You're confused? How'd you lose? Why'd you drop your jaw?
Lost your shot? You forgot, about Murphy's Law?
Furious? Curious? Found your tragic flaw?
Lost your shot? You forgot, about Murphy's Law?
Furious? Curious? Found your tragic flaw?
— Goldentusk, adding his own lyrics to the Saw theme song.
It is the existence of a weak point that makes somebody a hero. Isn't that great motivation?
— Pirohiko Ichimonji, Zettai Hero Project
Well, every spy is supposed to have a fatal flaw. (drinks from bottle) This will be mine.
— Fred Roberts, Spooks, "The Sleeper"
You know, just once in this lifetime, I would like my favorite team to acquire a legendary skill position player who does NOT turn out to be a complete fucking shithead. The Vikings drafted Randy Moss, and I had to spend a decade justifying his existence to myself when he would sit down and make a salad on the weak side of a running play. Then they got Brett Favre and I enjoyed 95% of a pleasant season with him until all the interceptions and dong shots took over. Now there's Adrian Peterson, and given everything that has transpired with Peterson in the past six months, I find myself genuinely surprised that we didn't discover he was an insane asshole years ago...Why couldn't he be normal? Why couldn't he just NOT beat the piss out of his kid? Other teams have normal players. Is it so goddamn hard? I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU RUN, YOU JACKASS.
— Drew Magary
, "Adrian Peterson Is A Fucking Moron"
, "Adrian Peterson Is A Fucking Moron"The avowal of such an imperfection in the Handsome Sailor should be evidence not alone that he is not presented as a conventional hero, but also that the story in which he is the main figure is no romance.
Tywin: [on her father] Quite a man... what killed him?
Arya: Loyalty.
Arya: Loyalty.
While pursuing the truth and justice without thinking about consequences...you [Conan/Shinichi] stand the strain of all pressure alone in order to protect everyone...Such boy-like temperaments of yours are astonishingly intriguing, however...I wonder if you realize it...That clean scent of yours is strangling her, us, and yourself with loneliness and danger.
— Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano, Case Closed
This isn't a criticism, Harry! But you do... sort of... I mean — don't you think you've got a bit of a — a — saving-people thing?
— Hermione Granger, Harry Potter
Xibalba: I rule now.
Grandpa Sanchez: She would never give control to you!
Xibalba: She lost a bet.
Grandpa Sanchez: She would do that.
Looking back on my lifetime of of catastrophic mistakes, I realized one great pattern in all in all my follies. I thought being a great man meant being alone. Apart from the crowd. I bristled at the thought of sharing my accomplishments with anyone. I shunned my brother for one dumb mistake, and I shunned Fiddleford for having the sense to stop me from dooming the world. Even when given a second chance, I still kept others at a distance. If I had been able to widen my circle of trust…if I had believed in the Zodiac's prophecy sooner…we might have gathered everyone together and banished Bill before he was able to strike. I just couldn’t get over the idea of myself being the lone hero…and it was Stanley who paid the price.
— The Author, Gravity Falls: Journal 3
And that's how I know he can be beaten. Because he's a fanatic. And the fanatic is always concealing a secret doubt.
— George Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Each man lived his own life, and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, destiny never closed her accounts.
We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch! We had Fring, we had a lab, we had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork! You could have shut your mouth, cooked, and made as much money as you ever needed! It was perfect! But no! You just had to blow it up! You, and your pride and your ego! You just had to be the man! If you'd done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now!
— Mike Ehrmantraut to Walter White, Breaking Bad
I look at you these days, you know what I see? I see a man without a country. Not hard enough for this right here. And maybe, just maybe...not smart enough for them out there.
— Avon Randolph Barksdale to Russell "Stringer" Bell, The Wire
That pride will be your downfall, Ganondorf!
— King Rauru to Ganondorf, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
