"Fate is a curious beast. No matter how fast you run. No matter how far you go. You can't escape it. Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Benoit. Two members of World Championship Wrestling. Two members united, supposedly. I love it. As my grand design comes together, unity has become separation. Separation has led to squabbling, has led to fighting, has led to brawling. Come Uncensored, tomorrow night, you two will do my bidding, when you two take each other out. Whether Benoit gives you the Cross-Face or you Diamond Cut Chris Benoit. Either way I'll be there to pick up the pieces. I will walk out with the United States Title. I will be vindicated for my past. And Page you will suffer. Benoit, that's just the way it goes. Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
"All the joy, all the fun, all the excitement, took place here. This is what every kid looked forward to: recess. Every kid could not wait to get here. Couldn't wait to get out here and get beaten up by the bullies. Couldn't wait to get out here and get teased and humiliated. Couldn't wait to get out here so they could be chosen last, for all the teams. This is where all the fun of childhood took place. The only thing I remember rivaling that, was one time, during my parents attempted reconciliation, they took me skiing. And as I stood atop the mountain, and looked across at another snow covered hill, I saw my reflection. And then a land slide brought it down. You see, scars are souvenirs you never loose, the past is never far. But what do you do? What do you do, when all your memories are razor blades? When everything you can possibly remember, hurts? What do you do? Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"I've known Diamond Dallas Page for a very long time. We've been friends, we've been enemies, friends again and enemies once more. Diamond Dallas Page would have you believe that he's a self-made man. That... he had no help along the way. But I beg to differ. I taught him... how to inflict pain. I taught him how to hurt people. I taught him how to have no fear. But Page doesn't remember my help. What about me? Page is a super star; the US champion. But what about Raven? What about me? That 's okay Page I'll find my way. I'll climb right through Benoit. I'll step all over him to get to your US Title. There's a lot of... back history between me and you. History you'll have to pay for. In the middle of emptiness where even the beat of eternity is fate, there is this in-between thing called torture and that's what you will receive Page. Tonight I face Chris Benoit and the Crippler knows what I can do. I'll feast on his pain and then I'll come for you. Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
"I signed your contract, but I won't conform to your rules. I put certain stipulations in the contract. I'll sit where I want, I'll wrestle when I want, I'll wrestle who I want, I'll wrestle how I want; that means no disqualification; and you, will pay me what I want. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"The entire purpose of human existence, is to kindle a light in the darkness of being. We are a nation of hollow stuffed people; bleeding together; heads stuffed with straw. Like wind in an empty street, or rats feet over broken glass in a dark and forgotten cellar. So it is written. So it shall come to pass. [rips contract] Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"First of all, Riggs, I'd like to apologize for all the damage I did to your eye. I'm sorry. It was an accident. I feel your pain. Now, for all those, not intelligent enough, or able-minded enough, or coherent enough, to understand the message that I've been giving in the preceding months, I'd like to reiterate it, for posterity. You see I had an abusive childhood. I was teased, taunted, tormented, picked on, bullied, and beaten. But that was then, and this is now. And now, all the freaks, mutants, misfits, the disenfranchised, the hopeless, the unwanted, the dregs of society, have come forth from out of the shadows, to stand beside me, to help me gain my vengeance, against those, that treated me poorly. But don't blame me... blame yourselves! You made me what I am! It's your fault. So don't blame me. So it is written. So it shall come to pass. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"Riggs, there is no need for us to fight, and there is no need for us to wrestle tonight. In fact, you haven't won a match in 6 months. [audience laughs] But inside of you, there was once the potential, for a great athlete, and inside of you, there are also demons, and I feel your pain. Come with me, and I'll set you free. Come with me, and I'll set you free. [Riggs refuses to join] You've made your choice. So it is written. So it shall come to pass. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"Gene... Rules and responsibilities. These are the ties that bind us. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to, and I will do what I must. The only announcement is, that there is no announcement... quote the Raven, nevermore."
"Mrs. Landisis 6th grade class. I sat in the third row next to Theresa Hayes. And it was there that I first discovered alienation and baron path. The taunting and the badgering by the other kids made me realize the depths of human evil and the dark underbelly of human society. I'd close my eyes and pretend I was someone different. That I wasn't a misfit. You can't erase the dream, you can only wake me up. I didn't care. I never obeyed the rules. Because even back then I realized the nothing... Nothing in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of destruction. Quote the Raven Nevermore."
We all commit certain acts in our lives, of an unsavory nature. Some bad. Some worse. Some unspeakable. Sometimes we suffer in silence, sometimes we seek redemption. He's got what he wanted, but in attaining salvation, there is a price that must be paid. One must... give up a bit of one's self. The road; or the end of the road as it is, might not be quite as... not quite what you expect. The glowing light at the end of the tunnel may not be the beacon of righteousness that you envisioned. It may be some horribly disfigured fun house reflection of your own inner dreams. Quote the raven, nevermore.
"My earliest memories, were not of anything specific. They are more like memories of feelings, as opposed to events. Feelings of abandonment. Feelings of loneliness. Feelings of sadness. They say our destiny is formed in these earliest moments. That our fate is determined, at this critical juncture. The chosen begin their path towards greatness. The ill-fated are doomed from the beginning. The unfortunate devour themselves, searching for annihilation. You see we are all prisoners, of our own nature. Locked into certain patterns of behavior. I could no sooner change the path that was placed upon me, than I could stop a swallow from migrating, or a salmon from spawning. So it is written. So it shall come to pass. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
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