Follows is my current collection of quotes from Final Fantasy and other Square games. (update: now that this list includes Suikoden and Xenosaga, I suppose it's not even limited to Square games. Ah well.) This file is updated automatically. Please feel free to suggest new quotes for me to add; my e-mail address is at the bottom of this page. The engine that generates this output is also responsible for my e-mail signatures and the signatures at the bottom of most pages on this site :)
Hmph. His only constant is his unpredictability...
Amarant (regarding Zidane), Final Fantasy IX
Baku: So this Dr. Tootsie is gonna give us the supersoft?
Marcus: It's Tot.
Baku: Looks like we're stuck babysittin' the princess again!
Marcus: Why?
Baku: Cause this Toot won't give you the supersoft if the princess
isn't with you!!
Marcus: It's Tot....
Baku: Might as well rest and give Ted time to prepare.
Marcus: It's Tot...
Final Fantasy IX
There's no difference between them and me. We're all just blindly
following orders. My heart and my will mean nothing...
Beatrix, Final Fantasy IX
The bell in your hand and the door bell are ringing!
The bell in your hand shattered...
Final Fantasy IX
I think the language of music is universal. Don't you agree?
Black Mage No. 123, Final Fantasy IX
I never knew weapons were used to hurt people. But we have magic. Why would
we need weapons? Do you think weapons will disappear when everyone is happy?
Does that mean we wouldn't need magic, either?
Black Mage No. 78, Final Fantasy IX
No cloud, no squall shall hinder us...
Marcus, Final Fantasy IX
I don't wanna be alone anymore ...
Eiko, Final Fantasy IX
To be forgotten is worse than death.
Freija, Final Fantasy IX
Someday I will be queen, but I will always be myself.
Garnet, Final Fantasy IX
I do what I want! You have problem?!
Quina, Final Fantasy IX
The only dependable thing about the future is uncertainty.
Salamander, Final Fantasy IX
Having sworn fealty, must I spend my life in servitude?
Steiner, Final Fantasy IX
How do you prove that you exist ... ? Maybe we don't exist ...
Vivi, Final Fantasy IX
You don't need a reason to help people.
Zidane, Final Fantasy IX
People follow a person who keeps on track. That's why I think a hero who
acts in a straightforward manner is remembered for generations.
Dagger (to Ramuh, ``Hero'' story), Final Fantasy IX
People pass down stories of other people to whom they feel an affinity. The
people in the story had flaws, as we all do. That is why they became heroes
in the people's mind.
Dagger (to Ramuh, ``Human'' Story), Final Fantasy IX
Quina: Ah, Zidane. You want go with me!
Zidane: Well... I sort of got stuck with the leftovers...
Quina: You no have to explain! I so happy.
Zidane: Huh?
Quina: There old saying in my tribe... Leftovers good!
Earth Shrine, Final Fantasy IX
The spell is actually much longer, but the eidolon asked me to hurry it up.
Eiko, Final Fantasy IX
Why defy your fate? Is the will to live that powerful...?
Necron (Endgame), Final Fantasy IX
This is not the end. I am eternal...
...as long as there is life and death...
Necron (Endgame), Final Fantasy IX
The answer you seek may forever change your life for the worse.
Freija (to Vivi), Final Fantasy IX
We live not to forget our past, but to learn from it!
Freija, Final Fantasy IX
Frog that goes squish, you'll make a fine dish!
Zorn & Thorn, Final Fantasy IX
Boy, you have been bewitched by the light of the blue moon.
Garland, Final Fantasy IX
Even if I were created to serve one purpose alone,
I do not regret being born to this world.
Garland, Final Fantasy IX
Your power is... meaningless...
Garland (to Kuja), Final Fantasy IX
I hope you get kicked by a horse.
Gatz (to Zidane), Final Fantasy IX
Zidane: Gee, all s/he ever thinks about is food.
Dagger: Well, all you ever think about is girls.
Zidane: Uh, that's right! My mind is filled with thoughts of... you!
(Maybe I'm trying too hard...)
In Conde Petie, Final Fantasy IX
Wh-What!? You've defeated Ozma!? ...
I've come too far to retreat. Onward!
Hades (in battle), Final Fantasy IX
Gatz: Sometimes we meet here secretly.
Lisa: Hi. Did you come to see the Shimmering Island, too?
Gatz: What do you want with Lisa?
Zidane: Uh, I came here to see you!
Lisa: Oh, you're just saying that. My name's Lisa, and I come here to
see Gatz sometimes.
Gatz: Hey, beat it.
Zidane: Hey, Lisa. How about you and me go see the Shimmering Island?
Lisa: Umm...okay.
Gatz: I hope you get kicked by a horse.
Lisa: Don't let him get to you. I'll see you around.
Gatz: Will you just get the heck away from us!?
Zidane (talking to couple at Esto Gaza), Final Fantasy IX
Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a miracle-worker! Ask somebody else.
(When you ask the supervisor about potions) Final Fantasy IX
Do not be restricted by your knowledge and experience. This place turns
logic upside-down. What's big is small, what's strong is weak, and heaven
is earth.
Ipsen Engraving, Final Fantasy IX
Peace is but a shadow of death,
Desperate to forget its painful past...
Though we hope for promising years
After shedding a thousand tears,
Yesterday's sorrow constantly nears.
And while the moon still shines blue,
By dawn, it will turn to scarlet hue.
Kuja, Final Fantasy IX
The canary I'm after... she flew into her cage of her own free will.
Kuja, Final Fantasy IX
...Farewell, Zidane...
Kuja, Final Fantasy IX
The room was terrible. Also, that thing crying ``Kupo-Kupo'' kept me
up all night. Throw him out ASAP, or I'm never coming back. -Lani
Comment form for Lindblum Inn, Final Fantasy IX
I'm kupo for Kupo Nuts!
Moguta, Final Fantasy IX
It feels... otherwordly, kupo.
Mene, Final Fantasy IX
The only thing I can't get used to is the
``Rally-Ho!''. I keep saying ``Rally-Kupo''!
Mogmatt, Final Fantasy IX
A kid named Vivi came to the Black Mage Village. His eyes were so sad...
Like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders, kupo.
Mogryo (to Mocchi in a letter), Final Fantasy IX
You're starting to tick me off, Kupo!
I'm sharpening my knife, Kupo...
STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT! KU-PHEH!
Moguo, Final Fantasy IX
You stand before the final dimension,
and I am the darkness of eternity...
Necron, Final Fantasy IX
Life fears death,
but lives only to die.
It starts with anxiety.
Anxiety becomes fear.
Fear leads to anger...
anger leads to hate...
hate leads to suffering...
The only cure for this fear
is total destruction.
Necron, Final Fantasy IX
Their minds are not hollow. I think that their minds
are just out to lunch for a little awhile...
Vivi (re Bran-Bal residents), Final Fantasy IX
<- Where there are owls
Where there are no owls ->
Final Fantasy IX
So this must be Garland's haunted mansion.
Talk about bad taste in interior decorating.
Zidane (in Pandemonium), Final Fantasy IX
I'm telling you, people who eat pickles are nice people!
Guard, Final Fantasy IX
World only have two things: Things you can eat and things you no can eat.
Quina, Final Fantasy IX
F..Frog... Is talking.. Maybe I eat it?
Quina (regarding Cid), Final Fantasy IX
Ayia! We almost flat like pancake!
Quina, Final Fantasy IX
This light make me feel like I become pot roast!
Quina (in Invincible), Final Fantasy IX
Is stone edible? Or is for barbeque?
Quina (Bran-Bal), Final Fantasy IX
It's not what the people say afterward...
What's important is being true to oneself.
Ramuh, Final Fantasy IX
One is all, all is one...
Taharka, Final Fantasy IX
Wow... Even the oglops are big in Lindblum!
Vivi (referring to Cid), Final Fantasy IX
I came here on vacation. I can't believe a war broke out! It's too dangerous
to walk outside. What am I gonna do? Give me back my money! -Dylan
Comment form for Lindblum Inn, Final Fantasy IX
Give me a Diamond. [...] Thanks a lot! Reach the round guy...
...Huh!? You already beat him??
Yan (if you find him after defeating Ozma), Final Fantasy IX
Zidane: I'm surprised you found this place. You got the talent to be a bandit!
How `bout you and me team up? We'll call ourselves ``The Betrothed''.
Dagger: My talent's up to snuff, but that name isn't.
In Madain Sari, Final Fantasy IX
Dwarf: Wh-What's an ootsider doin' here?
Zidane: Hi. Have you seen a strange-looking guy here?
He goes by the name of Kuja...
Dwarf: ...Yer strange-lookin'...
Zidane: No... You see, uh, he looks really sinister, and uh...
Dwarf: ...Yer sinister-lookin'...
Zidane: ...
Final Fantasy IX
Heroic? Human? Those are just things people say after the fact.
Why try to give meaning to what the main character chose?
Zidane (regarding Ramuh's story), Final Fantasy IX
The best dragon knight of Burmecia, the female general of Alexandria,
and Rusty... How could they lose?
Zidane, Final Fantasy IX
Today's special is... Soup du Silence. Not bad.
Zidane, Final Fantasy IX
Oh geez... I feel like I'm being watched...
Zidane (surrounded by eyes in Pandemonium)
Final Fantasy IX
A veritable emergency of terrible urgency!
Zorn, Final Fantasy IX