Fallout 3 / Quotes

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Base Game - Main Questline

"War... War never changes.

Since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything: From God, to justice, to simple psychotic rage.

In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation.

But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world. But war... War never changes.

In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters known as Vaults. But when they emerged, they had only the hell of the wastes to greet them - all except those in Vault 101. For on that fateful day, when fire rained from the sky, the giant steel door of Vault 101 slid closed, and never reopened.

It was here you were born. It is here you will die. Because in Vault 101, no one ever enters, and no one ever leaves."

— Opening Narration

"I don't want your mother's ghost haunting me because her only child became a garbage burner."

— James, Future Imperfect

"Parents? Hah! I was born from the sun and have sand in my veins!"

— Three Dog, Galaxy News Radio

"DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!"
"DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM!"
"BETTER DEAD THAN RED!"
"COMMUNIST DETECTED ON AMERICAN SOIL. LETHAL FORCE ENGAGED!"
"AMERICA WILL NEVER FALL TO COMMUNIST INVASION!"
"EMBRACE DEMOCRACY, OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED!"
"DEMOCRACY WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!"

Liberty Prime, Take it Back!

"And so it was that the Lone Wanderer ventured forth from Vault 101, intent on discovering the fate of a father who had once sacrificed the future of humanity... for that of his only child.

The Capital Wasteland proved a cruel, inhospitable place. But the Lone Wanderer refused to surrender to the vices that had claimed so many others. The values passed on from father to child – selflessness, compassion, honor – guided this noble soul through countless trials and triumphs.

But it was not until the end of this long road that the Lone Wanderer learned the true meaning of that greatest of virtues – sacrifice. Stepping into the irradiated control chamber of Project Purity, the child followed the example of the father, sacrificing life itself for the greater good of mankind.

Thankfully, when selected by the sinister president to be his instrument of annihilation, the Wanderer refused. Humanity, with all its flaws, was deemed worthy of preservation. The waters of life flowed at last – free and pure, for any and all. The Capital Wasteland, at long last, was saved.

So ends the story of the Lone Wanderer, who stepped through the great door of Vault 101 and into the annals of legend. But the tale of humanity will never come to a close, for the struggle of survival is a war without end. And war...

War never changes."

— Ending Narration (if the Lone Wanderer has Good Karma, activated Project Purity themselves, and didn't add the modified FEV into the purifier)

Base Game - Side Quests

"Did you ever try to put a broken piece of glass back together? Even if the pieces fit, you can’t make it whole again the way it was. But if you’re clever, you can still use the pieces to make other useful things. Maybe even something wonderful, like a mosaic. Well, the world broke just like glass. And everyone’s trying to put it back together like it was, but it’ll never come together in the same way."

— Moira Brown, Wasteland Survival Guide

"My experiments are of a complex nature and would take a scientist to explain... oh wait! I'm a scientist! How marvelous!"

— Dr. Lesko, Those!

"Karma's a real bitch. You'd be wise to remember that."

— Michael Masters, Tenpenny Tower

"Too many of you think we're all just zombies. They don't know, or don't care, that we're just as human as they are inside. We bleed! We hurt! We regret! And you know what really pisses me off? They think the only way to kill us is to shoot us in the head, like in the old zombie stories, and that will put us out of our misery."

— Mr. Crowley, You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head

"Zimmer. By the time you get this message, I'll already be gone. I'm escaping the Commonwealth. I want to live my own life, on my own terms, as my own man.

I know what you're thinking, that I'm malfunctioning. I used to think that's what caused the runaways, too. But I know better now. Self-determination is NOT a malfunction. I'm just not willing to put up with all the bullshit anymore. You humans are going to have a full-fledged rebellion on your hands if you don't start treating us synths as persons.

I know you'll be marshalling the Retention Bureau to come after me. But I know all the tricks of the trade. You won't be finding me. I assure you.

By the time you get this, I will be someone else. It's the price I pay for my liberation. My final act of rebellion against a system I no longer believe in.

Goodbye Zimmer, and good riddance."

— A3-21 (now known as Harkness), The Replicated Man

"Humans may be weak sometimes, but our creations are strong and pure. Something you'll never be!"

— The Mechanist to The AntAgonizer, The Superhuman Gambit

"You saved us. But that doesn't change the fact that you killed the Overseer in cold blood to do it, and I can't let that sort of thing stand here. I guess it's a bit familiar. You've already been forced out of the Vault once before. At least now you know what's out there. I'm sorry. You're a hero... and you have to leave."

— Amata, Trouble on the Homefront

Companions

"It's amazing that people trust you enough not to attack me."

— Fawkes

"Make no mistake, your father would be proud of what you have done."

— Star Paladin Cross

"There's nothing I like better than making some other poor bastard die for his country."

— Sergeant RL-3

"Tunnel Snakes rule!"

— Butch DeLoria

"I forgot how fucked up everything was out here."

— Jericho

"Can I do something for you? Or... to you?"

— Clover

"You are my employer and I will do as you command."

— Charon

DLCs

"I'd trust a wastelander to shine my power armor, and even that's pushing it."

— Protector McGraw, Operation: Anchorage

"Citizens of The Pitt, workers of Downtown, traders of Uptown, and all fierce souls who do what must be done! I bring you good news! We stand at the dawn of a new golden age. Where others merely survive, we thrive!

Our industry is the envy of the Commonwealth! Our safety is the envy of the Capital Wastes! Our might is the envy of Ronto! And while I have led your efforts, it has been by your own strength that you have earned all of the envy of the world. They envy the steel shaped by the workers in our mills, and they envy the strength of our traders and raiders who wield that steel for The Pitt. And most of all, they envy our victories in the struggle for freedom. Because, yes, freedom is what we all work towards. Freedom from fear, freedom from disease, freedom to live as once we did before we were shackled by atomic fire!

And so, to celebrate this struggle, I ask my loyal workers: who among you is prepared to fight for your freedom? Who among you will risk your life in the crucible to create a new life of freedom in Uptown? Who will take this rare chance to thrive?"

— Ashur, The Pitt

Everyone was so excited about that purifier: "Project Purity" this, and "Project Purity" that. But did anyone stop to ask, "Hey, what are we going to DO with all that clean water?" Well, guess who gets to fill in that tiny detail? It'd be one thing if I had support, but that little war with the Enclave has depleted much of the Brotherhood's resources. And to top it off, I have to be mommy to a bunch of lab coats."

— Scribe Bigsley, Broken Steel

"What's the difference between you and me, kid? What makes a gifted killer like yourself into a rock-hard bastard like me? The answer is training, you ignorant fuck! I've got a hundred years of experience on you, and don't you forget it. Stick by me, and you'll get a master's class in doing what has to be done."

— Desmond, Point Lookout

"'Bout time you woke up. I was starting to think maybe they'd fried your brains or something."

— Somah, Mothership Zeta

Enclave Radio

"We live in an age of poverty, greed, violence, destruction. Indeed, the very seat of the federal government, Washington D.C., has been reduced to what is now known as the "Capital Wasteland." The Capital Wasteland... How did it come to this, America?"