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{{quote|''"I hate time travel."''|'''[[Catch Phrase|Just About Everyone]]'''
{{quote|''"Most people think that time is like a river, that flows swift and sure in one direction... but I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you; they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm."''|'''The Prince'''
{{quote|''"When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is 'So it goes.'"''|'''Billy Pilgrim'''
{{quote|''"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff."''|'''The Doctor''', giving us the [[Trope Namer]]
{{quote|''"Okay, kid. This is is where it gets complicated."''|'''Amy Pond''' to her younger alternate-universe self, in the midst of one of the most convoluted time-SNAFUs imaginable
{{quote|''"Time isn't a straight line, it's all... bumpy-wumpy. there's loads of boring stuff, like sundays and tuesdays and thursday afternoons."''|'''The Doctor'''
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|'''Dave Strider''', explaining his theory on temporal mechanics|''[[Homestuck]]''}}
{{quote|''YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL''|'''
{{quote|''"When you're dealing with time travel it's important to establish whose rules are in play. Is this ''[[
{{quote|''"I ''hate'' temporal mechanics!"''|'''Miles O'Brien''' and '''Miles O'Brien'''
{{quote|''"Time is a tangled web. Try not to dwell on all the loose ends."''|'''Nozdormu, Dragon Aspect of Time'''
{{quote|''"That's the problem with time travel. Everything's different when you get back."''|'''Lina Inverse'''
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