60 Memorable Quotes of Final Fantasy Games

Among the numerous elements that make the “Final Fantasy” series a powerhouse in the gaming industry, one aspect often overlooked but significantly impactful is the dialogue. The evocative lines spoken by the characters lend depth to their personalities and contribute to the series’ immersive storytelling. This article explores forty of these memorable quotes and delves into what they reveal about the games’ narratives and characters.

Final Fantasy Quotes

1. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII): “I couldn’t finish ’em. Looks like this’s gonna get complicated.”
2. Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII): “The planet is dying. Slowly but surely, it’s dying. Someone has to do something.”
3. Tidus (Final Fantasy X): “I thought…this was it. This is my story. It all begins here.”
4. Yuna (Final Fantasy X): “I learned to practice smiling when I’m feeling sad, you know.”
5. Zidane Tribal (Final Fantasy IX): “You don’t need a reason to help people.”
6. Vivi Ornitier (Final Fantasy IX): “How do you prove that you exist…? Maybe we don’t exist…”
7. Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII): “Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It’s our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us.”
8. Rinoa Heartilly (Final Fantasy VIII): “You’re the best looking guy here.”
9. Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV): “A man’s past is his pride.”
10. Kefka (Final Fantasy VI): “Life…Dreams…Hope…Where do they come from? And where do they go…? Such meaningless things…I’ll destroy them all!”
11. Terra Branford (Final Fantasy VI): “People who want to protect one another must be able to trust each other first. You can’t just snap your fingers and decide to trust!”
12. Bartz Klauser (Final Fantasy V): “One who knows nothing can understand nothing.”
13. Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV): “Off my chair, jester. The king sits there.”
14. Gladiolus Amicitia (Final Fantasy XV): “Anybody can buy stuff. It’s what you do with it that counts.”
15. Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII): “You became a l’Cie, so now you’re gonna marry this idiot? And you think I’m gonna buy that? Full points for originality.”
16. Vanille (Final Fantasy XIII): “When it comes to home and family, we never keep either as close as we should.”
17. Serah Farron (Final Fantasy XIII-2): “Time is like a river that flows on and on, ever faster.”
18. Hope Estheim (Final Fantasy XIII): “My eyes can’t see, but I can feel the wind and hear the rustle of leaves.”
19. Auron (Final Fantasy X): “This is your world now.”
20. Lulu (Final Fantasy X): “No matter how dark the night, morning always comes, and our journey begins anew.”
21. Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII): “The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.”
22. Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII): “I will never be a memory.”
23. Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII): “There ain’t no gettin’ offa this train we on!”
24. Auron (Final Fantasy X): “Death is a sweet slumber. All the pain and pointless suffering, gone.”
25. Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII): “Sometimes, I can’t figure out whether you’re smart or just lucky.”
26. Sazh Katzroy (Final Fantasy XIII): “To live life… you need problems. That’s just living.”
27. Snow Villiers (Final Fantasy XIII): “Heroes don’t run from fights.”
28. Kuja (Final Fantasy IX): “Even if you were created to serve one purpose alone, you do not have to remain that way.”
29. Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core): “Embrace your dreams, and whatever happens, protect your honor… as SOLDIER!”
30. Ignis Scientia (Final Fantasy XV): “A moment’s diversion may amuse an audience, but it changes nothing.”
31. Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV): “If you can’t focus, you’re gonna be history!”
32. Quistis Trepe (Final Fantasy VIII): “It’s not like everyone can get by on their own, you know?”
33. Zell Dincht (Final Fantasy VIII): “You’ve got to free your mind, and think!”
34. Y’shtola (Final Fantasy XIV): “No road is closed to those with the will to overcome.”
35. Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy): “We are warriors of light. We are the beacon that drives out the darkness.”
36. Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy VII): “Sit down and drink your goddamn TEA!”
37. Rydia (Final Fantasy IV): “We have to be ourselves. We have to do what we believe is right.”
38. Firion (Final Fantasy II): “To stand still is to move backward.”
39. Yuffie Kisaragi (Final Fantasy VII): “Da-chao statue!! It was… I mean, I saw it… my heart, I… I saw… it looked like a… an old man… a mummy… a…!”
40. Aranea Highwind (Final Fantasy XV): “You’re not too shabby yourself. You make a good sparring partner.”
41. Basch (Final Fantasy XII): “Swords talk. Let ours speak for us.”
42. Fran (Final Fantasy XII): “The wood longs for you. The trees themselves yearn for the humes’ return.”
43. Balthier (Final Fantasy XII): “I play the leading man, who else?”
44. Garland (Final Fantasy IX): “What is it that gives you life? What allows you to exist? Your soul? A spirit? A consciousness? All of these are contained in ‘memory’.”
45. Laguna Loire (Final Fantasy VIII): “I sure have good taste in men!”
46. Galuf Halm Baldesion (Final Fantasy V): “We’re the Dawn Warriors, good buddy!”
47. Locke Cole (Final Fantasy VI): “I’ll keep searching for your name till I find it out!”
48. Noel Kreiss (Final Fantasy XIII-2): “The future is like a blank page, and it’s there for us to fill in with whatever we want.”
49. Garnet Til Alexandros XVII (Final Fantasy IX): “Someday I will be queen, but I will always be myself.”
50. Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX): “I once killed a hundred knights single-handedly… To me, you two are nothing more than insects.”
51. Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII): “The only thing we can do now, is to wait for the dawn. Quietly.”
52. Red XIII (Final Fantasy VII): “A pro isn’t someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That’s just a fool.”
53. Cid Pollendina (Final Fantasy IV): “That’s the spirit! Now let’s get to work, lads!”
54. Edge Geraldine (Final Fantasy IV): “We can’t afford to lose. Not to that guy.”
55. Tellah (Final Fantasy IV): “You spoony bard!”
56. Shantotto (Final Fantasy XI): “You have the attitude of a champion, the baditude of a champion, and the latitude of a champion!”
57. Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV): “Hope… A word that has no place here.”
58. Rikku (Final Fantasy X): “We’ll beat Sin any way we can!”
59. Paine (Final Fantasy X-2): “I’m Paine. I look out for myself.”
60. Relm Arrowny (Final Fantasy VI): “Why should I paint things as they are when I know the way they really should be?”

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