Magic: The Gathering/Quotes

""Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.""

- Last Word

"Life is eternal. A lifetime is ephemeral."

- Fecundity

"Life is ephemeral. Phyrexia is eternal."

- Spread the Sickness

"The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that delivers death."

- Hand of Cruelty

"The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition."

- Wicked Reward

"Every tear shed is a drop of immortality."

- Angel of Mercy

""Have you ever killed insects nibbling at your crops? I think that's what the Eldrazi believe they're doing to us.""

- Shrivel

"Only the Eldrazi mind thinks in the warped paths required to open the hedrons and tap the power within."

- Dreamstone Hedron

"Falling from heaven is not as painful as surviving the impact."

- Tormented Angel

"Some do. Some teach. The rest look it up."

- Archivist

""Ach, Hans, run! It's the Lhurgoyf!""

- Saffi Eriksdotter, last words (Lhurgoyf)

""Not again.""

- Hans (Revenant)

"In the blink of an eye, she strode from deep snow to dusty waste. From the crease of light behind her, a voice rang hollow: "Saffi, wait for me. . . .""

- Saffi Eriksdotter

""I have a bad feeling about this.""

- Norin the Wary

""What am I looking at? Ashes, dead man.""

- Prodigal Pyromancer

""Try to pretend you understand what's important.""

- Jace Beleren (Fact or Fiction)

""If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was.""

- Pemmin (Stifle)

""Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Sizzle)

""All my spells smell like burnt hair lately.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Simian Spirit Guide)

""Anybody want some. . . toast?""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Pyrokinesis)

""Yes, I think ‘toast' is an appropriate description.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Incinerate)

""And I say north is where I want it to be!""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Mystic Compass)

""Eenie, meenie, minie, moe. . . oh, why not all of them?""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Meteor Shower)

""Overkill? This isn't a game of Kick-the-Ouphe!""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Lava Burst)

""Some have said there is no subtlety to destruction. You know what? They're dead.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Inferno)

""That's a lotta nuggets.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Chicken Egg)

""Once great literature—now great litter.""

- Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (Browse)

""Who'd want to ignite things one at a time?""

- Chandra Nalaar, thoroughly taking after her mentor (Pyroclasm)

""After the fourth time Chandra left a place engulfed in flames, she decided to just go ahead and make it her thing.""

- (Seal of Fire)

""Walls collapse and kill people all the time. Some are just more aggressive about it.""

- Rolling Stones (Stronghold version)

""Don't mourn for me. This is my destiny.""

- Gerrard Capashen (Vindicate)

""That was fun! Now me.""

- Gwendlyn Di Corci (Handcuffs)

""No matter how many I kill, there are always more to hunt. It makes me smile just to think about it.""

- Elite Inquisitor

""There are two ways for me to pass this gate. One involves you remaining conscious.""

- Gerrard of the Weatherlight (Abyssal Gatekeeper)