• @5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    213 months ago

    “One Ring to Rule Them All”

    “ET Phone Home”

    “You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. - But you have heard of me.”

    “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid, I can’t do that.”

  • Romanmir
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    143 months ago

    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer…”

  • YaksDC
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    133 months ago

    “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women”

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    BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
    SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

    • @HenryWong327@lemmy.mlM
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      For 40k, I actually feel like “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates open and unbarred” is a cooler, if less iconic quote. It just conveys the ridiculous dystopia of the Imperium so well and so quickly.

      But yeah gotta love the classic BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! YOUR CORPSE-EMPEROR WILL NOT SAVE YOU!

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    “In the beginning the Universe was created.This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

  • A more recent one that really struck me hard was the date lines in True Detective - Night Country.

    Dec. 22nd Third Day of Night

    It really grounded me how fucking creepy it must be to see the sunset and know it’s not coming back for months.

    • @Kostyeah@lemmy.ca
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      I spent a part of my childhood in the extreme north, and you get used to it. Usually I wouldn’t see the sun between mid December and late January. Winter just becomes a dark time, and you get used to the street lights. The first sunrise feels almost magical.

  • @T156@lemmy.world
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    43 months ago

    “It’s bigger on the inside!”

    Also “We are leaving the universe! How? With enormous difficulty!”, but that’s more iconic because it rather encapsulates a particular character, rather than being something iconic to a particular piece of world-building.