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{{quote|''I sometimes fancy myself [[Evil Versus Evil|an evil that exists to oppose other evils]] . . . On that day [[Utopia|when the world is completely cleansed of evil]], then I, too, [[No Place for Me There|will go down into darkness]], swallowing curses. [[Redemption Equals Death|Perhaps even sooner than that]], I now judge. [[Sophisticated As Hell|But whatever]] . . . Until that time, I shall not [[Heel Face Turn|wash my hands]] nor [[Team Switzerland|let them hang useless]].''|'''[[Villain Protagonist|Corwin]]''', ''[[Book of Amber|The Guns of Avalon]]''}}
{{quote|''I sometimes fancy myself [[Evil Versus Evil|an evil that exists to oppose other evils]] . . . On that day [[Utopia|when the world is completely cleansed of evil]], then I, too, [[No Place for Me There|will go down into darkness]], swallowing curses. [[Redemption Equals Death|Perhaps even sooner than that]], I now judge. [[Sophisticated As Hell|But whatever]] . . . Until that time, I shall not [[Heel Face Turn|wash my hands]] nor [[Team Switzerland|let them hang useless]].''|'''[[Villain Protagonist|Corwin]]''', ''[[Book of Amber|The Guns of Avalon]]''}}


{{quote|'''The Operative:''' I believe in something greater than myself. [[Utopia Justifies the Means|A better world. A world without sin.]]<br />
{{quote|'''The Operative:''' I believe in something greater than myself. [[Utopia Justifies the Means|A better world. A world without sin.]]
'''Mal:''' So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?<br />
'''Mal:''' So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?
'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[No Place for Me There]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[Dirty Business|What I do is evil.]] I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.|''[[Firefly|Serenity]]''}}
'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[No Place for Me There]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[Dirty Business|What I do is evil.]] I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.|''[[Firefly|Serenity]]''}}


{{quote|'''Szeth:''' [[You're Insane!|You are a monster.]]<br />
{{quote|'''Szeth:''' [[You're Insane!|You are a monster.]]
'''{{spoiler|Taravangian}}:''' Yes, but I am the monster who will save this world.|'''[[The Stormlight Archive|The Way Of Kings]]''', ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''}}
'''{{spoiler|Taravangian}}:''' Yes, but I am the monster who will save this world.|'''[[The Stormlight Archive|The Way Of Kings]]''', ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''}}


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''I watched five men and women gunned down in an abandoned factory no one cares about.''
''I watched five men and women gunned down in an abandoned factory no one cares about.''
''Today,''
''Today,''
''it happens again and again. [[Stable Time Loop|Every eleven seconds.]] Forever.''<br />
''it happens again and again. [[Stable Time Loop|Every eleven seconds.]] Forever.''
''Yesterday,''<br />
''Yesterday,''
''I watched a man sit comfortably in a nice armchair, sipping scotch and laughing as he [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide|ordered a woman to simply stop breathing]].''<br />
''I watched a man sit comfortably in a nice armchair, sipping scotch and laughing as he [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide|ordered a woman to simply stop breathing]].''
''Today,''<br />
''Today,''
''he gets the day off of work detail for good behavior.''<br />
''he gets the day off of work detail for good behavior.''
''Yesterday,''<br />
''Yesterday,''
''I watched hundreds of men and women in orange jumpsuits herded like animals into empty rooms that filled with gas and fire.''<br />
''I watched hundreds of men and women in orange jumpsuits herded like animals into empty rooms that filled with gas and fire.''
''Today,''<br />
''Today,''
''hundreds more are told they have a chance for a lighter sentence, and a chance to serve their country.''<br />
''hundreds more are told they have a chance for a lighter sentence, and a chance to serve their country.''
''Yesterday,''<br />
''Yesterday,''
''[[The World Is Always Doomed|I watched the world nearly die in a thousand thousand terrible ways.]] Sometimes we would have had time to scream.''<br />
''[[The World Is Always Doomed|I watched the world nearly die in a thousand thousand terrible ways.]] Sometimes we would have had time to scream.''
''Today,''<br />
''Today,''
''I'm alive to write about it. You want happy endings? [[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you.]]''<br />
''I'm alive to write about it. You want happy endings? [[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you.]]''
''You're alive to read it.''<br />
''You're alive to read it.''
''God help us all.''<br />
''God help us all.''
''[[Badass Creed|Secure. Contain. Protect.]]''|'''[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/black-white-black-white-black-white-black-white-black-white black white black white black white black white black white gray]''', The [[SCP Foundation]]}}
''[[Badass Creed|Secure. Contain. Protect.]]''|'''[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/black-white-black-white-black-white-black-white-black-white black white black white black white black white black white gray]''', The [[SCP Foundation]]}}


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