What is the hardest line in fiction, according to Manifold?
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"Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof." - V for Vendetta
9%
"World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimization." - Yudkowsky, HPMOR
6%
"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!" - Rorschach
5%
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” ― Paradise Lost
4%
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” - The Princess Bride
4%
“I did it thirty-five minutes ago.” - Watchmen
4%
"There is light in the world, and it is us!" -- HPMOR
3%
"We burnt the forest down." - Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
3%
"For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison
2%
Inigo: "I want my father back, you son of a bitch."
2%
"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women."
1.5%
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.
1.5%
"It's all part of the plan." - Joker
1.2%
"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
1.2%
"Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?" - Steve Buscemi, Spy Kids 2
1.1%
"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
1%
"No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?" - 1984
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"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women."
This is the only choice I can sign off on for this list, I think.
Edit: of course given that "hardest" has been adopted as neo-internet slang, maybe I have a different definition of what it means than that subculture
Locked in here with me scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_3Yp2Izhks&t=38s&ab_channel=Recall
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@singer I think it's hardest as in, this line "goes hard" and is badass