pretentious quote dump

[imperfect]

sub (translation might be up in the air a bit):

7:

"[smile] Sorry. Those seem to be the rules."

8:

"You owe me twice: once for the train and once for the baby."

19:

"God must thoroughly hate people who've committed taboo. Just when we think things are within reach, they run away on us. And when they're finally in our grasp, they kick us down. ...Maybe it'll be like this for us our whole lives."

"You're scared, aren't you? That the answers might disappear? That everything you've gone through so far might turn out to be for nothing... You don't want to acknowledge that, right?"

22:

"After I do this, I'm going to return Al to normal and then disappear. You're free to do whatever you want after that."

CoS:

"Wherever I go, I'm still here..."

"Tell her thanks for this."

"Yeah... why did I come back?"

dub (possibly better for voice?):

2:

"You're not the only one who doesn't like doubters, preach! How about I show you the real hammer of God?!"

15:

"Look at us, we're falling apart at the seams. Anyone who sees us must think we're a joke."
"But we're alive."
"Yeah. We are that, Al."

"Come on, Al, you just had a brush with death. Don't go unstable on me now."

36:

"The way that the state treats you is dead wrong, but you still should've seen this coming!"

39:

[in response to "you're not thinking straight; you're just angry you didn't know"] "And who do I have to blame for that?"

40:

"You killed a little girl!"
"Out of mercy. What else would you have done?"
"That's not the kind of decision we're allowed to make, dammit!"

41:

"Real classy, Scar. Using a bereaved mute woman as your mouthpiece."

"Listen, as long as you're taking orders from someone else, nothing will ever change!"

"You have an obligation to get these people out of here."
"Yeah yeah, I know."

"Oh, it's Teacher's kid."

42:

"It's been haunting me for a while now, your appearance. So much like her. Still I tried as hard as I could not to think about it... to face the truth. What we made on that night... We created you. ... So it's true what you are! Our sin and our burden to bear!"

"...I don't know, maybe there's something else I can do... I'm not sure what, but maybe I can figure out a way to use what happened with the Führer's secretary to possibly persuade the Colonel to - argh, I don't know, maybe sit and down and negotiate or something... ... Please. Don't count on me to protect you. Keep going, before the troops figure out you're here. The farther you get from them now, the better."

"Uh huh. ...Well, no. This time it's goodbye."

44:

"The Philosopher's Stone... Those who possess it are no longer bound by the laws of Equivalent Exchange in alchemy. They gain without sacrifice, create without equal exchange. We searched for it... and we found it."

"I'm glad. I didn't mean to hurt him."

"I didn't take it off to prove a point. Archer took it from me and I never got it back."

"N-Nothing, just a little inside joke! C'mon, let's go!!"

"What the hell are you doing flirting?! You're gone for over ten years and I come back to that?!? Damn you, old man!"

"Are you still mad, Edward?"
"Whoever said I was mad?"

"Those military jackasses didn't tell us - ...Did you know?!"

"He said there was something he had to do alone."

45:

"Think about it, Al. What would we do if the homunculi found you?"
"Oh... sorry."
"That's okay. Everything cool here?"

"If I gave my whole life to revenge now, everything Scar said... his whole life would be meaningless. But still, there's something I have to do."

"Brother, where do you think Dad went?"
"Just keep quiet in here, okay?"

"We'll take our time, okay? We'll study more, and do it right. Don't worry. It'll be fine."

"It won't take long. Why don't you stay here? Just rest for a while."

48:

"Even after I became a soldier, war still seemed like something that happened in a far off land, where I couldn't see it... or someone else fought and died. It didn't seem real. I thought war had nothing to do with me. But now that I learned there's someone who's willing to start war, who's going to start war, just for the Stone... I know that as long as there are people who seek the Stone's forbidden power, that bloodshed will keep happening. And I know the desire for that power lurks somewhere in all of us. The homunculi may throw fuel on the fire of war, but didn't the desire to bring back people we love create them? And if they're nothing more than products of our hearts and minds, no matter how pure our intentions... then there will never be a war that isn't at least in some part caused by all of us, ever."

51:

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth. But the world isn't perfect, and the law is incomplete. Equivalent Exchange doesn't encompass everything that goes on here. But I still choose to believe in its principle: that all things do come at a price; that there's an ebb and a flow, a cycle; that the pain we went through did have a reward; and that anyone who's determined and perseveres will get something of value, even if it's not what they expected. I don't think of Equivalent Exchange as a law of the world anymore. I think of it as a promise... between my brother and me. A promise that someday we'll see each other again."

CoS:

"As far as I've travelled... I still can't escape from this place."

"Sorry. Just an old habit of mine."

"It's the first time Ed's ever been interested in a girl. I mean, I'm not trying to say Ed's some antisocial person... but he just doesn't get close to anybody. Not emotionally, anyway. He's too busy telling stories about some other world."

"Tell me about this other world."
"The same as this one, pretty much. Names for things are a little different, and the places aren't the same, but I've seen a whole lot of familiar faces. [...] In the world that I'm from, my younger brother was killed, and trying to bring him back I wound up here. It seems that's the price I had to pay. ...Or maybe not. Maybe this is just the hell I've been allotted for trying the forbidden again. [...] So who knows what is and isn't science? Maybe this whole world's just a dream."

"Oh, there you go with that face again. So who do I remind you of? Your mother? Or is it a girlfriend?"
"It's nothing, really."

"They are drifters, after all."
"Well, I'm a drifter too!"

"Don't play dumb with me! Your left eye, let me see it! [...] ... ... ... Thanks. Of course. That would make sense."

"Looks like some kind of sorcery diagram. Probably for sacrificing virgins and summoning demons from inside the earth. These guys are hopeless. [...] Heh. What am I doing this for? Finished or not, it won't make a difference. Guess I'm just a sucker for nostalgia."

"I don't know where he is or what he told you, lady."

"Al, don't go yet. It's too soon..."

"Trust me, you'd know. You'll never know what it's like living your whole life in a dream."

"I can't let them do that! I have to close that Gate for good! [...] You act like you're too good for the world, but really you're just afraid of the risk! Just trying to avoid being forced out of your dream!"

"Isn't that what you want?"
"Not at that cost. Those zealots would just follow me and drag my world into their war. ... I'm positive now that Al's alive on the other side. I never knew that for sure. I was afraid my survival meant I failed. So now, knowing that... I can bear it."

"The truth is, I don't have much time. [...] It's a bit late for you to care!"

"I'm not giving you a choice, Ed."
"'Cause I'm in the way? You're trying to get rid of me...!"
"We're real, Edward. We're not just part of your dreams like you thought. I care, and I make mistakes. ...I may not live much longer, but I'll still be here. Just don't forget me."

"So you're the one...?"

"For whatever reason, Wrath wanted to help. That sacrifice was his choice. The other Al wanted to get me home too, and feel like he did something meaningful. And Noah wanted a place to belong. We all had our excuses, and they seemed right to us. No one thought it would lead to suffering like this. I know that. None of us were looking to start a war. But still... a war is what we got, and so all of us take the blame. Do you understand? That's why we have to make it right."

"We can't keep living like our own dreams are all that matter, okay?"

"I think I understand the kind of person you are...!"

"What about Winry? Don't you know she misses you too?!"
"Tell her thanks. She always made the best."

"That's right... After all that trouble, I'm still here. Surprised?"

"Like I said, Al. We can't keep thinking we're all that matter, that the world has nothing to do with us. That goes for both sides of the Gate. This is where we live. It's home now. And we have to do our part."

to add:
- ep 36 - judging by appearances
- ep 47? - "...but to be serious for a minute, it's good to see you again"
- ep 48? - "I used to think war was something that happened far away"
- ep 49 [CN: misogyny] - "if you and that evil bitch were so perfect for each other, why the hell did you feel the need to marry our mother?"
- ep 51 - "maybe she's right, but I have to try"
- ep 51 - "in those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth... but the world isn't perfect, and the law is incomplete. [...] I no longer think of equivalent exchange as an absolute law. I think of it as a promise between my brother and me, that someday we'll see each other again."