1. “It’s the end of the world, all over again.” – Sole Survivor
2. “War never changes.” – Sole Survivor
3. “Ideals are strengthened by the challenges they endure.” – Courier Six
4. “You’re a single bomb in an arsenal of thousands, preparing to lay waste to what’s left of mankind!” – Arthur Maxson
5. “I don’t enjoy killing, but when done righteously, it’s just another chore.” – Joshua Graham
6. “Who do you think actually won the war? No one, I guess.” – Nick Valentine
7. “If you want to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows.” – Robert House
8. “Waging war against good people is bad for the soul.” – Joshua Graham
9. “It was just me against the world, and the world had it coming.” – Conrad Kellogg
10. “Hey, chin up. I know the night just got darker, but it won’t last forever.” – Nick Valentine
11. “There really is no way to ride a seesaw with dignity.” – Nick Valentine
12. “Humanity is so resilient, to cling to life despite all of this. It is the duty of us all to further that survival.” – Contagions Vulnerability Robotic Infirmary Engineer
13. “Of the people, for the people.” – John Hancock
14. “If you believe in something enough, you must be willing to let it burn, lest it claim you.” – Ulysses
15. “The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it’s gone.” – Conrad Kellogg
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16. “If you find any pieces of my legs, could you pick them up for me?” – Nick Valentine
17. “Don’t get me started on the futility of dusting a collapsed house!” – Codsworth
18. “More stairs? Who built this damn vault, a fitness instructor?” – Nick Valentine
19. “My name is Mister Handy, tidier of things. Look upon this room I said I’d cleaned, and despair.” – Nick Valentine
20. “You will not be loved, but you will save humanity.” – Mama Murphy
21. “I told them I was rigged to explode and started going—beep, beep, beep. Hardest part of that rescue was trying not to laugh as they ran over each other trying to get away.” – Nick Valentine
22. “In a hundred years, when I finally die, I only hope I go to Hell, so I can kill you all over again, you piece of shit.” – Sole Survivor
23. “Whatever caused our fates to intertwine would never let them unravel.” – Paladin Danse
24. “To the world that was. Mankind shall never see it like again.” – Richard Bradford
25. “What a contradiction a human is.” – Contagions Vulnerability Robotic Infirmary Engineer
26. “Protect the people at a minute’s notice.” – Preston Garvey
27. “Isn’t there supposed to be a light?” – Glory
28. “Fight Apathy! Or don’t.” – Graffiti
29. “Death is a preferable alternative to communism.” – Liberty Prime
30. “All a matter of semantics, but yes, kill them.” – Decker
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31. “Even good people do crazy things when they’re scared. Ought to be Diamond City’s motto.” – Nick Valentine
32. “We shall see how brave you are when nailed to the walls of Hoover Dam, your body facing west so you may watch your world die.” – Legate Lanius
33. “Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.” – Benny
34. “Good God, you catch the plates on that one?” – Nick Valentine
35. “No one’s dick is that f*ck*ng long. Not even Long Dick Johnson, and he had a f*ck*ng long dick. Thus, the name.” – Rose of Sharon Cassidy
36. “Used to go with a gal from Malden, and to head off the next natural question—no, she wasn’t a toaster.” – Nick Valentine
37. “Anyhow, baby, you didn’t come here for vengeance. You came to get clued in.” – Benny
38. “Rangers are . Every man and woman who signs up is willing to die for the NCR. Myself included.” – Chief Hanlon
39. “Wake up, pal, you’re still dreaming.” – Vault Dweller
40. “Who are you that do not know your history?” – Ulysses
41. “I hit what I was aiming for. Guess you had brains to spare, or are you just thick-skulled?” – Benny
42. “I would sooner spit on my dead mother’s grave than have some Courier walk-the-wasteland-f*ck talk to me like that!” – General Lee Oliver
43. “You may think to yourself that you’re happy, but you don’t really believe it. You focus on the petty bullshit, or the next job, or whatever. It’s only looking back, by comparison to what comes after, that you really understand—that’s what happiness felt like.” – Conrad Kellogg
44. “We are the one and only Junktown gang. We have the run of the streets, and we rule the streets at night.” – Vinnie
45. “A lifelong learner is you, hey? Then, make your questions count because your lifelong is running lifeshort.” – Benny
46. “The rapist with the flamethrower? Yeah, that’s a combination I stay the f*ck away from.” – Little Buster
47. “It’s said war—war never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk. And this road—has reached its end.” – Ulysses
48. “I have a question. The only question that matters. Would you risk your life for your fellow man? Even if that man is a Synth?” – Desdemona
49. “I try not to think too much about it. We have more than enough to occupy ourselves here. Those people are the last remnants of a dying past! It’s best not to dwell on the subject.” – Clayton Holdren
50. “You’re wearing a suit of steel and energy. You’re standing with your brothers. Your mission—accomplished. I see a land secured, contained. Dangerous objects taken from those who don’t understand. Those who can’t be trusted. You are the uniform, and you wear it well. And your rank and chain of command protect you better than the thickest armor.” – Mama Murphy
51. “Look around you, Danse. Look at the scorched earth and the bones that litter the Wasteland. Millions, perhaps even billions, died because science outpaced man’s restraint! They called it a ‘new frontier’ and ‘pushing the envelope,’ completely disregarding the repercussions! Can’t you see that the same thing is happening again?!” – Arthur Maxson
52. “Followed by—yes, followed by flashes. Blinding flashes, sounds of explosions, we’re—we’re trying to get confirmation, but we seem to have lost contact with our affiliate stations. We do have coming in confirmed reports—I repeat, confirmed reports of nuclear detonations in New York and Pennsylvania. My God.” – Newscaster
53. “I wonder how the Warwick family is doing. Young Wally must be close to ten years old by now. It’s remarkable that any child can survive for so long up there.” – Isaac Karlin
54. “That joke wasn’t even funny the first time. You’re about to discover why I’m one of the most fearsome bounty hunters in the Wasteland, and I won’t even get paid for it.” – Chris Avellone
55. “I am the bringer of death. Fall to your knees and beg for mercy, or give me a sandwich. I’m pretty hungry.” – Vault Dweller
56. “You are a courier, hired by the Mojave Express, to deliver a package to the New Vegas Strip. What seemed like a simple delivery job has taken a turn for the worse.” – Narrator
57. “Everywhere! Hell, seemed like you couldn’t fart without hitting one. But mostly in the northwest.” – Harold
58. “Baby, getting outplayed and getting cheated ain’t the same thing.” – Benny
59. “Haven’t you been paying attention? You don’t find the Institute. The Institute finds you. You open the closet. It’s just a closet. You can never find the monster that hides inside. Not until it jumps out at you.” – Conrad Kellogg
60. “As an anthropologist and linguist, my assignment was to learn the dialects of the Grand Canyon tribes. What a f*ck*ng waste of time!” – Edward Sallow
61. “It’s a thing, a science thing. It hurts robots. Don’t worry about it.” – Arcade Gannon
62. “People called me a hero after what happened at HELIOS, but I left that battle scarred by fear and have allowed that weakness to govern my actions.” – Nolan McNamara
63. “I don’t trust a man that doesn’t have something strange going on about him, ’cause that means he’s hiding it from you. If a man’s wearing his pants on his head or if he says his words backwards from time to time, you know it’s all laid out there for you. But if he’s friendly to strangers, and keeps his home spick-and-span, more often than not, he’s done something even his own ma couldn’t forgive.” – No-bark Noonan
64. “The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there’s a Mrs. New Vegas. Well, of course, there is. You’re her, and you’re still as perfect as the day we met.” – Mr. New Vegas
65. “Get up without my permission, I’ll blast your *ss so far through your head, it’ll turn the moon cherry pie red.” – Dean Domino
66. “I would ask only that you give him a chance. A chance to be a part of whatever future awaits the Commonwealth.” – Shaun
67. “By the time I was 30 years old, I was a billionaire 30 times over. I founded and ran a vast economic empire. Do you really think I’m going to let an upstart come into my home and ransom my property to me? I spent two centuries searching for the Platinum Chip. It is my invention, my property—mine. Now, be a good courier and deliver it!” – Robert House
68. “That thing on your wrist—it’s a convenience. It tells you where to go, what to do, dulls your brain. It may have helped you find the Sierra Madre broadcast, but it’s just as much a crutch today as it was in the Old World.” – Father Elijah
69. “You’re damn straight. This is my place! Now, get the hell out before I make your head a wall decoration!” – Mayor Killian Darkwater
70. “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Remember, O Lord, the Children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said, ‘Raze it, raze it, even to the Foundation.’ O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed. Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones, against the stones. Do you know what it means?” – Joshua Graham
71. “Every boss has a line to explain why he’s special, why everyone gotta do what he says. Just figuring that out?” – Benny
72. “What have we here? You weren’t the one who I was expecting. I’m disappointed. Still, even if you aren’t my intended guest, you take direction. Good. You can’t have been an idiot to figure out how to release from my cage, or perhaps you are, with that leash on your arm and the one around your neck with our collars and manacles, why, we may as well be kin.” – God
73. “You’re wearing a lab coat. You’re standing with men of science. Visionaries. Brilliant, but misunderstood. I see a land marked up, like a great experiment. Each test, a new beginning. Each sacrifice, an acceptable loss.” – Mama Murphy
74. “Your face does the thinking—two to the skull, yet one gets up. Odds are against you, but they’re just numbers after the two-to-one. You’re playing the hand you’ve been dealt, but you don’t let it rest. You shuffle, and stack, and a gamble, a gamble that may pay off? But how? Forecast—rapidly changing conditions.” – The Forecaster
75. “Oh, you obviously have me confused with someone who has to take your lip. Why don’t you come back when your mama teaches you some manners.” – Mayor Killian Darkwater
76. “How dare you enter my sanctuary with a weapon in your hand! Oaf! Get out!” – Father Lasher
77. “I don’t think you understood me. Let me clarify. If you don’t watch your manners, you’ll find yourself dead, tough guy.” – Kane
78. “It’s the house edge, baby. The key to stacking the odds in his favor—or was, until I swiped it. There’s more to it, but we don’t have the time. By which, I mean you don’t.” – Benny
79. “They’re still people, and they’re suffering. We can at least admit that it’s regrettable! After all, how can we hope to ‘redefine mankind’ if we can’t even hold on to our own humanity?” – Isaac Karlin
80. “I close my eyes. I see my life before all this, before the bombs. Everything can change in an instant, and the future you plan for yourselves shifts, whether or not you’re ready. At some point, it happens to all of us. This wasn’t the world I wanted, but it was the one I found myself in—the Commonwealth, my home, ripped apart and put back together. I thought I, I hoped I could find my family, cheat time, make us whole again. The way we were, but now I know. I know I can’t go back. I know the world has changed. The road ahead will be hard.” – Sole Survivor
81. “Angle? I’m head-on, baby, flat-out, all stops pulled, full steam ahead. Side bets are for losers. I’m playing to win.” – Benny
82. “But I had a point here, a lesson, if you will. There are other organizations out there, and, in time, I’m sure they’re going to spoon-feed you their own patented form of bullshit. Ignore the verbage and look at what they’re doing. What they’re asking you to do. What sort of world they’d have you build and how they’re going to pay for it.” – Deacon
83. “You’re standing with the people, working together, united. I see a land filled with hope again. Fear falls away as the brave step forward to join the ranks. You’re a hero. A symbol for a better world. Our world.” – Mama Murphy
84. “We’re citizen soldiers. The people of the Commonwealth banding together to protect ourselves and decide our own future. That was the original idea, and it was a good one.” – Preston Garvey
85. “It’s a game, and games have winners and losers. I prefer the former, how about you?” – Benny
86. “What I did to you was rotten, but if you think House, the NCR, or Caesar won’t kill to put Vegas in their pocket, I really did blow out your brains.” – Benny
87. “You think I inject myself with all that sh*t* and drink myself drunk because I’m a ‘tough Irish gal?’ I do it so I can forget and move on with my miserable life. So, there you are—the entire flawed package known as Cait stripped bare for your perusal.” – Cait
88. “By my calculations, the easiest way to help a human is simply to destroy it. There’s no point in prolonging a laughably fragile life.” – Jezebel
89. “Hi! I was afraid that you were gone and I wasn’t going to get a chance to thank you for rescuing me. Aw! That was great—action, adventure. Anyway, if there’s anything that I can do for you, you just ask.” – Tandi
90. “Listen, thanks for saving my life. It’s a mighty brave thing to do. Looks like we got ourselves a situation here. I know Gizmo’s behind this, but I need proof. You interested in helpin’?” – Mayor Killian Darkwater
91. “You’re right. And now that you know, I’ll have to kill you.” – Vault Dweller
92. “That’s quite nice of you, but ‘evil’ is very subjective. What or who you might consider to be evil could very well be the opposite to someone else.” – Kane
93. “It’s obvious that kindness and good temper aren’t part of this religion.” – Vault Dweller
94. “Mocking our holy cause is not appreciated. You will be punished if you continue.” – Jain
95. “A blind fanatic is a dangerous person, indeed. I hope your stay here in the hub is not long. We don’t take kindly to murders that aren’t auth—to murders of any sort. Good day.” – Kane
96. “The Brotherhood is a collective of men and women who have dedicated their lives to the preservation of technology.” – Darrel
97. “We give them the most important thing possible. We give their dreary lives excitement.” – Alya
98. “So, it comes down to this, Killian. Well, I never could put up with your stink, and now I’m gonna put an end to it!” – Gizmo
99. “I know I can ramble on sometimes, but I need you to listen close for the next minute or so. I got some bad news. I messed up, made a mistake. I thought I could help us get out of here, but it didn’t work out.” – Chief Hanlon
100. “I’ve got a weapon for every situation. Hunting, protection, cold-blooded murder, hot-blooded murder—.” – KL-E-0
101. “Sometimes, we forget that the light of our society shines beyond our borders. Sometimes, we take those privileges for granted that our forebears fought so hard to achieve. We must always remember that wherever Californians stand, we carry our principles with us—equal respect, representation, and protection under the laws of a just republic.” – President Aaron Kimball
102. “I can make it worth your while. Think about what you’re throwing away. I have other weapons, other technology I can share with you. I see that now. Why would I kill you? After all, you’ve done. After all, we’ve done together. Are you listening to me?” – Father Elijah
103. “You’ve heard of the Sierra Madre Casino, we all have, the legend, the curses. Some foolishness about it lying in the middle of a city of dead. A city of ghosts—buried beneath a blood-red cloud, a bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom. An illusion that you can begin again, change your fortunes. Finding it, though, that’s not the hard part. It’s letting go.” – Father Elijah
104. “Something called a Holy Flame. Don’t listen to this bullshit. It will rot your brain!” – Guard
105. “I will conquer it and turn all those pure strain humans into mutants. They will give me the army I need to bring peace to the entire wasteland.” – Master
106. “Look, buddy, my job here is to keep the peace, and if I have to break a few heads to do it, then a few people are going to be hurting. So, just watch it.” – Lars
107. “It’s true. I was built within the confines of a laboratory, and some of my memories aren’t my own. But when I saw my brothers dying at my feet, I felt sorrow. When I defeated an enemy of the Brotherhood, I felt pride, and when I heard your speech about saving the Commonwealth, I felt hope. Don’t you understand? I thought I was human, Arthur.” – Paladin Danse
108. “People enjoyed luxuries, once thought the realm of science fiction—domestic robots, fusion-powered cars, portable computers. But then, in the 21st century, people awoke from the American Dream. Years of consumption led to shortages of nearly every major resource. The entire world unraveled. Peace became a distant memory. It is now the year 2077. We stand on the brink of total war, and I am afraid.” – Sole Survivor
109. “Now, before you set off on your grand Nuka-Adventure, let me tell you about error system malfunction. Are you finished wasting my time, you filthy low-life scavver? ‘Cause I’m getting bored, and when I get bored, I get violent!” – Nuka-World Informational Robot Assistant
110. “Bull and Bear over the Dam, at each other’s throats, but a light from Vegas? Ball spinning on the wheel, more than two at the table. Placing bets. All lose in different ways. A dam of corpses, towns of corpses, scattered across the sand. But whose in what shares? Even the dealer doesn’t know. Forecast—a rain of blood will flood the desert and not purify it.” – The Forecaster
111. “You’re wearing a mask. You’re standing with outcasts, the underdogs, the lanterns in the dark. I see a world that will never know your sacrifice. You have led the enslaved to freedom, but they must still hide from those who don’t understand. But you’ll be there for them. You’ll see their humanity when no one else will. You’ll be their guardian in the shadows.” – Mama Murphy
112. “It’s closing time, gentlemen. If any of you have changed your mind, it’s time to go.” – Richard Bradford
113. “You have to go to the ruins of the Ancient Order. That’s south of here. Uh, you’ve gotta go inside and bring back something that proves that you were there.” – Lorenzo Cabot
114. “What does it look like? I’m a guard, and I’m keeping an eye out for strangers like you. And this place is called Junktown. Hey, don’t laugh. I happen to like the name myself. We mostly do trading. Sometimes we trade with those stuck up bastards from Hub. Hey, you’re not from the Hub are you?” – Kalnor
115. “Doctor Morbid in Junktown taught me some, and just because we live in stone huts does not mean we are less intelligent or educated. Have a nice day.” – Razlo
116. “Keep away from me!” – Vault Dweller
117. “What in the goddamn?” – Benny
118. “Thanks, Mister!” – Freeside Kid
119. “We were talking about how stupid you are.” – Vault Dweller
120. “I’m not that kind of girl, mister. Go find a Brahma or something.” – Tandi
121. “Damn you, Weatherby Savings and Loan! I spit at thee!” – Captain Ironsides
122. “Eddie! It’s me! Your old pal—Shamus McF*ckyourself.” – Sole Survivor
123. “Someday, super mutants kill everything.” – Strong
124. “You want to join us, huh? How do we know you’re tough enough to be a Skull?” – Vinnie
125. “I’m here to talk about the attempt on Killian’s life.” – Vault Dweller
126. “Guido, Leone, why don’t you show him what ripping off really means. Start with his arms.” – Lorenzo Cabot
127. “My name is Raul Alfonso Tejada. Can I leave now? Or did you want to ask me again in five minutes?” – Raul Tejada
128. “I’m tired of your insults, you, you pinhead! Don’t come back! Rutger, take this annoying bug away!” – Butch DeLoria
129. “Baby, ease off the gas. The chip belongs in the hands of someone who can use it. As in me, not you.” – Benny