Heel Realization/Quotes

We saw our work by light of day
Some fell to their knees and prayed
Some thought hard upon our fate
As men that history would hate
Hear me as I speak to you:
Of all the evil men can do
There is none worse that I know

Than what we did in cold Glencoe

—"Cold Glencoe", Rise

Hakim: Space has become a place that has become monopolized by handful of powerful countries. We should fix that shouldn't we? We should start over from scratch, shouldn't we?! And... return all the countries to the way they should be. (slowly begins raising gun at Nono)
Nono: Countries? Oh, I've heard all about those!
Hakim: (stops raising gun)
Nono: I've heard Earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a Lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious, mister, where's your country? (points at Earth) Can you see it from here?

Hakim: ...You're right. You can't see any of it from out here in space. But, I still do. You can't see them... but I still do. (slowly walks away)

—Planetes

Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that.

—Colonel Tigh, Battlestar Galactica

It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it.

—Kreia, Knights of the Old Republic II

Delia Surridge: You've come to kill me, haven't you?
V: Yes.

Delia Surridge: Thank God.

—V for Vendetta

One of the children came and sat in my lap. I push her off, I shout, "Get away from me!" I can see the ADAM oozing out of the corner of her mouth, thick and green. Her filthy hair hanging in her face, dirty clothes, and that dead glow in her eye... I feel... hatred, like I never felt before, in my chest. Bitter, burning, fury. I can barely breathe. And suddenly, I know: it is not this child I hate.

—Brigid Tenenbaum, BioShock (series)

See, now I'm thinkin': maybe it means you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. And I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.

—Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction

You may have just saved my wife's life, for as I listened to you describing Simpson's abuse, I recognized myself.

—An abusive husband, writing to one of the prosecutors in the O. J. Simpson case. Quoted by Gavin de Becker in The Gift of Fear.

He wouldn't be able to walk on a street on any civilized planet in the galaxy; people wouldn't be able to abide his presence.
Nor would he blame them.
He couldn't stop thinking about it. He didn't believe he would ever be able to stop thinking about it. The dead would haunt him, forever.

How could a man live with that?

—Tenn Graneet, Lead Gunner on the Death Star

Prendergast: Let's meet a couple of police officers. They're all good guys.
D-FENS: I'm the bad guy?
Prendergast: ...Yeah.

D-FENS: How did that happen?

—Falling Down

They've got skulls on them. Have you noticed that our caps actually have little pictures of skulls on them? Hans... are we the baddies?

—SS officer, That Mitchell and Webb Look

I've always been this way, haven't I? I never notice things until it's too late.

—Precia Testarossa, Movie version

Lex Luthor: I could have made everyone see! If it wasn't for you, I could have saved the world!
Superman: If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.

Luthor: ... (quietly) You're right.

—All Star Superman

He could have chosen to blame Caesar, but in the end he blamed himself.

—J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer of Fallout: New Vegas, on Joshua Graham

Belatedly, she began to wonder if she’d hurt him with her constant rejections.
It wasn’t all her fault though. It’s not like she was obligated to go out with him just because he asked. And she didn’t want to spoil her chances with Sasuke-kun...
Unbidden, memories of some of her more... forceful... rejections came to mind, burning away a lot of her self-justifications.

"I’m not a very nice person," she whispered to herself. Her voice seemed unnaturally loud in the empty hallway.

—Team 8, regarding Sakura

You're all selfish monsters who need to die for the good of everyone else.

—Sarda, Eight Bit Theater

Davros: You betrayed the Daleks?

Dalek Caan: I saw the Daleks. What we have done throughout time and space. I saw the truth of us, creator, and I decreed: No more!

—Doctor Who, "Journey's End"

[That was the worst to me, that she could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way.]

—Shizune, regarding Lilly, Katawa Shoujo