Mr Wednesday - American Gods
- I am Odin
I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I am called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed. I am called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and I am The Hooded One. I am All-Father, and I am Gondlir Wand-Bearer. I have as many names as there are winds, as many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn; Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri. My horse is The Gallows. I am ODIN.
Father Merrin - The Exorcist
- Preparation
Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon. We may ask what is relevant, but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen.
The Green Knight
- Introduction
Look, see a world that holds more wonders than any since the Earth was born. And of all who reigned o'er, none had more renown than the boy who pulled sword from stone. But this is not that king... nor is this his song. Let me tell you instead a new tale. I'll lay it down as I've heard it told. Its letters sent, its history pressed, of an adventure brave and bold. Forever set, in heart, in stone, like all great myths of old.
Alejandro - Sicario
- Land of Wolves
You should move to a small town, somewhere the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You are not a wolf, and this is a land of wolves now.
Ed Greenwood, Elminster in Myth Drannor
- I am Elminster
I am Elminster of Shadowdale, called by some the Old Sage, and called far worse things by others. I've walked these realms for over a thousand years. Yet, I am far from the oldest, wisest, or mightiest being to walk the ground of Faerun with my well-worn boots - and that is truth. But if ye learn the long history of my deeds, ye'll know precisely what I stand for and what I am. And that's a rare and precious thing, knowing yourself. Do ye know exactly what ye stand for?
Tulip O'Hare - Preacher
If you're lucky enough to fall in love, you have to be even stronger. Fight like a lion to keep it alive. So that on the day your love is weak enough or selfish enough or frickin' stupid enough to run away, you have the strength to track him down and eat him alive.
"The Babe" - The Sandlot
- One Chance
Let me tell you something kid; everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance, and you shouldn't let it go by. I mean, you remember when you busted the guts out of the ball yesterday? Someone was telling you something kid, and if I was you, I'd listen.
Brian K. Vaughan
- Saga, Vol. 3
All good children's stories are the same: young creature breaks rules, has incredible adventure, then returns home with the knowledge that aforementioned rules are there for a reason. Of course, the actual message to the careful reader is: break rules as often as you can, because who the hell doesn't want to have an adventure?
Monster Squad
- Opening Text
One hundred years before this story begins... it was a time of darkness in Transylvania. A time when Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, and a small band of freedom fighters, conspired to rid the world of vampires and monsters and to save mankind from the forces of eternal evil. They blew it.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan
- The 13th Warrior End Quote
Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon pagan men who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That His servant, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God.
