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''[[Apocalypse How|These are the tales of those times.]]''

''[[Gone Horribly Wrong|Forget the power of technology and science, ]][[And Man Grew Proud|for so much has been forgotten,]]''

''[[Hopeless War|never to be re-learned.]] [[Look On My Works Ye Mighty and Despair|Forget the promise of progress and understanding,]]''

''[[Hopeless War|never to be re-learned.]] [[Look on My Works Ye Mighty and Despair|Forget the promise of progress and understanding,]]''

''[[Darker and Edgier|for in the grim darkness]] [[Downer Ending|of the far future]] [[War Is Hell|there is only war.]]''

''[[Attack! Attack! Attack!|There is no peace amongst the stars,]] [[Forever War|only an eternity of]] [[Scenery Gorn|carnage and slaughter,]]''

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{{quote|''The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave, impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure that it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.''|'''[[Ernest Hemingway]]''', ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]''}}

{{quote|''"All the good people of this world are already dead."''|''[[Now and Then Here ~~And~~ There]]''}}

{{quote|''"All the good people of this world are already dead."''|''[[Now and Then Here and There]]''}}

{{quote|''There's a hole in the world like a great black pit,''

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''have sailed the world and seen its wonders,''

''for the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru.''

''But there's no place like London!''|'''Sweeney Todd''', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (~~Theatre~~)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''}}

''But there's no place like London!''|'''Sweeney Todd''', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''}}

{{quote|'''''The Extinction of Virtue:''''' ''There are few illusions left in the World of Darkness. Centuries of greed and deceit (on the part of humans as well as Kindred) have eroded humanity's innocence. Cynicism and despair permeate everything, from the tags on city walls to the movies in theaters. No one dares to believe in much of anything, because virtues like charity and compassion are just invitations to be victimized. A gentle soul and a loving heart are as rare as diamonds, and as precious.''

'''''Blood and Money:''''' ''Life is cheap, and desperate people resort to violence out of frustration, fear, hatred or greed. Crime is ever-present, and many families and neighborhoods adopt a siege mentality against the rest of the world. It's us or them.''

'''''No More Good Guys:''''' ''The world has lost its heroes. They were caught in sex scandals or taking bribes, or perhaps they fell victim to endemic urban violence. There is no strong leadership, no faith in politicians or belief in building a better tomorrow. People know better.''|''[[Vampire: The Masquerade ~~(Tabletop Game)~~|Vampire: The Masquerade 3rd Edition]]'', page 256, describing just how much of a crappy world the characters live in.}}

'''''No More Good Guys:''''' ''The world has lost its heroes. They were caught in sex scandals or taking bribes, or perhaps they fell victim to endemic urban violence. There is no strong leadership, no faith in politicians or belief in building a better tomorrow. People know better.''|''[[Vampire: The Masquerade|Vampire: The Masquerade 3rd Edition]]'', page 256, describing just how much of a crappy world the characters live in.}}

{{quote|''"Once upon a time there was a poor child who had no father and no mother, everything was dead and no one was left in the world. Everything dead, and the child went out and cried day and night. And since no one was left on earth, it tried to go up to heaven and the moon was giving it such a friendly look, and when it finally got to the moon, the moon was a piece of rotten wood and so it went to the sun and when it got there, the sun was a wilted sunflower and when it got to the stars they were little golden gnats, stuck there like the shrike sticks them on the blackthorn, and when it tried to go back down to earth, the earth was a knocked-over pot and it was all alone and it sat down and cried and it's sitting there still and it's all alone."''|'''Grandmother''', ''Woyzeck''}}

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{{quote|''Could not all life be an illusion? Indeed, are there not certain sects of holy men in the East who are convinced that nothing exists outside their minds except for the Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station? Could it not be simply that we are alone and aimless, doomed to wander in an indifferent universe, with no hope of salvation, nor any prospect except misery, death, and the empty reality of eternal nothing?''|'''[[Woody Allen]]''', ''Notes from the Overfed''}}

{{quote|''What would happen to us if we could truly sympathize with others, feel with them, suffer for them? The fact that human anguish, fear, and suffering melt away with the death of the individual, that nothing remains of the ascents, the declines, the orgasms, and the agonies, is a praiseworthy gift of evolution, which made us like the animals. If from every unfortunate, from every victim, there remained even a single atom of his feelings, if thus grew the inheritance of the generations, if even a spark could pass from man to man, the world would be full of raw, bowel-torn howling.''|'''[[Stanislaw Lem]]''', ''[[His ~~Masters~~ Voice]]''}}

{{quote|''What would happen to us if we could truly sympathize with others, feel with them, suffer for them? The fact that human anguish, fear, and suffering melt away with the death of the individual, that nothing remains of the ascents, the declines, the orgasms, and the agonies, is a praiseworthy gift of evolution, which made us like the animals. If from every unfortunate, from every victim, there remained even a single atom of his feelings, if thus grew the inheritance of the generations, if even a spark could pass from man to man, the world would be full of raw, bowel-torn howling.''|'''[[Stanislaw Lem]]''', ''[[His Master's Voice]]''}}

{{quote|''Creation is built upon the promise of hope, that things will get better, that tomorrow will be better than the day before. But this isn't true. Cities collapse. Populations expand. Enviroments decay. People get ruder. You can't go to a movie without getting in a fight with the guy in the third row who won't shut up. Filthy streets. Drive-by shootings. Irradiated corn. Permissible amounts of rat-droppings per hot-dog. Bomb blasts and body counts. Terror in the streets, on camera, in your living room. AIDS and Ebola and hepatitis B and you can't touch anyone because you're afraid that you will catch something besides love and nothing tastes as good anymore and Christopher Reeve is in a wheelchair and love is statistically false. Pocket nukes and subway anthrax. You grow up frustrated, you live confused, you age afraid and you die alone. Safe terrain moves from your city to your block to your yard to your home to your living room to the bedroom and all you want is to be allowed to live without somebody breaking in to steal your TV and shove an ice-pick to your ear. That sound like a better world to you? That sound to you like a promise kept?''|'''Satan''', ''[[Midnight Nation]]''}}

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''...and I'll look down, and whisper "No."''|'''Rorschach''', ''[[Watchmen]]''}}

{{quote|''"In the end, we were powerless. Again. We fought like mad, but all that's ever left is the devastation."''|'''[[The Hero|Kazuma]] [[Child Soldier|Shudo]]''', commenting on his [[True Companions]]'s inability to change the world, ''[[Kagerou-Nostalgia]]''}}

{{quote|''"In the end, we were powerless. Again. We fought like mad, but all that's ever left is the devastation."''|'''[[The Hero|Kazuma]] [[Child Soldier|Shudo]]''', commenting on his [[True Companions]]'s inability to change the world, ''[[Kagerou Nostalgia]]''}}

{{quote|''I was like you once, a long time ago. You're all... brand new and perfect, no mistakes, no regrets. People look at you and think of how wonderful your future will be. They want you to be something special, like a doctor or a lawyer. Hate to tell you this, but if you grow up here, you're more likely to wind up selling your bodies on the streets, or shooting dope from dirty needles in a bus stop... And if you're successful, you'll make money selling junk to crackheads. They won't think twice about killing someone's wife, because you won't even know what's wrong in the first place. Maybe you'll end up like me... [[Title Drop|a hobo with a shotgun]].''|'''Hobo''', ''[[Hobo ~~With~~ a Shotgun]]''}}

{{quote|''I was like you once, a long time ago. You're all... brand new and perfect, no mistakes, no regrets. People look at you and think of how wonderful your future will be. They want you to be something special, like a doctor or a lawyer. Hate to tell you this, but if you grow up here, you're more likely to wind up selling your bodies on the streets, or shooting dope from dirty needles in a bus stop... And if you're successful, you'll make money selling junk to crackheads. They won't think twice about killing someone's wife, because you won't even know what's wrong in the first place. Maybe you'll end up like me... [[Title Drop|a hobo with a shotgun]].''|'''Hobo''', ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]''}}

{{quote|'''Bart:''' I thought Springfield was America's [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|scrod]] basket.

'''Marge:''' No, Springfield is America's crud bucket, at least according to ''Newsweek''.|''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"}}

{{quote|''Eliminating all foes and striving for efficiency, no matter the cost, is the goal of Phyrexia. This plan is, without a doubt, very effective, however it is sentimentally hollow and void of 'human' characteristics. Yawgmoth and his Grand Evolution are without art, emotion, morals, and worst of all, personal thought or freedom. In this, Phyrexia is the polar opposite of Dominaria, with its virtues and culture. Though superior to other approaches, 'Phyresis' and 'Grand Evolution' are really quite nihilistic. Should the race actually succeed in destroying all life, purpose and motivation would be lost.''|''[[Magic ~~the~~ Gathering]]'' [[The Wiki Rule|wiki]], "[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Phyrexia Phyrexia]"}}

{{quote|''Eliminating all foes and striving for efficiency, no matter the cost, is the goal of Phyrexia. This plan is, without a doubt, very effective, however it is sentimentally hollow and void of 'human' characteristics. Yawgmoth and his Grand Evolution are without art, emotion, morals, and worst of all, personal thought or freedom. In this, Phyrexia is the polar opposite of Dominaria, with its virtues and culture. Though superior to other approaches, 'Phyresis' and 'Grand Evolution' are really quite nihilistic. Should the race actually succeed in destroying all life, purpose and motivation would be lost.''|''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[The Wiki Rule|wiki]], "[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Phyrexia Phyrexia]"}}

{{quote|''We cling to what is lost. Is there anything in this world but grief?''|'''[[Living Relic|Illyria]]''', ''[[~~Angel (TV)|~~Angel]]''}}

{{quote|''We cling to what is lost. Is there anything in this world but grief?''|'''[[Living Relic|Illyria]]''', ''[[Angel]]''}}

{{quote|''It's Baltimore, gentlemen. The gods will not save you.''|'''Commissioner Ervin Burrell''', ''[[The Wire]]''}}

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{{quote|''The Earth is evil. We don't need to grieve for her''.|'''[[Kirsten Dunst|Justine]]''', ''[[Melancholia]]''}}

{{quote|''"One day I was a young boy...when I saw a mother otter with her cubs. Even as I watched, the mother otter dived into the water and came up with a plump salmon, which she subdued... As she ate it, while of course it was still alive, the body split and the pink roes spilled out much to the delight of the baby otters. Mother and children dining upon mother and children. And that is when I first learned about evil. It is built into the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior."''|'''Lord Vetinari''', ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''}}

{{quote|''"One day I was a young boy...when I saw a mother otter with her cubs. Even as I watched, the mother otter dived into the water and came up with a plump salmon, which she subdued... As she ate it, while of course it was still alive, the body split and the pink roes spilled out much to the delight of the baby otters. Mother and children dining upon mother and children. And that is when I first learned about evil. It is built into the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior."''|'''Lord Vetinari''', ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''}}

{{quote|''"I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!"''|'''Howard Beale''', ''[[Network]]''}}