Quotes / Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

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Character Quotes

Naked Snake: But that was some fancy shooting. You're pretty good.

Major Ocelot: ... Pretty... Good... (blacks out)

"Welcome to my country! And to my unit!"

— Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin

Major Zero: In order to avoid a full-scale nuclear conflict we have to prove that America was not involved in that explosion.

Naked Snake: And eliminating the Boss ourselves will prove America's "innocence"?

Zero: You were her last apprentice —

Snake: I'm not a hired killer.

Zero: You've got to do it, Snake, she's your enemy and your objective.

Snake: Enemy? We were together for ten years and now you tell me she's my enemy?

"I've caught you at last! We are the sons of the Boss! I am The Pain! I shall guide you to a world of anguish beyond your imagination! Let's get started."

— The Pain

"I... am The Fear... That bolt is coated in the venom of the Brazilian Wandering Spider... Soon a most exquisite pain will engulf your entire body. Your limbs will be paralyzed, your lungs cease to draw breath! Eventually your heart will stop beating... Ah, but what fun would that be? Not a fitting death at all. The Boss' apprentice... I will give you fear such as you've never experienced before! Come into my web. It is time... For you to feel the fear!"

— The Fear

"... I beg of you, grant me the strength to take this... Final prey... Let me linger in this world just a little longer. I have already slept enough for one lifetime... Enough for an eternity. You have my thanks. I have to thank you, for waking me, if you hadn't shown up, my sleep would have been eternal... Do you hear me, Snake? I am The End. I am here to bring you to your ultimate fate. You will make a fine quarry for my final hunt."

— The End

"I am - The Fury...! The flames of my rage will incinerate you! I came back from space, and as I returned, I had one vision... The world set ablaze! And do you know what I saw there?... Fury! A great and terrible fury at being alive! Now you too will feel the scorching heat of that horrible blackness!"

— The Fury

"Sad... So sad... A host of sorrows... And you are one of them. I am The Sorrow. Like you, I, too, am filled with sadness. This world is one of sadness... Battle brings death. Death brings sorrow. The living... may not hear them. Their voices... may fall upon deaf ears. But make no mistake... the dead... are not silent. Now you will know the sorrow of those whose lives you have ended."

— The Sorrow

"The world was once one. But the conflict between the Philosophers - has torn it in two. We will use the Legacy to heal that rift and make the world whole again. To do this, we need strength. An unstoppable trump card with enough power to bring order to the world!"

— Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin

"I raised you. I loved you. I've given you weapons, taught you techniques, endowed you with knowledge. There is nothing more for me to give you. All that's left for you to take, is my life, by your own hand. One must die, and one must live. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will carry on the fight. It is our destiny... The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of endless battle."

— The Boss

"You're a soldier! Finish your mission! Prove your loyalty! Face me!"

— The Boss

Major Ocelot: What's your name?

Naked Snake: ... Snake.

Ocelot: No. Not that name. You're not a snake, and I'm not an ocelot. We're men, with names. My name is Adamska. What's yours?

Snake: (smirks) John.

Ocelot: Very well, John. Plain name... But I won't forget it.

"I think she wanted you, of all people, to know the truth. She wanted to live on in your memory, not as a soldier, but as a woman. But - she was forbidden to tell you herself. And that's why she told me. Snake, history will never know what she did. No one will ever learn the truth. Her story... her debriefing, will endure only in your heart. (tearing up) Everything she did, she did for her country. She sacrificed her life and her honor for her native land. She was a real hero. She was a true patriot."

— EVA

Song Lyrics

Snake Eater

"What a thrill...
With darkness and silence through the night
What a thrill...
I'm searching and I'll melt into you
What a fear in my heart
But you're so supreme!

I'd give my life!
Not for honour, but for you! (Snake Eater...)
In my time, there'll be no one else...
Crime, it's the way I fly to you! (Snake Eater...)
I'm still in a dream,
Snake Eater!

Someday you go through the rain
And someday, you feed on a tree frog
This ordeal, the trial to survive
For the day we see new light!

I'd give my life!
Not for honour, but for you! (Snake Eater...)
In my time, there'll be no one else...
Crime, it's the way I fly to you! (Snake Eater...)
I'm still in a dream,
Snake Eater!

I'm still in a dream...
Snake Eater!
Snake Eater..."
— Snake Eater - Cynthia Harrell

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