can completely understand why they wanted to shift their duties to being more orientated around here.”
     
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    When my main Caption Austin has to launch a weapon that will kill trillions but will save humanity he says.
    "What is done here today is not done out of fear and it is not done out of hatred. It is done because there is no other way. And it is done in the name of the many lives we are failing to save." He then presses the button.
     
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    After being yelled at by a morning Android because he just go through crushing it's 'Brother' to death in front of it.

    "You're right, how rude of me. Men! We shall proceed with five minutes of silence to fully morn the washing machine. While he did darken our best tighty whities, he will always be remembered for being second hand. Now, where were we? Genocide?"
     
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    Friedrich Kugelschreiber marshmallow Contributor

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    Is this anywhere near completion?
     
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    There’s still no way out of this hellhole. I’m beginning to develop a grudging respect for the staff here. They are nothing if not professional.

    I met a friend today. Look at me, making this sound like some sort of corny summer camp! Ha ha! His name is Gary, and he’s a real spark plug. He’s in here because of anger issues. I guess if I really want to off myself I could just wind him up.
     
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    " I will save the Reich, NO MATTER the cost!"

    The boy who dreamed to become a hero, left broken.

    The man who dragged his beloved empire from it's dying coffin, left disillusioned.

    The elder who sacrificed everything to continue his imperial reign, left despaired.

    Utter the ironic words, the old imperial chancellor took a last view to the war-torn empire, and shot himself.
     
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    "For the princess and for the kingdom"
     
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    "Why the gloomy face, general? It's only war."

    (Said by the prince who dies shortly after.)
     
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    The manuscript is complete, and I have taken some editing passes at it. I didn't get the reactions I wanted from the two beta readers I had, so I've shelved it for now. I was a little too ambitious, and expected the reader to remember too much over the course of 250k words.
     
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    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    Dusty , reproaching himself for being judgmental about a prostitute

    ".. after all is there really that much difference between a woman who fucks for bucks, and a man who kills for bills "
     
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    “You can’t just give up on people Wayne. Everyone deserves a second chance. I almost lost sight of that back in Club Galaxy, but now, I put more stock in mercy than anything else.”

    (Cindy speaking to a town guard.)
     
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    Amy: OK, so like if I ever wake up one morning and think to myself, "I do not have a war hammer, this is not a good start to my day," you're saying I'd be able to fix this?
     
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    At this point his cover was blown:
    “If I am being charged with treason against Spain. This cannot be treason... I'm not a Spaniard.”
     
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    Spanish-American war by any chance?
     
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    Thundair Contributor Contributor

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    He fled Haiti during the Vodun uprising, and was captured in Cuba pretending to be Spanish.
    Sometime after Ferdinand the seventh regained the throne from Napoleon. 1820ish
     
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    "Don't call them bullies. It makes you feel like a victim. Just call them what they are. Assholes."
     
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