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->''"[[WasItReallyWorthIt It wasn't worth it, was it?]] I could've told you that."''
-->-- '''Tiberius''' (as a hallucination) to '''Claudius''', ''Series/IClaudius''
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->'''Sothis:''' The longer I remain in your body, the more I become aware that I am better than you and I begin to wonder…Is this how Goetia sees humanity? Does he spend every second gazing at you and seeing beings that are lesser than him? Because if so, that is more reason to leave your body swiftly and rid myself of this perspective\\

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->'''Sothis:''' The longer I remain in your body, the more I become aware that I am better than you and I begin to wonder…Is wonder… Is this how Goetia sees humanity? Does he spend every second gazing at you and seeing beings that are lesser than him? Because if so, that is more reason to leave your body swiftly and rid myself of this perspective\\perspective.\\



'''Sothis:''' Because to stand atop everyone and gaze down at everything and find it wanting. To look upon another being and know for a fact that you are superior to them…is tragically lonely in my eyes. As you shall never be able to find yourself with an equal. It is terribly lonely to be the only one atop a mountain.

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'''Sothis:''' Because to stand atop everyone and gaze down at everything and find it wanting. To look upon another being and know for a fact that you are superior to them…is them… is tragically lonely in my eyes. As you shall never be able to find yourself with an equal. It is terribly lonely to be the only one atop a mountain.
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->'''Sothis:''' The longer I remain in your body, the more I become aware that I am better than you and I begin to wonder…Is this how Goetia sees humanity? Does he spend every second gazing at you and seeing beings that are lesser than him? Because if so, that is more reason to leave your body swiftly and rid myself of this perspective\\
'''Byleth:''' How so?\\
'''Sothis:''' Because to stand atop everyone and gaze down at everything and find it wanting. To look upon another being and know for a fact that you are superior to them…is tragically lonely in my eyes. As you shall never be able to find yourself with an equal. It is terribly lonely to be the only one atop a mountain.
-->-- ''Fanfic/DemonInFodlan'', a ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''/''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' crossover
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->‘I trust you’ll go far, Jen-djieh,’ his father had said, ‘but be prepared for much suffering on the way! And you’ll find it very lonely— at the top.’\\
He had answered confidently: ‘Suffering and loneliness make a man strong, sir!’\\
He had not understood his father’s sad smile. But now he knew.
-->--''Literature/JudgeDee'', "The Chinese Nail Murders"
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->''As the sound faded away, a fluorescent light covered Gu [=YuMian=]'s whole sight, and the sound of birds' wings rang in his ear, and he felt the wind.''\\
''Like a lantern, a picture appeared before his eyes.''\\
''At first, it was the picture Gu [=YuMian=] had seen many times.''\\
''The Emperor turned his back to the wave of cheers and walked up step by step. There were so many people around him, but he was like a man immersed in the boundless cold deep sea, separated from the whole world.''\\
''They said he was 'the most outstanding and violent monarch,' he was 'albino,' and he was 'terrifying.'''\\
''Maybe no one would ever love him.''\\
''But that didn't matter to him.''\\
''"......"''\\
''Then, the picture turned into a fat panda in the spotlight.''\\
''Loved by many people, working alone and hard day by day, it seemed that everything in life was good and there was nothing to be dissatisfied with.''\\
''At the end of the evening, the panda opened his front door and smelled the delicious food from the neighbors. The neighbors were parents who, after picking up the children from school, were happily discussing their plans for their weekend trip.''\\
''The panda put out his paw blankly and touched his eye.''\\
''No matter how hard he tried, it was hard to fill the small holes in his heart.''\\
''"......"''\\
''Academy of Sciences, this day was another sleepless night for the young chief.''\\
''Because he was a 'genius born once in a century' with a 'rare super brain power,' he lived under the expectation of everyone every day. He couldn't live up to so many expectations of him. But he often felt that those people never looked into his eyes and there was no him.''\\
''The young man in the white coat was wearing goggles which reflected the screen's fluorescence, and he looked up at the ceiling.''\\
''Suddenly... he found that...''\\
''In the laboratory of the Academy of Sciences, the moon was not visible.''
-->-- ''I'm Using the Interstellar Live Broadcast to Raise Cubs'', Chapter 102
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->''"Aizen was a brilliant man, but so smart and so powerful and so alone— by his own fault, I think, but no one noticed and derailed it— that he killed his ability to relate to others. It... what's the phrase... withered on the vine. It twisted him until he thought his way was the only way and if the world didn't cooperate, he'd just have to rewrite the world from the top. He didn't have cooperation with valued allies, he had subordinates who were disposable trash. He may have started out with a noble goal— who knows, at this point?— but he got so arrogantly twisted up in himself that he thought himself a god and the world his to play with as he willed. People with a lot of power, like me and the shinigami captains... we need allies to relate to so we don't lose touch with reality and humanity, you know? Going it alone because you think you know everything and your way is best... it can mess with your head."''
-->-- '''Ichigo Kurosaki''', ''FanFic/AsNApproachesInfinity'', a ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''/''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' crossover
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-->-- '''Skellington Jack''', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''

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-->-- '''Skellington Jack''', '''Jack Skellington''', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
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-->-- '''Steve Lerner, Northridge, CA''', The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2015

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-->-- '''Steve Lerner, Northridge, CA''', The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Literature/BulwerLyttonFictionContest 2015
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-->--'''Tony Montana''', ''Film/{{Scarface}}''

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-->--'''Tony Montana''', ''Film/{{Scarface}}''''Film/Scarface1983''
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'''Yerin''': Where to?

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'''Yerin''': Where to?to?\\

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->“Surely you have something else to live for.”\\

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->“Surely ->"Surely you have something else to live for.”\\"\\



He gave her a look that was both incredulous and pitying. She felt a pang of sympathy for Vista, and how she’d reacted when she felt like she was being condescended to.\\
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"Maybe life doesn’t offer anything suitably interesting or profound to a man who’s been as powerful as'' [[AllYourPowersCombined Eidolon]] ''is.''"

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He gave her a look that was both incredulous and pitying. She felt a pang of sympathy for Vista, and how she’d she'd reacted when she felt like she was being condescended to.\\
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"Maybe life doesn’t doesn't offer anything suitably interesting or profound to a man who’s who's been as powerful as'' [[AllYourPowersCombined Eidolon]] ''is.''"



->''"Heralds are all lonely, we’re different [...] Herald-Mages are one step lonelier than that. Then there’s me."''

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->''"Heralds are all lonely, we’re we're different [...] Herald-Mages are one step lonelier than that. Then there’s there's me."''


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->'''Yerin''': My master used to say that no Path is wide enough for two.\\
'''Eithan''': And that is ''exactly'' the problem I wish to solve. I have been looking for people to walk with me every step of the way.\\
'''Yerin''': Where to?
'''Eithan''': To the end.
-->-- ''Literature/CradleSeries'' book 2: ''Soulsmith''

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