It's always like this. The only things I can ever do for Naruto are the little things anyone could do...
— Sakura Haruno, Naruto
Grandis: You must believe in yourself! So you can escape this fate!
Nadia: What is there inside me that I can believe in myself, Grandis?! I’m selfish, and mean, and always get the people I love into trouble! I’ve always been a frightened little girl! Always running away! When I finally had the chance, I didn’t say goodbye to the man I knew was my father! I hate myself! Truly hate myself! There’s nothing good in me! I’m just a spoiled girl who’s inherited the awful power of Atlantis!
"What do you know?! What do you know about me?! This is the kind of man I am! I have no strength, but I want it all. I have no knowledge, but all I do is dream. There's nothing I can do, but I struggle in vain! I hate myself! All I do is talk a big game, and make myself sound like a big shot, when I can't do anything! I never do anything, yet I can complain like a pro. Who do I think I am?! It's amazing I can live like this and not feel ashamed! Right! I`m empty... There's nothing inside me at all! I know that...Yeah, that's obvious... I know it's obvious... Before I got into the situation that led me to all of you, do you have any idea what I did? I did nothing. I've never done a single thing. I had all that time, all that freedom... I could have done anything, but I never did a thing! And this is the result! What I am now is the result! All of my powerlessness, all of my incompetence, is the product of my rotten character. Wanting to accomplish something, when I`ve never done anything, goes beyond the limit of arrogance! The cost of all my laziness and all the wasteful habits in my life just ends up killing both you and me. That's right. I have no character. Even when I thought I could go on living here, nothing changed... At heart, I'm just a small, cowardly, filthy piece of trash, who's always worried about how others see me. And nothing... Nothing about me has changed! ...I absolutely hate myself..."
— Subaru Natsuki, Re:Zero
"I'm no hero. Never was, never will be."
— Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
"I really am just a madman with a box."
So say I'm slow for my age, a late bloomer,
Okay, I agree!
That I've been one rotten kid.
...
You'll see, mom, now comes the better part!
Someone's gonna make good, cross his stupid heart!
...
I'll do my best, what else can I do?
Since I wasn't born perfect, like dad or you...
— Aladdin, "Proud of Your Boy"
Steven: I'm way worse than you!
Amethyst: No, I'm the worst!
Steven: No, I am! I'll prove it! I...I'll fight you, and show you how bad I am!
Amethyst: Fine, let's do it!
Both: Let the worst Gem lose!
— Steven Universe, "Steven vs. Amethyst"
Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring!" "Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?" "Yes, m'boy, the most famousest of hobbits, and that's saying a lot."
Frodo (laughs): Why, you've left out one of the chief characters — Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have gotten far without Sam.
Sam: Now, Mr. Frodo. You shouldn't make fun. I was being serious.
Frodo: So was I.
Frodo (laughs): Why, you've left out one of the chief characters — Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have gotten far without Sam.
Sam: Now, Mr. Frodo. You shouldn't make fun. I was being serious.
Frodo: So was I.
"That is true," said Beauty, "for I cannot tell a lie, but I believe you are very good natured."
"So I am," said the monster, "but then, besides my ugliness, I have no sense; I know very well, that I am a poor, silly, stupid creature."
"'Tis no sign of folly to think so," replied Beauty, "for never did fool know this, or had so humble a conceit of his own understanding."
"So I am," said the monster, "but then, besides my ugliness, I have no sense; I know very well, that I am a poor, silly, stupid creature."
"'Tis no sign of folly to think so," replied Beauty, "for never did fool know this, or had so humble a conceit of his own understanding."
— Beauty and the Beast, Jeanne Beaumont
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versionSara: You’ve got to have a plan, Mai-sama, you’re the ‘plan person’! I mean, that’s what this is all about! We’re gonna fight back against the Flock and stop whatever crazy plan they’re cooking up, right! You can’t tell me you don’t have a plan, not after all this!
Mai: I’m trying. I swear to god, I’m trying. I-I’m trying as hard as I can to salvage a bonehead decision that just blew up in my face. I want to have a plan, Sara-san! I want to say I know what I’m doing, but I don’t…I don’t! I don’t know where to go from here! I’m hungry! I’m scared! I’m sore all over! I’ve royally pissed off my girlfriend, and I have no idea where to go from here! Sara-san, I am not the ‘plan person’! All of those ‘great plans’ I’ve come up with? Those weren’t plans, those were spur-of-the moment crazy ideas! I’m the ‘improv person’, the ‘wing it person’, the ‘make-it-up-as-I-go-and-hope-to-god-it-works person’! AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT AN ENTIRE ARMY! I’m just now realizing that the idea of fighting the Flock was a lot more cogent in my head![...]Some leader I am...I’m a joke.
"That should bring us to Earth within the hour," I told him, "though the Power alone knows what the Supreme Council wants with a simple patrol-captain."
His laugh rumbled forth. "Why, here's unusual modesty, for you! Many a time I've heard you tell how the Eight Worlds would be run were Jan Tor of the Council, and now you're but 'a simple patrol-captain!' "
— Smashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton
Seras: Master? Everything's falling apart.
Alucard: Shit, you're right! You should really get on that!
Seras: Pip's dead, because of me... Everyone's dead because I wasn't strong enough!
Alucard: Oh, so this is my fault then.
Seras: W-what? N-no!
Alucard: Everything is my fault apparently. Ate the last spotted dick pudding in the fridge? My fault. Crashed a car in the world's first British Dairy Queen? My fault. Unknowingly shot Archduke Ferdinand and blamed it on some other guy? Ohhh, MY fault!
Seras: IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT! Zorin, Pip, the Flying Geese? They were my responsibility!
Alucard: But I chose you. Are you saying I made the wrong choice? Because I don't make wrong choices... I make investments.
Alucard: The only way you fail is by giving up.
Seras: I give up because I'm not strong enough-
Seras: How do you know?!
Alucard: Because behind those eyes, I saw something I lost long ago: the will to live. Now, stop running from who you are. Confront it, embrace it, and go for its fucking throat... like a real fucking vampire!
— Hellsing Ultimate Abridged (Episode 7)
Dean Winchester: And why would an angel rescue me from Hell?
Castiel: Good things do happen, Dean.
Dean: Not in my experience.
Castiel: What's the matter...you don't think you deserve to be saved?
You go. You're the Teen Titan. That's who you are. That's not me. I'm not a hero. I'm not out to save the world. I'm just a girl with a geometry test next period, and I haven't studied.
— Terra, Teen Titans; "Things Change"
Who said that... I won't kill you?
You misunderstand me, Kirisaki. I've said this before - I will never allow Kei and Beatrice to become unhappy. [...] Beatrice is beautiful. Kei is adorable. And to keep the filth away from them... I will shoulder it all. The curse, the corruption, the poison - everything. That's how it is, Kirisaki.
A good guy? Gentle? Stop it. I'm filth. Wretched beyond compare. Sakurai Kai is rotten to the core.
You misunderstand me, Kirisaki. I've said this before - I will never allow Kei and Beatrice to become unhappy. [...] Beatrice is beautiful. Kei is adorable. And to keep the filth away from them... I will shoulder it all. The curse, the corruption, the poison - everything. That's how it is, Kirisaki.
A good guy? Gentle? Stop it. I'm filth. Wretched beyond compare. Sakurai Kai is rotten to the core.
— Kai Sakurai, Dies Irae
The woman moves with a specialized form of self-deprecation. Her face is tight with insecurity despite the way her aura projects nothing but confidence: a frequent mask she wears in the presence of total strangers.
"The point I'm trying to make is that I am the most unpleasant, rude, ignorant, and all-around obnoxious arsehole that anyone could possibly have the misfortune to meet. I am dismissive of the virtuous, unaware of the beautiful, and uncomprehending in the face of the happy. So if I didn’t understand I was being asked to be best man, it is because I never expected to be anybody's best friend. Certainly not the best friend of the bravest, and kindest, and wisest human being I have ever had the good fortune of knowing."
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, "The Sign of Three"
"Well, I know a crazy when I see one. Because I am crazy."
— Bucky Barnes, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, "The Whole World Is Watching"
Try again, I'm wishing you well
But you will never roast me better than I roast myself
But you will never roast me better than I roast myself
—Calliope Mori, "guh"
"If I'm not the fist of Khonshu, whatever I choose to understand that as...Then I'm just Marc Spector. The man who makes the wrong choice, every time. The man who threw away his religion, his heritage. Killed what family he didn't bury. The man who brought trauma and harm to everyone who ever cared about him. The man who can't breathe from the guilt closing over his head, thick as seawater and twice as bitter. No wonder I developed D.I.D. Because I'd rather be anyone else other than that guy."
— Mr. Knight, issue #5
Jean: "You're allowed to get scared! I think you're incredible for..."
Bob: "No! Stop... saying stuff like that!! You an' the Princess, you're always giving me credit for, like team stuff! We all worked to get out of that... cone! An' Molly brought the space cops. Even Golly bringing Gosh... sort of helped! Look, I'm tired of people talking like I'm something really special. It's actually startin' to creep me out! Even the butterfly guy! — Frickin' meaning of life!!...?!! Why does anyone think I know what I'm doing?"
Jean: "Uh... because you're still alive, maybe?"
Bob: "......Heh. Golly and Molly are right. I don't go looking for... stuff to do. I just sorta fumble along when it happens."
Bob: "No! Stop... saying stuff like that!! You an' the Princess, you're always giving me credit for, like team stuff! We all worked to get out of that... cone! An' Molly brought the space cops. Even Golly bringing Gosh... sort of helped! Look, I'm tired of people talking like I'm something really special. It's actually startin' to creep me out! Even the butterfly guy! — Frickin' meaning of life!!...?!! Why does anyone think I know what I'm doing?"
Jean: "Uh... because you're still alive, maybe?"
Bob: "......Heh. Golly and Molly are right. I don't go looking for... stuff to do. I just sorta fumble along when it happens."
Ladybug: This is our fault. If only we could have defeated Hawkmoth in the first place. We should be better than this.
Chat Noir: So many getting hurt. What kind of heroes are we?
Honeybee: Not sure I even count as a hero. Does the people I save make up for those I hurt?
Wolfhound: It's not enough. The people you hurt...that stays with them.
Talon: You can't fix it.
Rena Rouge: Even if you have good intentions. You believe something so much, and you make mistakes to uphold that. You risk people. You ignore the truth, while saying it's the one thing you believe in.
Carapace: I can't even help my friends with their shitty parents. How the hell did anyone think I could save Paris?
Roi Singe: I've probably screwed things up more than I helped.
Pegasus: I'm not much use in a fight at all. I get in the way just as much.
Arashi: I should do more. I am not supposed to hesitate, and yet that seems like all I have been doing.
Viperion: I should be better. Too many Second Chances. One day it won't be enough.
Tigress: We should've got here sooner. Can't even save one person.
Bunnyx: So many timelines. So many times it went wrong! That it wasn't enough!
Chat Noir: So many getting hurt. What kind of heroes are we?
Honeybee: Not sure I even count as a hero. Does the people I save make up for those I hurt?
Wolfhound: It's not enough. The people you hurt...that stays with them.
Talon: You can't fix it.
Rena Rouge: Even if you have good intentions. You believe something so much, and you make mistakes to uphold that. You risk people. You ignore the truth, while saying it's the one thing you believe in.
Carapace: I can't even help my friends with their shitty parents. How the hell did anyone think I could save Paris?
Roi Singe: I've probably screwed things up more than I helped.
Pegasus: I'm not much use in a fight at all. I get in the way just as much.
Arashi: I should do more. I am not supposed to hesitate, and yet that seems like all I have been doing.
Viperion: I should be better. Too many Second Chances. One day it won't be enough.
Tigress: We should've got here sooner. Can't even save one person.
Bunnyx: So many timelines. So many times it went wrong! That it wasn't enough!
"I'm supposed to be the brave one. I'm supposed to be the one who knows what they're doing. I'm not supposed to be such a wimp. I'm so pathetic."
— Cooper, Mirai SMP
Sir August: (sparring with our hero) Not bad for an amateur.
John Steed: I'm not one to boast, Sir August.
Sir August: Oh, modest! And much to be modest about.
