"Go ahead. Run on home to mama. Me? I'm through runnin'."
— Ash Williams, Army of Darkness
"No, I'm tired of running! Did Braveheart run away? Did Payback run away?"
— Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"I detest fleeing...I would rather die fighting!!"
— Headstrong, The Transformers
Mages are angry.
The Technocracy murdered their friends, families and lovers in the Pogrom, and they endured it because the Union's front-line operatives were good people duped by a corrupt body. They lost their leaders and their most sacred places, and they endured it because it was more important to keep the spark of Awakening alive. They fell from being the priests and kings to scrabbling for the last, waning sparks of wonder, and they endured that descent out of respect for the Sleepers who truly ruled the world.
They are done with mere survival. If justice can't be done, let it be vengeance. If Armageddon is nigh, let it be the purifying flame of a battle, and not the slow rot of a world choked by hopelessness.
—"Judgement," Mage: The Ascension - Ascension
"I couldn't stay away. If they're gonna punish me like a Crystal Gem, I might as well be one. Right?"
— Lapis Lazuli, Steven Universe
"We are done running."
—Toa Tahu, BIONICLE: Mask of Light
Makuta Teridax: Run along, or accept your doom.
Toa Takanuva: I am done running! Mata Nui will be awakened this day!
Toa Takanuva: I am done running! Mata Nui will be awakened this day!
—BIONICLE: Mask of Light
"My running days are over. This is where it ends for me."
— Solomon Lane, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
"No more running. I aim to misbehave."
— Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity (2005)
SpongeBob: Patrick, run!
Patrick: No, I'm tired of running. If we run now, we'll never stop... (gets smacked by Dennis the Hitman) RUN, SPONGEBOB!
Patrick: No, I'm tired of running. If we run now, we'll never stop... (gets smacked by Dennis the Hitman) RUN, SPONGEBOB!
"Nothing starts until you take action. If you have time to worry, then run!"
— Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
"This is my power, and I'm not using it to run away anymore. I'm using it to protect. My. FRIENDS!"
— Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
"I didn’t run away this time. Right?"
— Eddie Munson, Stranger Things
"I'm either going to live or die. I don't care which way the coin flips. I will never go back to hiding in the shadows!"
— Lola, One Piece
"Pete...I'm done running.
— Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
"Must seem odd that I've looked you up after all these years. But you see, I've grown very tired of waiting for you to step up behind me...and relieve me of existing."
— Miles Mellough, The Eiger Sanction
The Wolf/Death: "What’s the matter? Lives flashing before your eyes?"
Puss: "No… Just one. I’m done running."
Archer: Gorgonites, we must fight.
Slamfist: But if we fight, we will lose.
Freakenstein: Last time we fought, I woke up with AM/FM.
Insaniac: I'm tellin' ya, war is nuts, and I know what I'm talkin' about.
Punch-It: We shouldn't fight. We should hide.
Archer: If we hide, we will still lose. No more hiding.
Slamfist: But if we fight, we will lose.
Freakenstein: Last time we fought, I woke up with AM/FM.
Insaniac: I'm tellin' ya, war is nuts, and I know what I'm talkin' about.
Punch-It: We shouldn't fight. We should hide.
Archer: If we hide, we will still lose. No more hiding.
