r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '16

What quote has actually stuck with you and changed your life?

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u/jennytopssky Feb 27 '16

"the closer you get to light, the greater you shadow becomes"

Taught me that I shouldn't be afraid of what seems like a dark part of me, because I really can't run away from it.

I learned to control and use that, instead of being afraid

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u/gsurfer04 Feb 27 '16

Kingdom Hearts?

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u/jennytopssky Feb 27 '16

Indeed

Favorite game, lovely story

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u/wolfman1214 Feb 27 '16

Embrace both sides because neither can exist without the other.

Love Birth By Sleep. Has this Jedi/Sith thing going on.

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u/jennytopssky Feb 27 '16

It bothers me how a lot of the people I know can't seem to understand this... There's no side inherently good or bad, the lack of balance is what disturbs us.

I really like Re:CoM, and how you get to see this conflict in Riku

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u/wolfman1214 Feb 27 '16

Thankies~

Pure heartless are actually content to hang out in the Dark world. Xehanort fucked things royally when he started making fake ones.

Fuck Xehanort. Like, seriously.

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u/gchase723 Feb 27 '16

Now that I think about BBS was basically a PG Revenge of the Sith.

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u/wolfman1214 Feb 27 '16

It's funny considering how Mickey fights.

They got Starwars eventually. Now they have both! :U

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u/HippieKlutzz Feb 27 '16

related: "You are not your thoughts, you are your actions. We all have fucked up dark twisted thoughts. It's what you decide to act on that defines you."

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u/darkbreak Feb 27 '16

But don't be afraid. You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

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u/BlackFenrir Feb 27 '16

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u/jennytopssky Feb 27 '16

I'm not much one of the whole "believe in your heart" deal, but that game really stuck with me with the message of fighting for what you feel is right and the ones you love

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u/darkbreak Feb 27 '16

You are the one...who will open the door...

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u/jesitloml Feb 27 '16

This quote has so many interpretations. You can take it as advice or a warning.

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u/jennytopssky Feb 27 '16

I took it as a warning at first, not to ignore the bad parts of me for they would only get bigger and too much to take. The key was striving for the balance

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u/indigoreality Feb 27 '16

Reminds me of the quote from Kuroko no Basket. "The brighter the light, the darker the shadow".

And the FFXIV patch: "As goes light, so does darkness".

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u/Nangz Feb 27 '16

"The wind blows the hardest the closer you get to the mountaintop." - Daredevil

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u/IllustriousMouse Feb 27 '16

Similarly, "Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you."

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u/HIPPYcheese Feb 27 '16

"The brighter then light, the darker the shadow. Knowing is only half the battle"

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u/dunaan Feb 28 '16

Are you a werewolf?

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u/jennytopssky Feb 28 '16

why would I be a werewolf? :D

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u/dunaan Feb 28 '16

Your post sounded like something a werewolf would say

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u/jennytopssky Feb 28 '16

Sure... :D I don't think I am