Role Playing Quotes

“If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting on I heard what was said, and I wonder if I can ever act any other way again. But I remembered one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.”
― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“So say I’m your mom.'
'What?' I said.
'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.'
I could feel myself blushing. 'I can’t do that,' I said.
'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think I’m not a good role-player?'
'No,' I said. 'It’s just–'
'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.'
I just looked at him. 'I just… It’s weird.'
'No, it’s hard. But not impossible. Just try it.'
A week earlier, I hadn’t even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“Whenever you take on playing a villain, he has to cease to be a villain to you. If you judge this man by his time, he's doing very little wrong.”
― Colin Firth

“We can ALWAYS make a difference to someone, no matter what role we play.”
― Lindsey Stirling

“In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.'
'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this.
'I had to. It was court-ordered.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“Who needs sports stardom when you can shoot fireballs from your fingertips?”
― Ethan Gilsdorf

“Even the most outspoken of the critics must admit that long before we had print and film media to "spread the word," mankind was engaged in all forms of cruel and despicable behavior. To attribute war, killing, and violence to film, TV, and role-play games is to fly in the face of thousands of years of recorded history.”
― Gary Gygax, Role-Playing Mastery

“Oh, I think my new slave is a wanton little slut. Aren’t you?”

“No, I’m a good boy,” he moaned as he pushed his ass back on my hand. “I’m not a whore!”

“You’re my whore,” I growled and fucked him with my fingers as I picked up the flogger someone had left on the table. I started spanking him hard with it. “Does my boy want to come?”

“Yes,” he hissed and jumped when I slapped him with the toy again. “Please, master? I’ll do anything you want.”

“You’ll do it whether I let you come or not!” I pulled my fingers free and walked over to the wall of toys. I grabbed a large butt plug and quickly pushed it into his ass. Then, before he could even get used to the size of it, I slapped the flogger against it. “Admit you’re a dirty slut.”

“No! I’m a good boy,” Shely cried out again. “Please don’t breach my ass! I’ve never been with a man before.”
― Joyee Flynn

“Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book... By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters... wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp.”
― Ethan Gilsdorf

“I don't have te let ye come. Coming is a privilege, not a right- Declan Ramsay to Sam Aiken. (Illuminate the Shadows- Shatterproof Bond #1)”
― Isobel Starling, Illuminate the Shadows

“one should know what one's role is.”
― Aporva Kala, Alchemist of the East

“When national ideals are confined to insignificant issues reflective primarily of a personal choice, there lies a problem of distorted priorities.”
― Moutasem Algharati

“You are sweet and docile and dumb.”

I recoil. “Excuse me?”

She smirks. “Another role to play. You’re very good at playing roles.”

I’m tempted to look at Søren, who’s too busy rowing to talk but can certainly hear every word.

“Let them believe you are dim,” Artemisia continues. “The King, his court, your suitors. If they believe you to be an idiot, they will underestimate you. Let them.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“Life is a big show, perform it well”
― Myra Yadav

“Every one of us has been called to be an actor in the drama of life and everyone has a role to play as well.”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

“You are nothing without me… You need me… more than you’ve ever… needed anything.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Without me… you are completely lost. I own… your soul.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Everyday life:

Life is akin to a stage play where each person awaits their moment. Which role are you playing today? Act well!”
― Luckson T Mabade