The best Quotes from NieR: Automata

Dreams are the mind's version of reality perfected.

A future is not given to you. It is something you must take for yourself.

There's an important lesson here: The more of a fool people take you for, the more you'll learn of their true nature.

Why do I long for humans like this?! Why do I desire the touch of something that no longer exists?

I seek to learn and adopt all facets of humanity. Some desire love, others family. Only then did I realize the truth... the core of humanity is conflict. They fight. Steal. Kill. This is humanity in its purest form!

Pod 042: "Proposal: use the enemy's logical learning function to formulate a weakness."
A2: "I don't know what that means!"
Pod 042: "This pod has serious concerns about unit A2's cognitive abilities."

The time I was able to spend with you. It was like memories of pure light. Thank you... Nine S.

I taught the children what fear is. I felt they had to know so they wouldn't heedlessly run into danger.

Everything that lives is designed to end. They are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death. However, life is all about the struggle within this cycle. That is what we believe.

Do not feel bad about it. We are alive, after all. And being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.

I never quite realized how beautiful this world is.

My brother was everything to me. My life was contained in our moments.

You want me to understand your sadness? You think I'm gonna sympathize with you? I swore to protect my sister and my friends. If someone puts them in danger, they must stand aside or be cut down! Now come on! Let's finish this!

I'm not quite sure what it means to mourn, or even if we have a soul to concern ourselves with. But I hope you're at rest 2B. Sweet dreams. I'll be with you before long.

Pod 042: "It is time for the final words."
Pod 153: "Affirmative."
Pod 042: "To all of you who have spent time with this game..."
Both: "Thank you. Thank you for playing."

Do you think games are silly little things?

And so, the final battle with Adam and Eve came to an end. This battle will likely have a great effect on the outcome of the war. 2B and I-our battle will continue for some time to come. But that's another story for another day.

In the distant future.
In a land abandoned by man.
Machines wage a continuous war.
Unaware of the futility of their actions.

The Outer Rim is a dangerous place. Everyone is fighting for their piece of the galaxy. But all I want is to live free. So I'm gonna risk it all.

This job... it's a death wish. I'm in!

Incoming friendly fire! Dodge - or don't. Your call.

Dispense peace with the ultimate weaponry!

Return, refit, and redeploy to purge the stain of this failure with the peroxide of victory.

Sylvanas: "Isn't it obvious, Warchief? I serve the Horde."
Garrosh: "Watch your clever mouth, b*tch!"

My ideals have no stains.
I must correct you. People here bear no sins in the eyes of the gods... Only laws and the Tribunal can judge someone.
They can judge even me. So praise my magnificence and purity.

Look at me. I'm cranked on speed most of the time, but I'm productivity personified.

Michael: "I'm trying to relate to you."
Jimmy: "No, you're trying to take me on some nostalgia trip. You're such a cliche."
Michael: "Oh! says the dope-smoking, game-playing, live-at-home, world-owes-him-a-living millennial."

Lester: "It's hard to get motivated on a job without financial incentive."
Michael: "You can't put a price on freedom."

CJ: "Can you shoot?"
The Truth: "Kid, I'm a hippie. The only thing I've shot is acid. I did see a guy snort it once though. Thought his nose was a kangaroo and the moon was a dog!"

Sweet Johnson: "You're dressed like a hooker!"
Kendl: "You two would know what a hooker looks like."
CJ: "You say that like it's a bad thing."

CJ: "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
Cesar: "Why you always saying that? I already told you. Where the holiness does his business, is his business."

Eddie's got two tickets to paradise, and I do too... In my pants.

CJ: "You do know that I'm black, right? And not Chinese?"
Woozie: "I'm blind, Carl... not stupid."

Oh, Anna. I was expecting an arrow from Cupid, and got a bullet from an ugly motherf*cker instead!

Some call them demons, I call them b*tches!

Is that a gun in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?'

Grove Street. Home. At least it used to be until I f*cked everything up.

If it's hostile - you kill it.

It appears that the devastation we brought upon ourselves was complete; Heaven, Hell and Purgatory were atomized as well. So when a soul leaves the body it has nowhere to go, and must remain here, in the Metro. A harsh, but not undeserved atonement for our sins, wouldn't you agree?

How about a nice cup of liber-tea?

Injury? What injury??

Say hello to democracy!

Freedom never sleeps!

Heaven is eternal, earth is enduring.

Good results don't come without a price.

If for instance, everything is predetermined by destiny, then my survival must have been too. In that case, it must mean I still have a purpose to fulfill until the day my life comes to an end.

My name is Lich. You can call me "Lichi" if you want...

There are two kinds of people in this world. The healthy people and the unhealthy people. The question is, which one will take control of the world?

Happy new year. Not that there's anything to be happy about, though... I'm just saying it because it's the norm.

If having aged another year is something that brings you joy, then the fact alone is a blessing in and of itself.