Quotes from work

V for Vendetta

“The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”

“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“No one will ever forget that night, and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me.”

“Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.”

“I didn't put you in a prison, Evey. I just showed you the bars.”

“The world's a stage, & everything else is Vaudeville.”

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”

“Love your rage, not your cage.”

“Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.”

“By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.”

“Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.”

“Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”

“With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth… But we as gardeners, must beware… for some seeds are the seeds of ruin… and the most iridescent blooms are often the most dangerous”

“They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.”

“The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.”

“Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who's controlling and constraining my life except… me?”

“Is it meaningless to apologize?

Never.”

“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.”