"Hear me, and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No: it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile, for even in death, you have become children of Thanos."
— Ebony Maw, Avengers: Infinity War
Kobayashi: Mr. Hockney, do stay. Mr. Keaton. Mr. Fenster I recognize from his mug shots, as well as Mr. McManus. I can only assume that you are Mr. Kint, the gentleman who disposed of Saul Berg. My employer sends his gratitude — a most unexpected benefit. I am Mr. Kobayashi. I have been asked by my employer to bring a proposal to you gentlemen.
Keaton: What do you want?
Kobayashi: My employer requires your services. One job, one day's work. Very dangerous. He does not expect all of you to live, but those of you who do will have $91,000,000 to divide between you in any way you see fit.
Keaton: Who's your boss?
Kobayashi: ...I work for Keyser Soze.
Keaton: What do you want?
Kobayashi: My employer requires your services. One job, one day's work. Very dangerous. He does not expect all of you to live, but those of you who do will have $91,000,000 to divide between you in any way you see fit.
Keaton: Who's your boss?
Kobayashi: ...I work for Keyser Soze.
"Hearken! Hearken! Listen to the Boiling Meme, for he, he is the messenger of the Lucid Dreamers! The Boiling Meme beams of the stars that scream!"
— The Priest of the Blinding Light, The Secret World
Lewis Prothero: Good morning, London. This is the Voice of Fate broadcasting on 275 and 285 metres in the medium wave...
Derek Almond: [in the control room] Hmmm. What are you saying about the fireworks?
Roger Dascombe: Fate doesn't think we should mention the fireworks. If anyone asks later, we'll say it was a freak effect of the blast. Listen to Lewis... isn't he marvelous? If Fate really had a voice it would sound just like that. If only people knew what a good job he's doing...
Derek Almond: [in the control room] Hmmm. What are you saying about the fireworks?
Roger Dascombe: Fate doesn't think we should mention the fireworks. If anyone asks later, we'll say it was a freak effect of the blast. Listen to Lewis... isn't he marvelous? If Fate really had a voice it would sound just like that. If only people knew what a good job he's doing...
"There's always a way out, Jake the Mighty. My lord Crayak holds out his omnipotent hand to you, Jake the Yeerk Killer. Jake the ElIimist's tool."
— The Drode, Animorphs — Megamorphs #4
The voice said "We are the Metatron."*
* The Voice of God. But not the voice of God. An entity in its own right. Rather like a Presidential spokesman.
* The Voice of God. But not the voice of God. An entity in its own right. Rather like a Presidential spokesman.
"I am Mouthpiece of Cyborg," he said in a dull monotone. "I have been freed from my irrelevant emotions. I must now bullshit you into surrendering to this horrible fate without taking any pleasure from it whatsoever."
Most of the time Quittner didn't even seem to exist; just every once in a while Frank Schroder wanted a representative somewhere, on something he considered very important, and here came Quittner, empowered to act on his own, to make Shroder's decisions for him, and then to fade out of the picture again.
— Butcher's Moon, Parker book 16
