Top 50 (+30) 2025 (Half Way Through)

1

Shion SonozakiWhen They Cry

'When I open my eyes, I see a hospital ceiling, and Satoshi looks at me from the bedside... [...] That's a bit too perfect'

2

Shinji IkariNeon Genesis Evangelion

'I still don't know where my happiness lies. I'll still think about why I'm here and whether or not it was good to come back... but that's just stating the obvious, over and over. I am myself'

3

Cersei LannisterA Song of Ice and Fire

'I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back'

4

Anna Arkadyevna KareninaAnna Karenina

'She felt that at that moment she could not put into words the sense of shame, of rapture, and of horror at this stepping into a new life, and she did not want to speak of it, to vulgarize this feeling by inappropriate words'

5

Daniil DankovskyPathologic

'Truth does not do as much good in the world as the appearance of truth does evil'

6

Andrei Nikolayevich BolkonskyWar and Peace

'How quiet, peaceful. How majestic. How different from all the running, shouting, and fighting. How is it I never noticed that glorious sky before? How happy I am that I have seen it at last. Yes, all is vanity. All is false'

7

Oswald CobblepotGotham

'I was away from the city, you see. It’s part of me. [...] I could escape, then what? Watch tasteless industrialists and vapid politicians rebuild it? No. My life is etched on the walls of every alley and warehouse here. [...] I’m staying to fight'

8

Jude Adams FosterThe Fosters

''Hi. I'm Jude... and I'm gay' 'I don't think I can keep doing this...' 'You won't have to. Promise. Because I'm super gay for you''

9

Satoru YukidohInfinity

'“Red accepts blue entirely” is what it means. Maybe I've been trapped by that phenomenon myself. Of course, it's because you're here that this phenomenon came into existence in the first place, though...'

10

Jon ConningtonA Song of Ice and Fire

'I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell'

11

Jeremiah ValeskaGotham

'Don't compare me to that short-sighted psychopath. He just wanted to destroy things. Me... I'm a builder. I'm gonna create a new Gotham in my image, but every artist needs a blank canvas... so all of this has to go'

12

Kiyoaki MatsugaeThe Sea of Fertility

'I understand it, I cannot be like you and stop being a man of determination. I suppose it’s probably a compulsion in my character. No one can say for certain, but [...] any will has as its essence the desire to influence history'

13

Jaime LannisterA Song of Ice and Fire

'And me, that boy I was ... when did he die, I wonder? When I donned the white cloak? When I opened Aerys’s throat? That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Knight instead'

14

Ivan Fyodorovich KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov

'I love the blue sky, I love some people, whom one loves you know sometimes without knowing why. I love some great deeds done by men, though I’ve long ceased perhaps to have faith in them, yet from old habit one’s heart prizes them'

15

Victor KainPathologic

'We resist our passions not because we are strong, but because they are weak'

16

Miyo TakanoWhen They Cry

‘My certain conviction will forge a certain future. Nobody can interfere. Nobody can stop me. I won’t allow the die to roll a one’

17

Renly BaratheonA Song of Ice and Fire

'Why the oldest son, and not the best-fitted? The crown will suit me, as it never suited Robert and would not suit Stannis'

18

Rhaenyra TargaryenA Song of Ice and Fire

'If I had been a son, a sword thrust into my hand the moment I could walk... instead, I was given my father's cup, taught the name of every lord and castle between Storm's End and the Twins [...] And they know it. And Daemon as well'

19

David RoseSchitt's Creek

'I thought I was being mature, but in actuality, it was just a classic case of self-sabotage'

20

Eva UshiromiyaWhen They Cry

'I, Eva Ushiromiya, will definitely become Head of the Ushiromiya family. And I'll triumph over that irritating, arrogant Krauss. ...On that day, we promised to do our best together to achieve that'

21

Antoine RoquentinNausea

'I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar'

22

Artemy BurakhPathologic

'The Town can be cleansed. I know how to make enough panacea now! Their Tower will have to be destroyed. That is how we procure ichor'

23

StickyPathologic

'I know the Lines, too. How else could I find my way around all the attics, and the cellars, and those twisty yards?'

24

Nikolai Ilyich RostovWar and Peace

'The Tsar addressed the officers also: ‘I thank you all, gentlemen, I thank you with my whole heart.’ To Rostov every word sounded like a voice from heaven. How gladly would he have died at once for his Tsar!'

25

Pierre Kirillovich BezukhovWar and Peace

'In captivity, in the shed, Pierre had learned, not with his mind, but with his whole being, his life, that man is created for happiness, that happiness is within him, in the satisfying of natural human needs'

26

Damian WayneDetective Comics Universe

'After hearing your little story, I'd say we're more alike than I want to think about. You're a born killer used by the Court of Owls to do their bidding just like my mother once used me to do hers'

27

Rena RyuguWhen They Cry

'Don't do it Rena. Don't think those thoughts anymore... You are happy now... You are definitely happy'

28

Natsuhi UshiromiyaWhen They Cry

'However, that's only how it was when we were newlyweds. Right now, I cannot even leave Rokkenjima. I'm a bird in a cage'

29

Ange UshiromiyaWhen They Cry

'If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?'

30

Lion UshiromiyaWhen They Cry

'......Be.........a miracle.........'

31

Barbara KeanGotham

'Everything that is wrong with Gotham... all the greed, the pain, the corruption, the destruction... it can all be traced back to one problem... men! Well, I think it is time that we had a men-free zone, starting here'

32

LittlefingerA Song of Ice and Fire

'Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you'

33

Alexei Fyodorovich KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov

'He was simply an early lover of humanity, and that he adopted the monastic life was simply because at that time it struck him, so to say, as the ideal escape for his soul struggling from the darkness of worldly wickedness to the light of love'

34

Yuuki MishimaPersona

'I may not be able to change the world, but I can change myself. Whether I sulk about my inability to do anything, or hang my head high and look to the future... My perception shapes the boundaries of my world'

35

Jonathan KentDetective Comics Universe

'I can't hide. I can't pretend to be normal when people need me. I guess I just have to be happy being Jon Kent, the son of Superman. A life spent in the public eye... living in the biggest shadow in the universe'

36

Edward NygmaGotham

'I've shown this city who I truly am once before, and I will do it again. They will bow to the Riddler, and they won't get up until I permit them to!'

37

Lucifer MorningstarDetective Comics Universe

'That's what desire is. The need for what we can't have. The need for what's readily available is called greed. And futile or not, my struggle against you has shaped me into what I am'

38

Jun KurosuPersona

'People often compare their goals to the stars. They shine brightly even after the sun goes down... fixed stars in a dark expanse'

39

AigisPersona

'You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life... Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of. I'll keep on living no matter what , so that I can protect you...'

40

Ryoji MochizukiPersona

'I think that looking to the future is a great way to live. But, that doesn't mean that other ways of living are wrong. No one knows which road leads to happiness'

41

Alexei Kirillovich VronskyAnna Karenina

'After joining his life to hers and putting on civilian clothes, he experienced the full delights of freedom in general, which he had not known before [...] but not for long. He soon felt desire for desires, and tedium arising in his soul'

42

NotkinPathologic

'Put my trust in paw, claw, and whisker… not you, drifter'

43

Tyrion LannisterA Song of Ice and Fire

'I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge'

44

Sean DiazLife is Strange

'We stick to the plan: we go to Puerto Lobos. That's where we belong. No one will tell us what to do. We can be whoever we want!'

45

KidBlood Meridian

'What's wrong with you is wrong all the way through you'

46

Timothy DrakeDetective Comics Universe

‘Batman knows this city. For him, it’s alive. He knows its rhythms. It’s like he can take its pulse. I’m still learning about what Gotham has to offer’

47

Ryunosuke NaruhodoAce Attorney

'...We're all human beings. We're not so very different on the inside'

48

Brandon FosterThe Fosters

'If you're patient, you can come back from this. Just because things won't be the same, doesn't mean they won't be okay'

49

Bad GriefPathologic

'A dreamless man is a soulless man. We are a humble lot, we stick to no paths. Do as you will'

50

Barok van ZieksAce Attorney

'Inspector, I thought you would understand my way of doing things by now. I am a prosecutor, I am no mere pawn of the police force. So long as I stand here, I will stop at nothing in order to find the truth'

51

Alexis RoseSchitt's Creek

'I miss being surrounded by loose acquaintances who think that I’m funny, and smart, and charming'

52

James GordonGotham

'I know you all want justice. So do I. You're angry. You're scared. For months now you've been hearing me say help is coming. Truth is we may be on our own. If that's true, what we do now is more important than ever. This. This is not justice'

53

Philippe, Chevalier de LorraineVersailles

'One man cannot rule the land'

54

Natalya Ilyinichna RostovaWar and Peace

'Do you ever feel as if there were nothing more to come? Nothing. Everything good has already happened. Doesn't it make you sad?'

55

Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray

'I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them'

56

Daemon TargaryenA Song of Ice and Fire

'He was the grandson of a king, the brother of a king, husband to a queen. Two of his sons and three of his grandsons would sit the Iron Throne, but the only crown that Daemon Targaryen ever wore was the crown of the Stepstones'

57

ClaraPathologic

'The left hand doesn't know what the right's up to. And the right doesn't know the left's secrets'

58

Moira RoseSchitt's Creek

'Be careful, John, lest you suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of the moral ground'

59

Euron GreyjoyA Song of Ice and Fire

'Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray'

60

Alexander SaburovPathologic

'My path was called "The Restoration of Power." I wanted to return strength and dignity to our country. I could have become the Ruler were it not for the plague'

61

Victor FrankensteinFrankenstein

'I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows'

62

Sanshiro OgawaSanshiro

'Then I said to her, ‘You are a painting,’ and she said, ‘You are a poem.’'

63

Mariana Adams FosterThe Fosters

'It's not because I don't love you... but I want to look forward, and I feel like you're looking back, holding on to what's familiar like high school. And me. And I'm excited to see what's next'

64

Daenerys TargaryenA Song of Ice and Fire

'A queen must listen to all. The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and the venal. One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found'

65

Padmé AmidalaStar Wars

'What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists?'

66

Lois LaneDetective Comics Universe

'No. I don't expect you to stand there and let people die. Not even for me...'

67

Davos SeaworthA Song of Ice and Fire

'I am a man. I am kind to my wife, but I have known other women. I have tried to be a father to my sons, to help make them a place in this world. Aye, I've broken laws, but I never felt evil until tonight. I would say my parts are mixed, m'lady'

68

Eva YanPathologic

'My path used to be called Goldilocks, but then I truly wanted to give my soul to the Cathedral, so that it'd have at least something immortal in it'

69

Gilda DentDetective Comics Universe

‘All I see is my Apollo…’

70

Alexander BlockPathologic

'For each traitor in the senior army staff, there's a coward, two drunkards, and three idiots. And I'm not sure who's worse'

71

Arianne MartellA Song of Ice and Fire

'She [...] wondered if her brother was looking at the same stars tonight, wherever he might be. Do you see the white one, Quentyn? That is Nymeria's star, burning bright [...] She burned as bright as any man, and so shall I'

72

Leslie ThompkinsGotham

'We don't all make decisions based on where it can get us. There are other people in the world'

73

Sansa StarkA Song of Ice and Fire

'They are children, Sansa thought. They are silly little girls, even Elinor. They’ve never seen a battle, they’ve never seen a man die, they know nothing. Their dreams were full of songs and stories, the way hers had been before'

74

Selina KyleGotham

'You're there, aren't you? Do you have any idea what you did... just leaving? You were all I had. And I know you wanted to protect me. But I didn't want to be protected. I wanted you'

75

Jing-Mei WooThe Joy Luck Club

'I think about this. My mother’s long-cherished wish. Me, the younger sister who was supposed to be the essence of the others. I feed myself with the old grief, wondering how disappointed my mother must have been'

76

Ekaterina Alexandrovna ShcherbatskayaAnna Karenina

'It was characteristic of Kitty that she always imagined everything in people in the most favorable light possible, especially so in those she did not know. [...] Kitty endowed them with the most marvelous and noble characters'

77

Konstantin Dmitrievich LevinAnna Karenina

'He could not be mistaken. There were no other eyes like those in the world. There was only one creature in the world that could concentrate for him all the brightness and meaning of life. It was she. It was Kitty'

78

Kotone ShiomiPersona

'Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. You, who wish to safeguard the future, however limited it may be...'

79

Jonathan StormMarvel Comics Universe

'Come on, people seconds count here! I got four words for you: flame on and blast off!'

80

Susan Storm-RichardsMarvel Comics Universe

'We of the Fantastic Four did not choose to be 'super-heroes.' We are just ordinary people who fate selected to be more than human. Unfortunately, or fortunately, we did not lose our human foibles when we gained our powers'