What is the hardest line in fiction, according to Manifold?

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"Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof." - V for Vendetta

"World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimization." - Yudkowsky, HPMOR

"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!" - Rorschach

"War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner." - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy'

"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" - Oppenheimer's interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita

“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” ― Paradise Lost

“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” - The Princess Bride

“I did it thirty-five minutes ago.” - Watchmen

"We burnt the forest down." - Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight

"There is light in the world, and it is us!" -- HPMOR

"For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison

Inigo: "I want my father back, you son of a bitch."

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"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women."

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"Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he has created?" - Steve Buscemi, Spy Kids 2

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"It's all part of the plan." - Joker

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I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it. It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection.

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"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him." - ROTK

"I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us fuck this asshole, we are going to have our dicks and our pussies all covered in shit." -TAWP

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Define "hardest". Is it in the sense of the gen-z slang adopted from black slang "goes hard"?

It’s whatever the voters consider it to be when voting on what the hardest line in fiction is

bought Ṁ10 "Conan! What is best... YES

"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women."
This is the only choice I can sign off on for this list, I think.
Edit: of course given that "hardest" has been adopted as neo-internet slang, maybe I have a different definition of what it means than that subculture

Locked in here with me scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_3Yp2Izhks&t=38s&ab_channel=Recall

Fun market!

Bison scene: https://youtu.be/sjZ5I8l32CI?t=75

Huckleberry scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeHXXgJbn28&ab_channel=JoBloMovieClips

bought Ṁ10 Answer #3aca3f4d0fc6 NO

I submitted "world optimization" because yes, it sounds incredibly badass...
But ALSO: it has an entire LW tag associated with it. There is a body of work inspired by it. It's had some real impact.

Sorry to any Brits for listing the American spelling.

I love this market and these submissions so far, I welcome yall to give an explanation for why it goes hard in the comments

I don't understand the question.

bought Ṁ10 "World domination is... YES

@singer I think it's hardest as in, this line "goes hard" and is badass

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