spec ops: the line starters
change pronouns as needed. all quotes were taken out of context from the game.
❛ orders ain't worth following if it means leaving people to die. ❜
❛ you brought this on yourself. ❜
❛ what happened here was out of my control... ❜
❛ i- i didn't mean to hurt anybody... ❜
❛ how many are alive today, i wonder? how many will be alive tomorrow? ❜
❛ your friends, dead. the world on fire. and you... alone. ❜
❛ you're a failure. finally, something we have in common. ❜
❛ welcome to hell. we've been waiting for you. ❜
❛ someone has to pay for your crimes. who is it going to be? ❜
❛ it takes a strong man to deny what's in front of him. ❜
❛ and if the truth is undeniable, you create your own. ❜
❛ we’ve all lived bad lives. we all sin. ❜
❛ forgive me, but... that's the problem. you don't know you. ❜
❛ the truth is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero. ❜
❛ i'm here because you can't accept what you've done. it broke you. ❜
❛ you needed someone to blame, so you cast it on me: a dead person. ❜
❛ no matter what happens next, don't be too hard on yourself. ❜
❛ even now, after all you've done, you can still go home. lucky you ❜
❛ and on you marched. and for what? ❜
❛ that guy? you shot that guy? i liked that guy... ❜
❛ he had a... dog... maybe? i didn't really know that guy. ❜
❛ you know nothing of life, my friend. ❜
❛ if you did, you would know the truth is whatever we wish it to be. ❜
❛ how many people have you killed today? ❜
❛ there is no difference between what is right and what is necessary. ❜
❛ if you were a better person, you wouldn't be here. ❜
❛ you are still a good person. ❜
❛ can you even remember why you came here? ❜
❛ do you feel like a hero yet? ❜
❛ to kill for yourself is murder. to kill for your government is heroic. to kill for entertainment is harmless. ❜
❛ cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two conflicting ideas simultaneously. ❜
❛ you cannot understand, nor do you want to. ❜
❛ but this isn't real, so why should you care? ❜
❛ we cannot escape anguish. it is what we are. ❜
❛ there is no escape. ❜
❛ life begins at the other side of despair. ❜
❛ no one can help you now. ❜
❛ collateral damage can be justified, if the gain outweighs the cost. ❜
❛ freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. ❜
❛ i exist and i find it nauseating. ❜
❛ you can't go home. ❜
❛ it seems that reports of my... survival... have been greatly exaggerated. ❜
❛ you're no savior. your talents lie elsewhere. ❜
❛ i know the truth is hard to hear, but it's time. ❜
❛ you're all that's left, and we can't live this lie forever. ❜
❛ if you don't mind me asking, what was it like? how did you survive all this? ❜
❛ ... who said i did? ❜