What is the hardest line in fiction, according to Manifold?
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“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” ― Paradise Lost
1.1%
"It's all part of the plan." - Joker
4%
“I did it thirty-five minutes ago.” - Watchmen
0.2%
"It was a dark and stormy night"
0.6%
"You know, we’re living in a society!" -George Costanza, Seinfeld
0.3%
"Well that just happened." -Arrival
0.2%
"He's right behind me isn't he?" -Thor, Love and Thunder (and various others)
0.4%
"Aaah!" -Wilhelm, various
15%
"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!" - Rorschach
4%
"World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimization." - Yudkowsky, HPMOR
4%
"For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison
0.1%
Westley: "You're that smart?" Vizzini: "Let me put it this way, have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?" Westley: "Yes." Vizzini: "Morons." - The princess bride
3%
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” - The Princess Bride
1.2%
"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women."
0.2%
"DON'T PANIC" - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
0.1%
"For Frodo." - Aragorn, Lord of the Rings
0.2%
"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many." - The 11th Doctor
0.1%
"If somehow the Lord gave me a second chance at that moment. I would do it all over again" - Joel, The Last of Us
1.8%
"I'm your huckleberry." - Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer)
0.1%
" The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd." - Jules, Pulp Fiction

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@traders below is the poll. thumbs up to an option if you like it. thumb down does nothing. the poll ends in a week on jan 8 at midnight.

I dislike the polling process here -- instead of polling within the comments of this same question (largely only seen by the existing traders), the poll should have been created separately as a Poll, shared with all of manifold. (the website doesn't support approval voting on polls yet, so maybe it should've been a placeholder poll guiding users to a thumbs-up-based comment chain as was done here.

If you allow everyone to vote for as many options as they like, the one with the most 'yes' holders is going to win.

Conan the Barbarian lost?! But he's a big strong guy with a sword!

@noaht2's option wins, with 8 likes vs the second option which had 7! it does go very hard

Where's "Other"? The line I'd have picked isn't here

@Marnix The idea was to add it before the close date so that it could be selected

@Bayesian tragically only just stumbled on this market, so "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee!" will only win in my heart

that one goes hard

need a longer term version of this

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@traders below is the poll. thumbs up to an option if you like it. thumb down does nothing. the poll ends in a week on jan 8 at midnight.

I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!

- Rorschach

There is light in the world, and it is us!

- HPMOR

Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?

- Steve Buscemi, Spy Kids 2

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.

- V for Vendetta

War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.

- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy'

For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

- M. Bison

World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimization.

- Yudkowsky, HPMOR

I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

- Watchmen

I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds

- Oppenheimer's interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita

We burnt the forest down.

- Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

- The Princess Bride

I'm your huckleberry.

- Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer)

Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven

- Paradise Lost

Conan! What is best in life?

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.

- Conan the Barbarian

I want my father back, you son of a bitch.

- The Princess Bride

It's all part of the plan.

- Joker

I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it. It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection.

- Dorian Nakamoto

I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us fuck this asshole, we are going to have our dicks and our pussies all covered in shit.

- TAWP

But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

- ROTK

No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?

- 1984

You always were an asshole, Gorman.

- Vasquez, Aliens

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?

- Gladiator

You know, we’re living in a society!

- George Costanza, Seinfeld

Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, the HELL with you!

- Conan, Conan the Barbarian

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

- Animal Farm

Everything burns.

- The Joker

Aaah!

- Wilhelm, various

Well that just happened.

- Arrival

He's right behind me isn't he?

- Thor, Love and Thunder (and various others)

Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.

- The 11th Doctor

It was a dark and stormy night

I was a God, Valeria. I found it... beneath me.

- Dr. Doom

DON'T PANIC

- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Westley: "You're that smart?" Vizzini: "Let me put it this way, have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?" Westley: "Yes." Vizzini: "Morons."

- The princess bride

For Frodo.

- Aragorn, Lord of the Rings

If somehow the Lord gave me a second chance at that moment. I would do it all over again

- Joel, The Last of Us

The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.

- Jules, Pulp Fiction

You come at the king, you best not miss.

- Omar, The Wire

DONE. you are all welcome to discuss these quotes below.

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