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Quotes About Challenge

El Riesgo Siempre Vive
~ Ernest Cline
And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level.
~ Ernest Cline
The Copper Key awaits explorers In a tomb filled with horrors But you have much to learn If you hope to earn A place among the high scorers
~ Ernest Cline
Three hidden keys open three secret gates Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits And those with the skill to survive these straits Will reach The End where the prize awaits
~ Ernest Cline
These days, most gunters referred to them as "the Sux0rz." (Because they sucked.)
~ Ernest Cline
And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level. A level that you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing. Because the game that is your life still isn't over yet. And there's no telling how far you might be able to get, what you might discover, or who you might meet when you get there.
~ Ernest Cline
Para mim, a escola tinha sido um exercício darwiniano. Um ataque diário de ridicularização, abuso e isolamento.
~ Ernest Cline
Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It's just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.
~ Ernest Cline
These "wise men" apparently thought setting up a small shop in the middle of a monster-infested dungeon was a fine idea.)
~ Ernest Cline
Competition brings out the best in me.
~ Ernest Cline
life was simple: It's just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.
~ Ernest Cline
my two least-favorite words appeared on the screen: GAME OVER.
~ Ernest Cline
Good luck, Parzival," he said. "And thanks. Thanks for playing my game.
~ Ernest Cline
final scene of Anorak's Invitation, by the way.
~ Ernest Cline
You had to be careful whenever you entered a new zone or sector. You had to be prepared. But like I said, I didn't have that problem. I was stuck at school.
~ Ernest Cline
Life was like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced video game. But sometimes the game can have a surprise ending. And sometimes, when you think you've reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing in front of a whole new level. A level you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing.
~ Ernest Cline
Also, don't touch anything, and if you can help it, try not to look at anything either—not for longer than a second or two. Otherwise you might trigger some educational minigame or side quest that you'll be forced to complete, and we'll have to go on without you. We don't have time to stop and play Blue's Clues.
~ Ernest Cline
I also have a habit of overeating when I was depressed or frustrated, which was most of the time.
~ Ernest Cline
And then it was on like Red Dawn.
~ Ernest Cline
wondering what challenges awaited me inside
~ Ernest Cline
Sorrento," I said, trying to hide the fear in my voice, "I want you and your bosses to know something. You're never going to find Halliday's egg. You know why? Because he was smarter than all of you put together. It doesn't matter how much money you have or who you try to blackmail. You're going to lose.
~ Ernest Cline
a combination no self-respecting gunter would have trouble remembering.
~ Ernest Cline
Kira Underwood was right, when she said that life was like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced videogame. But sometimes the game can have a surprise ending….
~ Ernest Cline
Leeroy Jenkins!
~ Ernest Cline