The Revenge Of Seven Quotes
"THE NIGHTMARE IS OVER. WHEN I OPEN MY EYES, there’s nothing but darkness."
"How long have I been asleep, and where the heck am I?"
"Whatever they are, I wish they’d stop happening."
"It doesn’t matter. The simple fact is: I’ve been captured. I know this. Now what am I going to do about it?"
"I need to be a blank slate, like I was when we first fought Setrákus Ra in New Mexico, like I was during my training sessions with the others."
"Earth. Now I understand why the Mogadorians weren’t chasing me. They know there’s nowhere for me to go."
"We slept in this old factory last night, our sleeping bags laid on the sunken floorboards."
"People tend to change when they find out aliens are real."
"It’s okay, John. I want to be with you. I want to see that you’re okay, I want to see you win. But not every soldier can be on the front lines, you know? Some do more good when they’re away from the action."
"I used to think this war wasn’t worth fighting if I couldn’t be by your side. But now, after everything that’s happened, after everything I’ve seen—I realize that I’m fighting for the future. Our future."
"I trust you," I whisper urgently. "I don’t just mean to find Mark. If things get bad, I trust you to stay alive. I trust you to come back to me in one piece."
"We’ll get them," I tell her. "We’ll kill them all. He won’t have died in vain."
"We share the same blood, granddaughter, which is why you will be spared the fate of those Garde who foolishly oppose me. Because, unlike them, you are capable of change."
"If there are Mogadorians out there, we want this fight."
"There is no greater achievement for a species than the shouldering of one’s own genetic destiny. It is for that reason that the Mogadorian race must be considered the most elevated of all life throughout the universe."
"One takes no satisfaction from that which one cannot hold."
"They do not appreciate it, if that’s any consolation."
"The local birds squawk and take flight, darting away from this terrifying giant."
"The silence in that tiny, uncomfortable room is the best I’ve ever experienced."
"The feeling of getting smaller is like letting out a held breath."
"What if I use my Aeternus to return to a younger age? Would the skin on my ankle heal?"
"You won’t feel that way when you’re my age. You will be young and beautiful forever, if you wish."
"My thoughts sound louder in my head than they should."
"It was heroic, I guess. I kinda admire you for it. But it wasn’t worth it."
"I wish things could’ve turned out differently."
"Happened on your watch, too. You let them steal a war asset from right under your nose."
"We’re a strong people. We can get through anything."
"The archives are up here. The Mogs recorded everything."
"Even the smallest bit of information might help."
"Information from all the other bases feeds to here. It is just a matter of accessing it."
"The Mogs have them. Adam, is that a base of some kind?"
"The others are up to something. They’re on the attack."
"Every operation is recorded. There’s surveillance everywhere."
"So they have a secret weakness, right? Like how you can shoot that one spot on the Death Star and the whole thing blows up?"
"It's like a video game. Any idiot could work this thing. No offense, Mog guy."
"Don't listen to him. Drive it like we stole it."
"How are we going to get up there? The fleet will come to us."
"I don’t want to hurt them if we don’t have to. But we don’t have time for any bullshit. I’m damn sure not being taken in for questioning."
"If you haven’t figured that out yet, then I’ve definitely picked the wrong side and we are well and truly screwed."
"It’s okay, Six. I’ll feel better knowing he’s with you, headed to the Sanctuary."
"I don’t want the distraction, Sam. All right?"
"Maybe he gives a different speech. Maybe he delivers a warning."
"We’re depending on a bunch of horny teenagers to save the world."
"Don’t worry, we’re all fine. Bernie Kosar handled them."
"That’s heartening. Just in case, I’m going to text you the location of somewhere safe."
"On your way to do something stupid but possibly world saving?"
"Mark says to go kick some ass. And I love you."
"Or maybe they’re just for keeping your hands warm."
"I won’t," he says. "For real. You can trust me out there."
"You know how many little islands there are in the oceans? I’m going to pick one out and stay there until this is over."
"Except it doesn’t work on me. I can still feel my Dreynen lurking within me, and I know that I could use my Aeturnus if I wanted."
"I should have known that no member of the Garde could truly be salvaged."
"You won’t disobey Beloved Leader again, will you?"
"The last trip Six and I made south was less than a week ago."
"Yesterday, for the first time I picked up a sword that’s been in my family for generations."
"You are addressing Adamus Sutekh, trueborn son of General Andrakkus Sutekh."
"Immersion protocol dictates we speak English while on Earth, you vatborn cretin."
"My point is, you don’t need to doubt my loyalty."
"We have to trust that whatever’s down there, whatever the Elders left for us, that it’ll show us a way out."
"Even with the added sirens and flashers of the NYPD, it’s hard cutting through the city."
"I’m looking at it now," Sarah says, and her breath catches. "John, it’s—you’re amazing."
"We’re going to try to end this war before it gets started."
"I’ve seen the future under Mogadorian rule," I tell Sanderson. "Believe me. It’s a bigger price than you’re willing to pay."
"My name is Setrákus Ra and this is my granddaughter, Ella. We have traveled a great distance to come humbly before you with wishes of peace!"
"EIGHT’S EYES, BRIGHTLY GLOWING EMBERS OF pure Loralite, assess each one of us in turn."
"I was called that once, yes," the entity says. "In other places, I was called other things. And now, on this planet, I will be called something new."
"So many of my children gone forever," the entity muses.
"It does not have to be that way here. It does not have to be any way."
"I do not condone the senseless destruction of life," the entity explains. "But I do not choose fates. I do not judge. If it is the will of the universe that I cease to be, then I will cease. I exist merely to bestow my gifts upon those who are open to them."
"You’re warm," she says in wonder. "You’re so warm."
"Run until you can’t see their ships! Survive, regroup and we will fight them!"
"I’m just repping our school. Trying to bring a little bit of Paradise to hell. That way we all feel like we’re at home."
"Death is the least of your worries for now," he says, pointing at my ankle.
"The beginning of every great empire is stained with a little blood," he says. "Wouldn’t you say it was worth it?"