“In the beginning the Universe was created.This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
“To summarize the summary of the summary: People are a problem.”
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer…”
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain… Time to die.”
I’ve never watched Blade Runner, only this scene, but this scene is incredible. And this quote gives a really strong impression of a much larger world.
„I live, I die, I live again“
A more recent one that really struck me hard was the date lines in True Detective - Night Country.
Dec. 22nd Third Day of Night
It really grounded me how fucking creepy it must be to see the sunset and know it’s not coming back for months.
I spent a part of my childhood in the extreme north, and you get used to it. Usually I wouldn’t see the sun between mid December and late January. Winter just becomes a dark time, and you get used to the street lights. The first sunrise feels almost magical.
“One Ring to Rule Them All”
“ET Phone Home”
“You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. - But you have heard of me.”
“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid, I can’t do that.”
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“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women”
Is that…the illiad?
Conan the barbarian, I believe
You are correct. ☺
“The spice must flow” is not in the Dune book, only David Lynch’s adaptation.
Can’t rain all the time.
Shall we shag now or shall we shag later?
“It’s bigger on the inside!”
Also “We are leaving the universe! How? With enormous difficulty!”, but that’s more iconic because it rather encapsulates a particular character, rather than being something iconic to a particular piece of world-building.
“Luke there’s a whole bunch of stars out there and we’re declaring war on all of them Luke” - Han Solo, Stars War
Roads, where we’re going we don’t need roads.
“Live long and Prosper”
