What’s the point in saving humanity if we’re going to give up our own?[to Jacob]
What they did to us, it’s only permanent if we choose to let it be. Doesn’t matter how long it had you.[to John]
What if there are no sides? Only life and death. Light and dark. Us and them.
What Dr. Halsey wants to eliminate from your species is precisely the thing that makes you special, your humanity.[to John]
We’re the last of our kind. Spartans never die. But they do. Don’t they?[Kai]Not today.[Master Chief]
We lose the artifact, we lose the war. It’s that simple. No matter what they’ve done to us, we’re all we have now.
Usually when people are hurt in combat, it’s because they’re poorly trained or poorly led.[to Briggs]
This isn’t death. This is loss. There’s a difference.[to John]
The universe will be diminished without you in it.[to Kwan]
The only thing the monster wants is for you to know that there’s nothing you can ever love that it can’t take away.
The moment a person becomes a Spartan, their life in your world ends. They live in mine. There are no burials. There’s no funerals. They’ve already said goodbye.[to Kwan]
The mind is certainly capable of invention. Particularly when we’re lost in the dark and desperate. But if we want to separate what’s real from what’s imagined, we really have no choice. We have to see for ourselves.