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* Possibly the greatest was forgotten by many due to it being a subversion<ref>(it was a job interview)</ref>, but --
{{quote|'''{{smallcaps| Death}}:''' '''{{smallcaps| I USHERED SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD. I WAS THE GRAVE OF ALL HOPE. I WAS THE ULTIMATE REALITY. I WAS THE ASSASSIN AGAINST WHOM NO LOCK WOULD HOLD.}}'''}}
* Granny Weatherwax is Badass (since she bears more than a passing resemblance to Vimes, this is not surprising) and comes up with one of these, combining [[Badass]] and [[Genre Savvy]] in ''[[Maskerade]]''.
{{quote|
'No one would believe Walter Plinge. Even Walter Plinge gets confused about the things Walter Plinge sees. Even his mother was afraid he might have murdered people. People could accept just about anything of a Walter Plinge.' *trapdoor opens beside Salzella.*
A pointy hat appeared slowly, followed by the rest of Granny Weatherwax, with her arms folded. She glared at Salzella as the floor clicked into place. Her foot stopped tapping on the boards.
'''Salzella''': Well, well, Lady Esmerelda, eh?
'''Granny''': I'm stoppin' bein' a lady, Mr Salzella.
'''Salzella''': So you are a witch instead?
'''Granny''': Yes, indeed.
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'''Granny''': Worse. }}
* ''[[Interesting Times]]'' averts this, where the tomb of the founder of the Agatean Empire says nothing about his accomplishments, but simply his name, One Sun Mirror. The reason being that it was unthinkable that anyone could be standing in that place and not know who he was.
== ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' ==
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** Minutes later, he threatened her to destroy her if she ever tried a gambit like the one they'd just survived.
** He also asked for some Listerine.
* From the djinn imprisoned in Hellwell:
{{quote|We are the legions of Hellwell, damned▼
The banished ones of fallen flame▼
We are the race undone by man▼
So man we curse-forget his name!▼
This world was ours before the gods▼
In days before the race of men▼
And when the men and gods have gone▼
This world will then be ours again▼
The mountains fall, the seas dry out▼
The moons will vanish from the sky▼
The Bridge of Gold will one day fall▼
And all that breathes must one day die▼
But we of Hellwell will prevail▼
When fail the gods, when fail the men▼
The legions of the damned die not▼
We wait, we wait, to rise again! }}▼
{{quote|'''Yama''': "Fallen or no, the real death dwells in my eyes."}}▼
{{quote|"I shall tear these stars from out the heavens," he stated, "and hurl them in the faces of the gods, if this be necessary. I shall blaspheme in every Temple throughout the land. I shall take lives as a fisherman takes fish, by the net, if this be necessary. I shall mount me again up to the Celestial City, though every step be a flame or a naked sword and the way be guarded by tigers. One day will the gods look down from Heaven and see me upon the stair, bringing them the gift they fear most. That day will the new Yuga begin.}}▼
== Other works ==
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* The Scarecrow in ''[[Matthew Reilly|Scarecrow]]'', while handcuffed and locked into a guillotine:
{{quote|Killian. I'm coming for you.}}
▲* From [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[Lord of Light]]'':
▲{{quote|We are the legions of Hellwell, damned
▲The banished ones of fallen flame
▲We are the race undone by man
▲So man we curse-forget his name!
▲This world was ours before the gods
▲In days before the race of men
▲And when the men and gods have gone
▲This world will then be ours again
▲The mountains fall, the seas dry out
▲The moons will vanish from the sky
▲The Bridge of Gold will one day fall
▲And all that breathes must one day die
▲But we of Hellwell will prevail
▲When fail the gods, when fail the men
▲The legions of the damned die not
▲We wait, we wait, to rise again! }}
▲** Yama has one as well:
▲{{quote|'''Yama''': "Fallen or no, the real death dwells in my eyes."}}
▲** Don't forget Sam's from the end of Chapter 1:
▲{{quote|"I shall tear these stars from out the heavens," he stated, "and hurl them in the faces of the gods, if this be necessary. I shall blaspheme in every Temple throughout the land. I shall take lives as a fisherman takes fish, by the net, if this be necessary. I shall mount me again up to the Celestial City, though every step be a flame or a naked sword and the way be guarded by tigers. One day will the gods look down from Heaven and see me upon the stair, bringing them the gift they fear most. That day will the new Yuga begin.}}
* Of course ''[[Wheel of Time|The Wheel of Time]]'' has an example:
{{quote|'''Rand:''' Do you believe that I could kill you? Right here, right now, without using a sword or the Power? Do you believe that if I simply willed it, the Pattern would bend around me and stop your heart? By... coincidence?}}
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