Favorite quote from your main character

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  1. John-Wayne

    John-Wayne Madman Extradinor Contributor

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    I'm sorry.... so, so sorry for this:

    The T.F.S. Yukon GT-96 slowly approaches the orbiting space station.
    "Look, just allow us to dock our space rocket into your bay for crucial repairs," said Seth into his focus as he pressed it tightly. The Agitation is clear in his voice.
     
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  2. Andrew Alvarez

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    "I didn't attack him with a Bible! I did throw it to his face to shut his mouth!"

    Jan Novak, 10 years old, about his Religion teacher with the school's Principal.
     
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    "I had the time of my life after everyone else died, mostly by living the ones they'd left behind."
     
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    [at a medieval weapons shop]

    Amy: Yes, could I get two lightsabers, a Bat'leth, Sting, Excalibur, Mjolnir, and a ball-and-chain flail?
     
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    Wait, could a shop even sell Mjolnir? Can't you only move that around by someone whose worthy? Would you have to find Mjolnir laying on the ground, and build a shop around it in hopes of a deal one day?
     
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    Her point is that the ball-and-chain flail was never actually used in the real world and that since the shop doesn't stock those other fictional weapons, therefore it shouldn't be stocking this one either ;)
     
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    I know, I just got really excited about the idea of a shop that was selling legendary items to the destined heroes...
     
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    It is actually a shop full of enchanted weapons from the supernatural realms, but the enchantment that Amy is going to say that the chain-and-ball flail would need would before it could be useful would be a spell to transform it into something other than a chain-and-ball flail ;)

    (She's also a serial killer. Not quite "destined hero" :twisted:)
     
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    "Me1: Observe hostiles: 1 tank, 1 aircraft, 1 soldier 1 soldier 1 soldier 1 soldier. To Me1: 1 aircraft 1 soldier 1 soldier. "

    "Me2: Notice Me1 inputs. To Me2: 1 tank 1 soldier."

    "Me3: Notice Me1Me2 inputs. To Me3: 1 soldier."

    "Me4: Notice Me1Me2Me3 inputs. *Error* Terrain plus Me4-weapon-range plus Me4-location equals no input. *Error*

    "Meall: Hostileall yes Meall. Engaging."
     
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    This is from one of my MCs from a concept story actually, she is the daughter of an MC for another book i'm working on... but basically....

    "Well Mother, are you impressed with me now, Brother gets to inherit his Empire, I had to take someone else's and make it mine," - Empress Nina when making an alliance with her Mother. :p
     
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    That is pretty awesome, I must say :D
     
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    "Hey, just what you see, pal."
     
  13. Simpson17866

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    Bob?
     
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    Maybe a bit sinister but my favorite quote is his suicide letter:

    Dear James (other MC),
    All apologies to you and everybody who will have the unfortunate task of dealing with the aftermath of what I have done. One might say that some of you absolutely deserve it. In your case, I would disagree.
    You have my absolute word that I will never negatively impact you again. I swear it on my life.
    Regards,
    Gale
     
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    Amy: You know the other survivors in my meetings would kill me if they found out I was abusing the "PTSD makes you violent" myth?

    Charlie: ... Or, maybe, not?

    Amy: Seriously? No! Why would you do that? Don't explain the joke! Why?

    Charlie: ...
     
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    "How about that? Weed and a date with a pretty girl. Maybe I should go to church more often."

    Some context would probably be helpful, but this line got me tickled :D
     
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    He had no idea what she was talking about. “Yes, without a doubt.” He lied.
     
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    [from the children's book, Four frogs named Bob, currently being illustrated] "I shall call you Bob."
    They all looked at each other and one of them responded,"Which one of us."
    "Why all of you, of course."
     
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    "One time I had to drive Micheal Jackson to the airport, and on the way we decided to stop at this little jazz club cuz he wanted to kick back with some wine and a cigar. It was a quiet night, he was eating these delicious nachos. So I broke into the DJ booth and put smooth criminal on the sound system. I wanted to boogie, and so did Micheal. He got up and started dancing on the table and the security guard came up and tried to take him down, so I punched him the **** out. Then this other guy comes up and Micheal hit him, and he hit him so hard the guys hair fell out. And then these two Korean twins came onto us, so we took em into the managers office and started pumping away at them. Micheal and I were just pumping and pumping and then we sprayed them with hot milky ***, and everyone applauded." -The Greasy Strangler

    Misread, thought it was a favorite quote from a MAIN character. Not my own. Still worth sharing, it's a beautiful story.
     
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    Mine is during an emotional scene where my MCs dad is about to off himself after being a terrible father for years.

    “What now, Kim? Do you expect some sort of long-winded remorseful apology? Even after all we’ve been through together, you’ve never ceased to disappoint me.”
     
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    I nearly throw the brown Honda's door off its hinges when I jump out into the parking lot. I'd forgotten how cramped it can be trying to fit three adults – well, maybe two adults and me; well, maybe one adult, me, and Amy – into the backseat of a single car.
     
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    Well, historical consensus is unclear on the matter. There's no clear evidence of them as a normal relatively common weapon but they may have been used in actual battle on rare occasions, probably only the ones with shorter chains that are easier to use.
     
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    Doesn't include the MC, Caleb from the quote with Aodhan is basically the MC, but I like this quote from my version of Death. "Think of me as the cosmic cleanup guy".
     
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    Alec: Yeah, she's a couple lunatics short of an asylum.

    Charlie: Are you saying she's sane?

    Alec: Uh...

    When you swing an actual mace – a shaft with a thick metal head on the business end, with or without morning-star spikes – the impact of the head against the opponent's armor has the force of the entire shaft behind it, so you can keep the weapon in front of you the whole time and still do a good amount of damage.

    With a loose chain between the head and the shaft, the only weight hitting the opponent is the weight of the head itself. You would have to start with the head behind you and then swing it around in a wide arc to get it going fast enough to make up for losing the inertia of the shaft, and now you're going to hit the guys on your left, on your right, or right behind you.
     
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    "You want me you ectoplasmic bag of pus ? I'm right here" Dave Kennedy (MC from pulse) 'reasons' with an Alien.
     
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