Cruel Mercy/Quotes: Difference between revisions

''And does he know

''That granting me my life today,

This man has killed me, even so?"''|'''[[Inspector Javert]]''', ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'', {{spoiler|moments before [[Driven to Suicide|jumping into the Seine]].}}}}

'''Alp Arslan''': My punishment is far heavier. I forgive you, and set you free.|In the aftermath of the [[wikipedia:Battle of Manzikert|Battle of Manzikert]]}}

{{quote|'''[[Dirty Coward|Duke Onklet]]''': Please your omnipotence, have mercy!<br />

'''The King''': After you scrub all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy! Take him away!|Zelda CD-I}}

{{quote|''"Where's the pleasure in bein' the winner if the loser ain't alive to know they've lost?"''|'''Granny Weatherwax''', ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'' }}

'''Grimian''': And let you go out a hero? I think not. I'd rather you spend the rest of your life in SHAME!|''[[Hot Wheels Battle Force 5]]''}}

{{quote|''"We wanted to live forever. So [[Beware the Nice Ones|the Doctor]] [[Be Careful What You Wish For|made sure that we did.]]"''|'''Son of Mine''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Family of Blood"}}

'''Doctor:''' You wouldn't listen, 'cause you know what [[I Have Just One Thing to Say|I'm going to say.]]<br />

'''Master:''' ''No!'' (backs away until he's scrabbling against a wall.)<br />

'''Doctor:''' (wraps his arms around him) I forgive you.|''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Last of the Time Lords" }}

'''Doctor''': Those words. "Run away." [[Never Live It Down|I want you to be famous for those exact words.]] I want people to call you [[Dirty Coward|Colonel Runaway]]. I want children laughing outside your door, 'cause they've found the house of Colonel Runaway. And when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me '''[[Berserk Button|through the people I love]]'''! (composes himself)...is in any way a good idea, I want you to tell them your name.|''[[Doctor Who]]'', "A Good Man Goes To War"}}

'''The White Queen:''' But I do not owe you a kindness.|''Tim Burton's [[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''}}

'''Kirk''': (screaming) '''[[The Khan|KHAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN! KHAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!]]'''|''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''}}

'''Optimus Prime''': That would be the easy way out Megatron. (Brings out handcuffs) ''You don't deserve it''.|''[[Transformers Animated]]''}}

{{quote|'''Sharkey''': 'You have grown, Halfling,' he said. 'Yes, you have grown very much. You are wise, and cruel. You have robbed my revenge of sweetness, and now I must go hence in bitterness, in debt to your mercy. I hate it and you!|''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' ''The Scouring of the Shire''}}

{{quote|''(Pauley Cracker and the other birds carry a huge boulder to drop on a wounded [[Evil Overlord|Claw]])''<br />

'''Kimba''': Wait Pauley, don't drop it on him!<br />

'''Pauley Cracker''': But Kimba, you mean you don't want us to punish the tyrant after all of the terrible things he's done to everybody?<br />

'''Kimba''': He's lost all of his power and for him that's the worst punishment! |''[[Kimba the White Lion]]''}}

{{quote|''Niko, come on, let's go. Let him suffer... he knows what he did. He doesn't look like he enjoys life too much.''|Roman Bellic, [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]}}

That made it ''perfect''.|''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'', [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/24/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis]}}