Quotes / Allergic to Routine

Oh, isn't that wonderful? I love it here. You mean there's no surprises or anything? [..] That's just lovely. The clouds, the grass, the air. [...] Yeah, no surprises, huh? [...] You mean if I'm waiting for an inside straight up here, I'd know in advance if I filled it? [...] Everything is so lovely here— so planned, so ordered. That's what's driving me crazy.

—Charlie B. Barkin, All Dogs Go to Heaven

The Doctor: (somewhat grossed out) I'd have to settle down... Get a house or something, a proper house with, with, with... With doors and carpets! Me, living in a house! Now that, that! That is terrifying.
Rose: (sing-song) You'd have to get a mortgage!
The Doctor: No.
Rose: Oh, yes.
The Doctor: I'm dying, that's it. I am dying. It's all over.

— Doctor Who, "The Impossible Planet"

The Doctor: (lying upside-down on the couch) Four days. Nothing. (picks up a cube and smacks it) Not a single change in any cube, anywhere in the world. Four days, and I'm still in your lounge!
Amy: You're the one who wanted to "observe" them.
The Doctor: Yes, well, I thought they'd do something, didn't I? Not just sit there while everyone eats ENDLESS CEREAL!
Rory: You said we had to be patient...
The Doctor: Yes! You! Not me! I HATE being patient, patience is for wimps!

— Doctor Who, "The Power of Three"

It's the unpredictability I crave! The coulds and mights and perhapses! When they slapped a condemned notice on my world and put progress on pause, they consigned me to a living hell of always knowing how the story ends! No surprises! No twists! No turns!
[transforms into the bird merchant]
Why haggle when you know the final price?
[transforms into the carnival barker]
Why spin the wheel when the ball's already in the slot?
[transforms into the Jester]
Why tell the joke when you already know the punchline?

—Jarra To, Big Finish Doctor Who: Axis Of Insanity

There is nothing a Lord of Change despises more than the entrapping comforts of stability and familiarity, and nothing that will please one more than to see worlds broken and made anew.

— Warhammer 40,000: Codex - Chaos Daemons

I've finally come to realization that the Toucan Lagoon simulation has run it's course.

I'm tired of the beating sun and ceaseless pounding of the lagoon's waves upon the shore. I no longer take pleasure in watching Simpson wither away from scurvy, or hearing Neusbaum's screams as he's devoured by the mako shark.

I am, quite simply, bored. It is time to reset the simulation once again.

—Stanislaus Braun, Fallout 3

Even if this whole thing came off without a hitch, you wouldn't be happy. You gave up on Brooklyn and on Brakebills, and I fully expect you to give up on Fillory when the time comes. It makes things very simple for you, doesn't it? Well, and of course you were always going to give up on us. We had problems, but we could have fixed them. It might actually have worked, and then where would you be? You would have been stuck with me forever.

—Alice to Quentin, The Magicians

Sherlock: Look at that, Mrs. Hudson. Quiet. Calm. Peaceful. [sighs] Isn't it hateful?
Mrs. Hudson: Oh, I'm sure something will turn up, Sherlock. A nice murder, that'll cheer you up!
Sherlock: Can't come too soon.

— Sherlock, "The Great Game"

I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is, it's not an adventure. There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just work. And the bottom line is some people are okay going to work, and some people... Well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose.

— Dr. Wong provides some objective insight to Rick, Rick and Morty