For quotes regarding Half-Life 2 and its episodes, go here.
Half Life
"Gordon Freeman, in the flesh – or, rather, in the hazard suit. I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons. Most of them were government property. As for the suit... I think you've earned it.
The borderworld, Xen, is in our control, for the time being... thanks to you. Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there - I am impressed. That's why I'm here, Mr. Freeman. I have recommended your services to my... employers, and they have authorized me to offer you a job. They agree with me that you have 'limitless potential.
You've proved yourself a decisive man so I don't expect you'll have any trouble deciding what to do. If you're interested, just step into the portal and I will take that as a yes. Otherwise, well... I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning. Rather an anticlimax after what you've just survived."
*a portal appears*
"Time to choose..."
— The G-Man, Endgame
"Well, it looks like we won't be working together."
*the player is teleported in front of an army of Alien Grunts*
"No regrets, Mr. Freeman..."
— The G-Man, "Refuse" Ending
"Wisely done, Mr. Freeman! I will see you up ahead."
— The G-Man, "Accept" Ending
Half Life: Opposing Force
"So Corporal Shephard, do we meet at last. Please, don't think that I've been avoiding you, a great many matters require my attention in these... troubled times. I do hope you understand, and now I require a further indulgence on your part: I cannot close my report until every loose end has been tied up. The biggest embarrassment has been Black Mesa facility, but I think that's finally taken care of itself."
"Quite so. But there is still the lingering matter of witnesses. I admit I have a fascination with those who adapt and survive against all odds... they rather remind me of myself. If for no other reason, I have argued to preserve you for a time.
While I believe a civil servant like yourself understands the importance of... discretion, my employers are not quite so trusting and rather than continually subject you to the irresistible human temptation of telling all, we have decided to... convey you somewhere you can do no possible harm... and where no harm can come to you. I'm sure you can imagine there are worse alternatives..."
— The G-Man
Half-Life: Alyx
G-Man: Impressive work, Ms. Vance.
Alyx: Gordon… Freeman?
G-Man: Gordon, Freeman? Heh, heh. My dear, you wouldn't need all of that to imprison Gordon Freeman.
Alyx: So, who are you?
G-Man: Perhaps what I am, is not as important as what I can… offer you, in exchange for coming, all this way. Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible. My employers dis-agree. They authorize me to nudge things, hm, in a particular direction from time, to time. What would you want nudged, Ms. Vance?
Alyx: The Combine off Earth… I want the Combine off Earth.
G-Man: Ah… that would be a considerably ''large'' nudge. Too large, given the interests of my em-ployers.
Alyx: Well, you asked.
G-Man: What if, I could offer you something you don't know, you want? (hands Alyx his briefcase, which she takes)
(scene changes, showing Alyx crying over her father's body in the ending to Episode 2)
Alyx: Dad? Dad?! Wha-wh? What is this? What's happening?!
G-Man: We are in the future. This, is the moment, where you watch your father die… unless…
Alyx: What? Unless what?!
G-Man: Unless, you were to take matters into your, own, hands.
(time rewinds to the moment just before Eli's death to the Advisor. Alyx looks to her gloves, crackling with Vortal energy.)
G-Man: Release your father, Ms. Vance. (Alyx fires the Vortal Energy, electrocuting the Advisor and freeing Eli as the scene fades out.) Good. As a consequence of your actions, this entity will continue, and this entity, will not.
Alyx: Right. So, he's okay? Right? He lives. My dad lives!
G-Man: You are aware, that you have proven yourself to be of extra-ordinary value (manifests Gordon's crowbar). A previous hire has been unable or unwilling, to per-form the tasks laid before him (steps aside, revealing Gordon Freeman in silhouette). We have struggled to find a suitable replacement, until now.
Alyx: No! I-I just want to go home. Send me home!
G-Man: I am afraid, you misunderstand the situation, Ms. Vance. (opens a doorway of pure light, steps through it, and closes it.)
Alyx: Wait! Hey, wait! Wait!! Wait!!
Readout: SUBJECT: Alyx Vance
Readout: STATUS: Hired
Readout: AWAITING ASSIGNMENT
Alyx: Gordon… Freeman?
G-Man: Gordon, Freeman? Heh, heh. My dear, you wouldn't need all of that to imprison Gordon Freeman.
Alyx: So, who are you?
G-Man: Perhaps what I am, is not as important as what I can… offer you, in exchange for coming, all this way. Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible. My employers dis-agree. They authorize me to nudge things, hm, in a particular direction from time, to time. What would you want nudged, Ms. Vance?
Alyx: The Combine off Earth… I want the Combine off Earth.
G-Man: Ah… that would be a considerably ''large'' nudge. Too large, given the interests of my em-ployers.
Alyx: Well, you asked.
G-Man: What if, I could offer you something you don't know, you want? (hands Alyx his briefcase, which she takes)
(scene changes, showing Alyx crying over her father's body in the ending to Episode 2)
Alyx: Dad? Dad?! Wha-wh? What is this? What's happening?!
G-Man: We are in the future. This, is the moment, where you watch your father die… unless…
Alyx: What? Unless what?!
G-Man: Unless, you were to take matters into your, own, hands.
(time rewinds to the moment just before Eli's death to the Advisor. Alyx looks to her gloves, crackling with Vortal energy.)
G-Man: Release your father, Ms. Vance. (Alyx fires the Vortal Energy, electrocuting the Advisor and freeing Eli as the scene fades out.) Good. As a consequence of your actions, this entity will continue, and this entity, will not.
Alyx: Right. So, he's okay? Right? He lives. My dad lives!
G-Man: You are aware, that you have proven yourself to be of extra-ordinary value (manifests Gordon's crowbar). A previous hire has been unable or unwilling, to per-form the tasks laid before him (steps aside, revealing Gordon Freeman in silhouette). We have struggled to find a suitable replacement, until now.
Alyx: No! I-I just want to go home. Send me home!
G-Man: I am afraid, you misunderstand the situation, Ms. Vance. (opens a doorway of pure light, steps through it, and closes it.)
Alyx: Wait! Hey, wait! Wait!! Wait!!
Readout: SUBJECT: Alyx Vance
Readout: STATUS: Hired
Readout: AWAITING ASSIGNMENT
Other
"Is that the sound of a Geiger Counter or my lifespan counting down? It's both! That's right, here at Black Mesa, when we talk about half-life, we mean it in more ways than one. So make your peace and come to Black Mesa! (blasts headcrab zombie with shotgun) Here you'll win a chance to fight freaks of nature, escape countless safety hazards, wander aimlessly for hours, and die scared, tired, and alone."
— Gordon Freeman, Freeman's Mind
