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The concept of time travel makes things interesting.

Even the greatest mind in history gets lost when it comes to time travel. The absolute truth is still to be found by human beings.

The world is extremely curious to see what is the end result of years of research. Check out this list of inspirational time travel quotes.

You may like these time travel quotes and wonder how today would be different if time traveling existed. These time travel quotes give a subtle insight into a hidden life which many of us would like to see.

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Traveling through time is something everybody would want to do. Here are the best traveling back to the past quotes and time travel quotes you may like.

1. "You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again."

- Bonnie Prudden.

2. "You've got to always go back in time if you want to move forward."

-Snoop Dogg.

3. "I want to go back in time. Not to change anything, but to feel something again."

4. "Do not look back with regret. Past will never come back again."

– Henry Longfellow.

5. "There's going to be moments in life where you are going to want to turn back — that's when you have to go on."

— Ritu Ghatourey.

6. "We cannot go back in time and change the past but we can repent."

– Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

7. "I love going back in time, and the only time you can really do that is on a movie set."

– Tate Taylor.

8. "Life is a learning experience. All you can do is learn from your mistakes, but you can't go back in time."

– Amy Dumas.

9. "You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that?"

-Jeremy Piven.

10. "I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast."

– Robert Rodriguez.

11. "What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am."

-Etta James.

12. "But if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do a single thing differently. What if all those things I did were the things that got me here?"

— Cheryl Strayed.

13. "Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make."

– Douglas Adams.

14. "If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things you did that you'd forgotten about, you'd weep, looking at that day."

-Alexander Payne.

15. "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

Time travel is such a wide topic of discussion. Check out these inspirational time travel quotes and some much-loved inspirational travel quotes which you may need!

16. "In a sense, we all are Time Travelers! We are surviving each and every Active Time-Point in this timeline..."

― Aldrin Mathew, 'Time Travel Experiences,' 2017.

17. "Time travel is a philosophical concept, not a scientific one. It is, in fact, as has been pointed out, scientific nonsense."

-Alexie Panshin, 'The Mirror of Infinity,’ 1970.

18. "The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics."

-Brian Greene.

19. "Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the house had changed shape."

― Richard J. Ward, 'The Hermit and the Time Machine,' 2014.

20. "There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it."

-H. G. Wells, 'The Time Machine,' 1895.

21. "Antigravity, teleportation, time travel, energetic DNA evolution, and consciousness transformation could create a world few of us ever even dreamed of."

-David Wilcock, 'The Synchronicity Key' 2013.

22. "I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal."

― Eoin Colfer, 'Artemis Fowl,’2008.

23. "I have a secret project which adds four hours every day to the 24 hours we have. There's a bit of time travel involved."

-Sundar Pichai

24. "One may never get to know how fast the time travels till the one gets in that position to race against the time."

 -Neel Preet, 'Voice from the East,' 2016.

25. "It's this simple: Spacetime implies the possibility of time travel."

-Dilip D'Souza, '"How Realistic Is The Idea Of Time Travel?", Live Mint'

26. "When you ghost hunt, you kind of time travel: you get that residue of the past."

- Zak Bagans.

27. "The causality violation device may be doing something else. May have already done it. Something wonderful and terrible."

― Dexter Palmer, 'Version Control,' 2016.

28. "Come here, cat. You wouldn't want to destroy the space-time continuum, would you? Meow. Meow."

-Connie Willis, 'To Say Nothing of the Dog,' 1997.

29. "The truth is, time travel is hard, and people are lazy."

- Margaret Peterson Haddix , 'Redeemed,'2015.

30. "Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible."

-Stephen Hawking.

31. "The best evidence that time travel is impossible is the fact that we haven't been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future."  

  -Guillaume Musso.

32. "Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read."

-James Altucher.

33. "Our memory is and always will be as good as time travel gets, and in the meantime time will do the travelling for us."

- Maria Konnikova.

34. "Forward time travel is no big deal, being in reality nothing but slow aging."

-Katinka Ridderbos, 'Time,' 2002.

35. "Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect."

-Edward M. Lerner.

36. "I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?"

-Rainbow Rowell.

Here are quotes about time travel to have a better understanding, including Stephen Hawking time travel quotes. These time travel quotes are inspirational.

37. "If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"

-Stephen Hawking, 'A Brief History of Time,’ 1988.

38. "I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics we usually eventually find a technological way of doing it."

-David Deutsch.

39. "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

― Albert Einstein.

40. "What's important about the model is the idea that the past, present and future are all equally real."

-Dr. Kristie Miller.

41. "Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'"

42. "The basic idea if you're very, very optimistic is that if you fiddle with the wormhole openings, you can make it not only a shortcut from a point in space to another point in space, but a shortcut from one moment in time to another moment in time."

43. "Time travel may be possible, but it is not practical."

44. "Around and around they'd go, experiencing just half the time of everyone far away from the black hole. The ship and its crew would be traveling through time,"

-Stephen Hawking, 'The Daily Mail,'.

45. "People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

-Albert Einstein.

46. "If you can bend space, there is a possibility of you twisting space."

-Ron Mallet.

Let's look into some of these inspirational time machine quotes and time travel quotes.

47. "Cameras are the world's first time machines."

― Rebecca McNutt, 'Smog City,'.

48. "We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams."

-H.G Wells.

49. "If you ever find yourself coming out of a time machine, run. Run away as fast you can."

― Charles Yu, 'How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe ,'.

50. "Sometimes I wish that I could go into a time machine right now and just look at myself and say, 'Calm down. Things are gonna be fine. Things are gonna be all great. Just relax."

-Tristan Wilds.

51. "Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition."

-Arthur Koestler, 'The Trail of the Dinosaur,'.

52. "To take the time machine, one had to simply lift its case"

― M. Mehwar Anjum, 'The Heist'.

53. "When I finally invent a time machine you will already know about it because I'll have told you a long time ago."

-Dana Gould.

54. "My mind has a time machine; it can travel back to the past when I close my eyes and in my dreams it travels to the future."

― Munia Khan.

55. "You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember."

-Rodman Philbrick, 'Freak the Mighty,'.

56. "I go to the movies whenever I get the chance, because the movie theater is like the woods. It's another place that's like a time machine."

-Carol Rifka Brunt, 'Tell the Wolves I'm Home,'.

57. "Smell is the closest thing human beings have to a time machine"

-Caryl Rivers, 'More Joy Than Rage,'.

58. "Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow's newspapers."

-James Nicoll.

59. "Live & do everything in such a way so that if you look back in time, you shouldn't say that if had a time machine I would've done it better."

― Immanuel Mohan.

60. I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine.

-Samantha Hunt, 'The Invention of Everything Else,'.

61. "The Time Machine was left deserted on the turf among the rhododendrons."

-H.G Wells, 'The time machine: Chapter 5,'.

62. "If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time."

-Kip Thorne.

63. "I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West."

-Caroline Lawrence.

64. "At my house I have a full-size time machine that I've built over a couple of years... I love looking at people's faces when they walk into my office. They're literally astounded."

-Gregory Nicotero.

65. "When I was in high school, girls made fun of me for liking vampire movies. Now, I'd be their king. Time machine, where are you?"

66. "Just throw me in a time machine, hit random, and wherever I land would be great... Just being thrown into a different time really fascinates me."

-Beau Mirchoff.

Our favorite movies and shows are full of inspirational time travel quotes. Here are some from science fiction you might still love, including Doctor Who time travel quotes.

67. "If either of us ever invent time travel, we agree our first stop will be this meeting today in precisely five seconds."

-Sheldon Cooper, ' The Big Bang Theory ,'.

68. "If you travel back into your own past, that destination becomes your future, and your former present becomes the past, which can't now be changed by your new future."

-Professor Hulk, 'The Avengers: Endgame'.

69. "I got two charges. One to get me here. One to get me home."

-Cable, ' Deadpool 2.'

70. "Wish we could turn back time

To the good old days"

- Twenty one pilots .

71. "Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...Out of a DeLorean?"

-Marty McFly, ' Back to the Future ,'.

72. "The question is not where but when."

-Mikkel Neilson, 'Dark'.

73. "Dormammu, I've come to bargain."

-Doctor Strange, 'Doctor Strange'.

74. "It must be some kind of hot tub time machine"

-Nick, 'Hot Tub Time Machine'.

75. "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space."

-Brand, ' Interstellar ' 2014.

76. "The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make."

-Kyle Reese, 'The Terminator'.

77. "Miss Granger, three turns should do it. Good luck."

- Albus Dumbledore, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Azkaban,' 2004.

78. "You just have to come home!"

-Professor X, 'X-Men: Days of future past'.

79. "Shh! Listen! Someone's coming! I think -- I think it might be us!"

- J. K. Rowling, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.

80. "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."

-The Doctor, 'Doctor Who' 2007.

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15 Mind-Bending Quotes From Netflix’s ‘Dark That Are ‘Time’less. Literally

When it comes to navigating the labyrinthine world of time travel paradoxes, the Netflix show Dark is a cut above the rest. It’s a show where your girlfriend is your aunt, your daughter is your mother, and somehow, it all makes sense.  Season 3 , the Final Cycle, is coming out on June 27th, and in anticipation, here are some of the most poignant quotes from the show. 

This show makes your head spin, but in the best way possible. I just wish we could time travel to a month later when the show will already be out!

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Dark: How Time Travel Works in the Netflix Series

Netflix's Dark is heavily focused on time travel across three eras: 1953, 1986 and 2019. Here's how all of those temporal trips are possible.

Netflix's German sci-fi drama Dark relies on the mind-bending concept, "The beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning," a mantra that permeates the series as it focuses on how time travel has affected the small town of Winden. Season 1 kicks into high gear in 2019 with a kid, Mikkel, going missing at a cave in the nearby woods, leading to the mysterious Stranger offering clues to Jonas -- one of the teens involved in the incident -- to solve the case.

What ensues is Jonas discovering key families in Winden have been part of a closed time loop, all tied back to the suicide of Michael (Jonas' father), months before Mikkel's disappearance. With the Stranger's guidance, he decides to harness the temporal ability of the cave to rescue Mikkel, figure out his own past and set things right. However, there are a few other time travel methods in the show, so let's break them all down in detail.

THE TEMPORAL CAVE

The main plot tool for time travel is, as mentioned, this haunting cave in Winden's forest. The Winden Nuclear Facility covered up a disaster in 1986, in which a leak spewed radiation that affected the main tunnel connecting the compound to the cave. As a result of the unique nuclear material the Germans were experimenting on in the wake of Chernobyl, a wormhole was inadvertently created in the cave.

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Certain mini-tunnels in the cave turned into "doors" that led to different timelines. However, each passageway offered the user the ability to travel forward or backward 33 years in time according to which one he/she took. The show hints this is also linked to a cosmic alignment that has supernatural ties to numbers such as "33" and "66," figures the series' occultists believe have a deeper meaning as to why folks can time-slide.

The entire cave becomes active every 33 years when the same stars align, which means the cave is rendered inert after this period. To traverse these pathways, users like Jonas and the Stranger have created a network of strings to guide them along their desired route. In the season finale, these secrets were revealed by the Stranger, who turned out to be Jonas from a dystopian future. He had to provide insight to his younger self on how the cave worked before plunging the teen forward to 2052, putting him on the path to becoming this Stranger.

THE TIME BOX

The Stranger's main mode of time-sliding, however, comes via the Box, although it's not clarified if this Box can be activated at any time or if it's just during the activity period of the cave. As for its design, it basically looks like the inside of a clock with old-school gears. We first get insight into its inner-workings when the Stranger travels to meet H.G. Tannhaus, a clockmaker and engineer in 1953, and leaves him with the initial blueprints. At this point, the unsuspecting Tannhaus is caught off-guard by news he'll be the one to design the Box.

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Using this knowledge, Tannhaus is able to perfect his old schematics and create the Box, which the Stranger will then get in the future, thus firming up the show's closed loop. Tannhaus also gets another version of the Box from Claudia (an old lady time-traveling with a Box just like the Stranger) so he can complete his design, which of course, is passed down to her years later as well. Tannhaus also receives a copy of "A Journey Through Time" from the Stranger -- a book he wrote decades later, which also guides him in finalizing this device. In other words, he gets his  book from the future to help him with his Box in the past.

To complete the first working design of the Box, Tannhaus also used a cell phone brought from the future by Mikkel's dad, Ulrich, who used the cave in 2019 to try to find his kid, not realizing he was going to get stuck in 1953. The electromagnetic field from the phone, and lastly, radioactive material Claudia left with Tannhaus from 2019, would allow the clockmaker to create this portable wormhole generator. As for how it operates, it sucks you up into a black hole and transports you to wherever you set the timer in accordance with the 33-year rule. In short, everything Tannhaus would use to make this Box work in the past was based on material brought to him from the future.

NOAH'S 'ARK'

The main antagonist in Season 1 is Noah, the head priest of a mysterious occult group. He's the reason kids have gone missing from Winden in the past and why their dead bodies are popping up over three eras (1953, 1986 and 2019) near the cave. It turns out in 1986 he began using a torture chamber-esque time machine, strapping kids into it to conduct experiments in order to see how they'd traverse the timestream.

Sadly, this burnt their eyes out and threw their corpses through the temporal gateways uncontrollably, leaving Noah to log data he simply didn't understand because of his lack of a scientific background. However, he appears in all the timelines without having aged a day so it could be that he learned how to use the machine on himself, or secretly got his hands on a separate Box.

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That said, we never really see how the technical aspects of the chamber function. It's hinted, though, that Noah's machine could be mystically powered as there's no radioactive fuel opening up a wormhole. Given the biblical passages tattooed on his back, and from his own beliefs about heaven and hell, it could be that his arcane machine actually uses the souls of children as its temporal fuel.

Created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, Dark stars Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn and Jördis Triebel. Season 2 arrives Friday on Netflix.

Dark (TV series)

Dark (2017-2020) is a German science fiction thriller streaming television series co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese . In the aftermath of a child's disappearance, Dark follows characters from the fictional German town of Winden as they pursue the truth. They follow connections between four estranged families to unravel a sinister time travel conspiracy which spans several generations. The series explores the existential implications of time, and its effect on human nature.

• 1.1 Geheimnisse (Secrets) [1.01]
• 1.2 Lügen (Lies) [1.02]
• 1.3 Gestern und Heute (Past and Present) [1.03]
• 1.4 Doppelleben (Double Lives) [1.04]
• 1.5 Wahrheiten (Truths) [1.05]
• 1.6 Sic Mundus Creatus Est (Thus the World Was Created) [1.06]
• 1.7 Kreuzwege (Crossroads) [1.07]
• 1.8 Was man sät, das wird man ernten (As You Sow, so You Shall Reap) [1.08]
• 1.9 Alles ist Jetzt (Everything Is Now) [1.09]
• 1.10 Alpha und Omega (Alpha and Omega) [1.10]
• 2.1 Anfänge und Enden (Beginnings and Ends) [2.01]
• 2.2 Dunkle Materie (Dark Matter) [2.02]
• 2.3 Gespenster (Ghosts) [2.03]
• 2.4 Die Reisenden (The Traveling Ones) [2.04]
• 2.5 Vom Suchen und Finden (From Searching and Finding) [2.05]
• 2.6 Ein unendlicher kreis (An Infinite Circle) [2.06]
• 2.7 Der weiße Teufel (The White Devil) [2.07]
• 2.8 Enden und Anfänge (Ends and Beginnings) [2.08]
• 3.1 Deja-vu [3.01]
• 3.2 Die Überlebenden (The Survivors) [3.02]
• 3.3 Adam und Eva (Adam and Eva) [3.03]
• 3.4 Der Ursprung (The Origin) [3.04]
• 3.5 Leben und Tod (Life and Death) [3.05]
• 3.6 Licht und Schatten (Light and Shadow) [3.06]
• 3.7 Zwischen der Zeit (In Between Time) [3.07]
• 3.8 Das Paradies (Paradise) [3.08]
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Time travel is the process of travelling across time , to a point in the relative past or future.

• 2.1.1 Wormhole or "Passage" in Caves
• 2.1.2 Bunker Chair (Apparatus Alpha)
• 2.1.3 Apparatus / Clockwork Box
• 2.1.4 Bunker Portal
• 2.2.1 Bunker Chair 2.0 (Apparatus Beta)
• 2.2.2 Nuclear Plant - God Particle (2053)
• 2.2.3 Nuclear Plant - God Particle (2020)
• 2.2.4 Nuclear Plant Portal (2020)
• 2.2.5 Sic Mundus Lab - God Particle Twin (1921)
• 2.2.6 Other Martha's Trans-Dimensional Orb
• 3 Instances
• 4 References

The past, present and future are all connected and affect each other. Whether it is possible to change the future through changing the past is unclear, but appears to be impossible.

Seemingly, changes to the past made through time travel are already accounted for in the future and thus, it is impossible to change the future. This means that whatever happens has already happened. Examples:

• Ulrich traveled from 2019 to 1953 and tried to kill young Helge to prevent the future abduction of children, but only caused the injuries to his face which Helge "already" had in the future.
• Jonas traveled from 1921 to 2019 to prevent his father 's suicide, only to be the trigger of the tragedy.
• Mikkel traveled from 2019 to 1986 , a change in the past which has already happened since his adult self existed during the 2019.

On the other hand, some characters, like Noah , Claudia and Jonas , go to great lengths to ensure that every step will be repeated exactly as it was before, implying that things would change without their intervention and thus, changes to the past affect the future. However, they might have other motives than keeping the timeline consistent. Examples:

• Claudia instructed Tronte and Peter to place Mads' body in the forest where it would be found by the police.
• Future Jonas prevented his younger self from bringing Mikkel (his future father) back from 1986 to 2019 , as he believed that doing so would erase his own existence.
• Future Jonas did not release his younger self from the bunker when he was kidnapped by Noah and Helge ,

A misconception of the series is, time travel is only possible between points in time that are exactly 33 years apart. There are few examples where this is not the case, but they are normally between 33 year increments:

• Old Helge travels from 2019 to 1986, via the cave wormhole right passage...33 years earlier
• Ulrich travels from 2019 to 1953, via the cave wormhole left passage...66 years earlier
• The teens use it to go from 2020 to 1987 bus stop...33 years earlier
• Hannah steals the apparatus and goes from 2020 to 1954 (presumably via a double hop)...66 years earlier
• Jonas, Magnus, Bartosz, and Franziska go from 2020 to 1888 (by accident) ... 132 years earlier
• Peter witnesses Mads from 1986 Chair through a rift in the 2019 bunker...33 years later
• Erik & Yasin from 1986 Chair through a rift in the 1953 bunker...33 years earlier
• Young Helge is transported from 1953 to 1986...33 years later
• Jonas is transported from 1986 to 2052...66 years later
• Jonas in transported to 1921...132 years earlier
• Charlotte and Elisabeth are transported to 2041... 12 years earlier**
• Silja is transported to 1890 ... 163 years earlier**
• Jonas is transported to 2019... 98 years later**
• Teen Noah is transported to 2020...99 years later
• Adam is transported to 2020...99 years later
• Adam transports Young Silja from 1911 to 2041 ... 130 years later**
• Charlotte is transported from 2020 to 2053
• Martha is transported from June 27, 2020 to September 21, 1888 ... 131 years and a few months earlier**
• Martha is transported from September 23, 1888 to September 23, 2053 ... 165 years later
• Martha (as Eva) transports Hannah and Young Silja from 1993 to 1911 ... 82 years earlier**
• Jonas and Martha are transported from November 6, 2019 to November 6, 2052 ... 33 years later
• Ulrich is transported from November 8, 2019 to November 8, 1986 ... 33 years earlier

**Non-33 year increment travels

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Season 1 [ ], wormhole or "passage" in caves [ ].

A wormhole in the Winden Caves opened during an incident in the Winden Nuclear Power Plant in the summer of 1986 . A man-made passage behind a heavy metal door created by Sic Mundus , connects three points in time 33 years apart: 1953 , 1986 , & 2019 .

All other known methods of time travel utilize the same method of the original wormhole . Although it seems Mikkel Nielsen get transported 33 years into the past outside the caves while running away, actually it was a younger Jonas back from 2053 via 1921 who took him to the passage in Winden Caves after he was lost, as revealed by Michael Kahnwald (older Mikkel) later in Season 2 . Similar thing happened with Claudia Tiedemann 's dog Gretchen .

Bunker Chair (Apparatus Alpha) [ ]

The Chair was a prototype time machine, built in the Bunker behind the Doppler Shack by Noah & Helge in 1986 .

Apparatus / Clockwork Box [ ]

Using the prototypes of the Bunker Chair, a portable device was created by H.G. Tannhaus with plans given to him by Claudia . Originally seen in use by The Stranger at the end of Season 1 and used by several people in Season 2 . The Apparatus requires the use of the "God Particle," found in the nuclear waste barrels from 1986, and can only be triggered by an electromagnetic impulse, such as a cell phone.

Bunker Portal [ ]

In 2019 while Peter is in the bunker seeking solitude and reciting the serenity prayer , Mads falls through a time portal . This portal is the exit point of the wormhole created by the Bunker Chair in 1986.

Jonas is in the 1986 Bunker after being kidnapped by Helge and Noah . Young Helge is in the 1953 bunker after being bashed by Ulrich . When The Stranger activates the apparatus in attempts to close the wormhole at the end of Season 1 , a time portal opens in the bunker . Jonas and Helge touch and Jonas is transported to 2052 and Helge to 1986 .

Season 2 [ ]

Bunker chair 2.0 (apparatus beta) [ ].

Noah sends Helge back to 1953 after he has healed from being bashed by Ulrich . The Chair now has cylindrical doors that open and close around the traveler, as well as the ability to use a small amount of the "God Particle" from the 1986 nuclear incident. This removes the need for the device to operate directly over the wormhole in the tunnels, and brings it one iterative step close to becoming the Apparatus, which can be operated from anywhere.

Nuclear Plant - God Particle (2053) [ ]

Jonas has to find fuel for the equipment to stabilize the God Particle or Wormhole prior to travelling to 1921 .

Nuclear Plant - God Particle (2020) [ ]

Prior to the Apocalypse a God Particle or Wormhole appears above the open yellow barrel .

Nuclear Plant Portal (2020) [ ]

Seemingly the cause of the apocalypse , when mother/daughter touch through the time portal .

Sic Mundus Lab - God Particle Twin (1921) [ ]

The God Particle or Wormhole in the Sic Mundus lab that connects with the wormhole in 2053.

Other Martha's Trans-Dimensional Orb [ ]

clockwork orb is used at the end of Season 2 by Martha and Jonas to escape the apocalypse . Since Martha states that she is from another world, it is assumed that this device bridges worlds, and not time periods (at least not demonstrated as of yet).

Instances [ ]

Also reference Timeline

*Known time travels span beyond 33 years.

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References [ ]

• ↑ " Jonas Kahnwald " on Netflix Dark Website .
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The Creators of Netflix’s Dark on Why Writing Time-Travel Stories Is Like Playing Jazz

Time travel seems to be popping up everywhere in the culture these days — this year alone, both the Avengers and the crew from Star Trek: Discovery have dabbled in temporal displacement — but if there’s one show that can lay claim to taking a really deep and philosophical dive into an idea that has been around since Mark Twain sent a Yankee to King Arthur’s Court, it’s Dark . Netflix’s first-ever German-language original series started out in 2017 as a small-town supernatural murder mystery, featuring moody teenagers, a bunch of missing kids, police officers struggling with domestic problems, and lots of drone footage of foggy forests. Then the show’s hero, 16-year-old emo kid Jonas, discovered that in his hometown of Winden someone is experimenting with a time machine, and things got really complicated.

Now Dark is back with a second season that weaves together stories from the present, the 1980s, the 1950s, the 1920s, and even the future. In the eight new episodes, head writer Jantje Friese and her partner, director Baran Bo Odar, provide answers to first-season questions both metaphysical and mundane — and then raise even more. So on a hot Berlin summer day, Vulture sat down with both of them at the city’s Soho House to talk about how writing time-travel stories is like playing jazz, and why free will is nothing but an illusion.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Dark has become this multidimensional, nonlinear narrative, with lots of paradoxical situations and story loops. While writing the second season, how often did you get confused with all this mind-bending time travel and multiple versions of Jonas?

Jantje Friese: It’s more confusing with the props than with the characters. Because once you set up a character, once you know their history, where they come from and what they long for, then they basically just move through the world by themselves. But props? Oh my god …

Baran Bo Odar : It’s the little things that cause confusion, like the time machine, the apparatus they use: Which version of the machine is with which character at what point in time? The thing is, it’s only one machine, it just comes with different patina levels. Sometimes it’s older or younger or broken, but it’s only one machine. And that’s where people get confused. I remember many, many discussions with actors that were like, “But no, aren’t there like three machines?” No, it’s the same machine! But it got easier, we basically created a code with season one, a kind of language so it’s way easier to talk about the storyline and different timelines now.

Once you realize that we are telling a story in a world where the timeline isn’t linear, once you keep that in your head, then you understand that there is only one time machine, just a different version. It’s almost like jazz: Once you know that this is not a typical pop song where you have chorus, verse, chorus, verse, but that’s it’s more like this jam session thing, then a jazz player doesn’t find it complex anymore. It’s just another language.

So it’s more of an intuitive process? I would have imagined you sitting in your office with a lot of Post-Its all over the wall and a timeline of all the different connections.

Jantje Friese : We actually found out, and this was new to me: The more stuff you hang up on the wall, the less people look at it. And the less they understand. In season one, we had a lot of stuff hanging there, but then we took it down and tried to concentrate on the basic plot points. We get this question a lot, people imagining we have Post-Its everywhere. But that doesn’t help, we tried. The more complex you get in the show, the easier you have to get in the writer’s room.

I remember when Rian Johnson made Looper, he used to discuss every single alleged plot hole on Twitter, like it was a matter of honor to defend the consistency of his story. Do you find yourself engaging with fans who think they found plot holes?

Jantje Friese : We very strongly feel that art should not be explained. As long as we understand and know the logic behind it and we don’t fool ourselves, we’re fine. And maybe it will take time for some people to understand why something isn’t a plot hole after all. I think discussing such things takes the mystery away, and it’s supposed to be an adventure. You are supposed to wrap your head around it and try to figure out how this works. And if you need secondary literature — great!

Baran Bo Odar : We read a lot of comments, of course. And some comments we just don’t understand, and then I do wish to write a reply. There’s this question we get a lot: Why is Noah not aging? There was this theory that he was the devil, something supernatural. And I am always like: We are doing a time-travel show! He might time travel and be in different timelines, so why should he age?

Jantje Friese : It’s like I said: We need to know what’s happening.

Baran Bo Odar : But of course there are plot holes.

Jantje Friese : Which ones, please?

Baran Bo Odar : There will be. One day we’ll find one.

Jantje Friese : So far I think we’re doing okay.

Are you saying there always have to be some kind of plot holes because otherwise such a show couldn’t work as a piece of art? Or are you just worried that you missed something?

Baran Bo Odar : The second thing. There will be something we have missed. There must be.

Jantje Friese : I think we will manage to avoid that. We’ll find a way.

As a viewer, at some point you feel overwhelmed by all those logic puzzles and timelines. And that’s exactly the moment, two thirds into the second season, when you stop jumping from timeline to timeline and you have this nice, warm episode that takes us back to the start. For the length of an episode, the show is about teenagers and their families again. Was that a deliberate decision to give viewers a pause from the complex narrative?

Jantje Friese : I always think that every season should be like a musical piece, and you should have a bridge part before you get to the climax, and episode six is this bridge. I just like the rhythm of that.

Baran Bo Odar : Though the episode still answers and raises a lot of big questions!

Absolutely, the last ten minutes are quite central to the time-travel story. There’s this anecdote that in the final season of Breaking Bad , the writers started with this flash-forward where you see Walter White with this big machine gun and then they just said to themselves, as a challenge —

Jantje Friese : “How do we get there?”

Yes. “Let’s see how we get the story to this point.” I thought about that when I was watching your show. You always know where your character ends up, because we’ve already met their future selves. Isn’t that a whole different way of storytelling?

Jantje Friese : People always think that writing is like architecture, that you build blocks and in the end you have a house. They way I approach writing is that it’s like archeology: The house is there, under the sand, you just have to uncover it. First of all, that makes it psychologically much easier, because you don’t have to do anything except dusting off sand, and that’s easy to do! And then it’s exactly what you have said: Something is already there and you just have to find a way for it to emerge. It actually gets quite easy if you already have seen the end of a character. You may have to dust off a little more here, and a little more there, and then you already see emerging the character’s end point that you already know about.

I find it almost paradoxical how much narrative energy you can draw from a premise that seems to prevent any kind of real suspense. Was that surprising to you? 

Jantje Friese : It’s because human behavior is just such a strange thing. We could put a big sign before the show saying, “It’s a deterministic world! Nothing’s going to change!” And still you would root for all the characters and you would want them to somehow get out of this mess. Because we all want to believe that we have free will. And that’s just such a big, big, big energy driver. You just want it to happen. That’s why you still root for them, and you still wait for this world to change. And you know what? Maybe it will. We don’t know yet.

Baran Bo Odar : I don’t think so. It’s a deterministic world.

Jantje Friese : We’ll see.

Some of the time travelers certainly dream of “ending the cycle,” as they phrase it, of finding a loophole that gets them out of the time loop where everything keeps happening the way as it has always happened. Is this some irrational hope they stick to? Or is there a real possibility that they can prevent some of the horrible things that went down in Winden?

Jantje Friese : They think they know how this works but they don’t. They are still human. They will never be able to overcome their inner longings, their ego. They would need to completely crash their ego structure to get a grasp of it. We keep it ambivalent. And it can go both ways. But I won’t tell you whether there’s hope or a silver lining in the end.

Why do you think time travel is such a big thing in storytelling right now? 

Jantje Friese : I think it’s two things. One thing is that people who make content now grew up with Back to the Future . And the other thing is that we live in uncertain times, we fear what is coming in the future and we have a nostalgic thing about the past, about going back to how it used to be before we had social media and internet, to better times. And time-travel stories somehow connect us in the present with our longing for the past and this fear for the future.

Baran Bo Odar : It’s really an interesting question. Why is time travel such a thing now? When Matrix came out, there were a lot of stories that questioned reality. “Is this real or not?” That’s now less of a question. Now time travel is more of a thing in pop culture. What does it stand for? Is it because we hope to change things we already have messed up, like climate change? I really don’t know.

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Netflix’s 'Dark' All Time Travel Methods Explained: What Can Be Changed?

N etflix series  Dark is indeed one of the great mind-benders shows  that has puzzled everyone with its unique and mysterious supernatural storyline. Therefore, it is understandable if you still haven’t figured out how time-travel works in the series. 

Initially, when the series began its journey in the Winden town, audiences learned that the children from the town had been missing in an unfamiliar manner. As the series progressed, it was made known that the missing children had unknowingly made it to the past because of time-travel existing in that world.

But, even during the early season of the series, the time-travel events were confusing, especially the methods of time travel and what could & couldn't be changed through time-travel.

Time Travel Methods In The Series ‘Dark’

In the Netflix series Dark , we can witness several methods through which anyone can travel either in the past or future in the difference of 33-year increments. Here they are:

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The Winden Cave or Wormhole

The Winden cave in the series Dark (Photo: Twitter)

The Winden cave, which is located beneath the Winden forest, is one of the portals through which time travel is possible.

The cave has several passages, but only one passage leads to three heavy human-made doors. And each door is inscribed with the Triquetra symbol and the text, "Sic Mundus Creatus Est." Plus, all of them connect three distinct points in time (33 years apart): 1953, 1986, & 2019.

The cave was made by the members of the Sic Mundus secret society in 1921. However, the tunnel or wormhole only got activated in 1986 after an incident in the Winden Nuclear Power Plant.

The event in the power plant spread nuclear substances and radiations in the cave tunnels. Later, nuclear substances and emissions combined to form a time-travel wormhole in the tunnels that can be reached by the distinct doors.

Travelers like Jonas Kahnwald , Ulrich Nielsen, Hannah Kahnwald, Kathrina Nielsen and Helge Doppler used the cave’s passage or wormhole to travel to their desired time.

The Time Travel Machine

The time machine from the Netflix series Dark (Photo: 8FLiX/)

Another way to travel through time in the series Dark is with the help of the time travel machine, which is also known as apparatus or clockwork box.

The machines transport the travelers to the past or future with the 33-year rule, just like the tunnel in the cave. But the machine transports the travelers through a black round hole after it is switched on.

To function the machine, some amount of the ‘God Particle’ that is created from radioactive material of the Nuclear Power Plant is required. Also, the machine uses an electromagnetic field from the smartphone that was brought in the past by Ulrich to create a wormhole.

However, there were two instances in the series when the machine is used by Claudia with no view of Ulrich's cellphone. Fans still speculate if Claudia went to the past to borrow a cellphone or found some idea to use the machine without it.

The machine was created by a clockmaker and engineer named H.G. Tannhaus. However, the idea to make a time machine was not of Tannhaus himself. He makes it as per the blueprints given to him by powerplant manager Claudia Tiedemann—who had already time-traveled through all three timelines. After all, how would she have given the 2019's Ulrich cellphone and a reactive cesium isotope from 2019 Jonas to Tannhaus if she hadn't time-traveled back and forth?

In addition to Claudia's, Tannhaus also took references from his own book titled 'A Journey Through Time,' written by his future-self. The book was given to him by the Stranger (older Jonas).

We, first, get to see the machine work when the Stranger operates it to time travel at the end of Season 1. As the series progresses, we also see other characters using the machine to transport to their desired time.

The creation of this time machine is what led to the accidental creation of Jonas and alternate Martha's respective worlds. 

Chair In The Bunker

Helge Doppler from the series Dark tied in the chair built inside the bunker (Photo: Dark Fandom)

Unlike other methods of time travel, the chair in the bunker can cost someone’s life when taking someone to another time.

The chair in the bunker was an experimental time machine built by Noah and Helge Doppler behind the Doppler Shack in 1986. The terrifying chair comprised ankle cuffs, straps, electric wires, and a wide metal ring at head height. Meanwhile, the bunker was decorated like a child’s bedroom.

To experiment on time-travel with the help of chair-like-machine, Noah and Doppler, together, abducted children. They kidnapped Mads Nielsen, Erik Obendorf, and Yasin Friese.

However, the first phase of the experiments failed and resulted in the death of those abducted children. The dead bodies of those children, then, were transported to different years in the 33-year gap.

Six months later of the first try, Noah again performed the test after adding the entire body-sized metal ring around the chair,. This time, he experimented with the child version of Helge Doppler. Surprisingly, he succeeded in transporting Helge from the year 1987 to 1954 alive.

God Particle

The God Particle in the Netflix series Dark (Photo: 8FLiX/IMDb)

The God Particle is another method/way through which time-travel is shown possible in the series Dark.  Ther are two known god particles in the series: one got discovered in 2020 and the other got formed by Sic Mundus as a twin of the first one.

The original God Particle was created after the accident that occurred at the nuclear power plant in 1986.

The particle after its formation transcended time and space and connected them. In other words, it was the foundation of time-travel because every other method of time travel requires some amount of God Particle to function.

That might be the reason why the God Particle allowed one to travel to any time (past or future) without the 33-year barrier, unlike other methods that can only transport anyone within 33-years (either in past or future).

Alternate World’s Time Machine

The round-shaped time machine from the alternate world in the series Dark (Photo: Twitter)

Before the final scene of the second season, no one had an idea about the existence of an alternate (parallel) world. And with the alternate world came a unique round-sized time machine built in the alternate world. 

The alternate world’s time machine was so advanced that it not just transported to the various time but also could travel the characters from one parallel world to another.

What Can Be Changed Through Time-Travel On 'Dark'?

There are thousands and thousands of theories related to the possibilities and non-possibilities of time-travel in the world. But no one has cracked the exact way or explored how the time travel phenomenon precisely affects time and space.

So, everything we know about time travel and the possible changes we can make by traveling in our past or future is only through popular theories or movies and shows.

Here are some popular theories that could explain time-travel properly.

Grandfather Paradox

There is a popular theory named Grandfather Paradox that states if a person went back in time to kill his/her grandfather, the individual will not ever be born.

However, if the person was never born in the first place, the individual cannot go back in time to perform the killing. So, for the person to be born, the individual's grandfather needs to be alive in the past. Hence, even if someone tries, the past cannot be changed.

Similar to the theory, the series Dark which revolved around the story of time travel showed us what the characters could do and couldn't do when they travel through time. The series also makes the audiences very clear that the time-travelers cannot change the events in the past if the future of that event already exists.

For instance, when Ulrich tried to kill the child version of Helge Doppler in the series, he failed to do so because a healthy and alive Helge already existed in the future. So, even when Ulrich hit Helge with a big old rock using his full force after traveling to the past, he simply couldn't kill him. In the end, he only managed to make permanent scars on Helge's face.

Likewise, some impact or changes can be made in the past. And those changes made in the past by any character through time travel are already accounted for in the future. This idea makes it impossible to change the future. What that means is that whatever happens in the past has already happened in the future.

A Reddit user named BaaaaL44 explained this situation correctly in one of his explanation posts about time-travel in the series Dark.

Imagine that you go back in time, and buy a toy car to your childhood self. Then, you go back to your own timeline, and while cleaning the house, you happen upon the very same toy car from your childhood. That's right, the car was always yours, as you received it from the future self when you were a kid. The toy car did not mysteriously appear in your closed once you returned to your own timeline. You are not seeing an "altered" timeline, influenced by your past actions (like in Butterfly Effect), the car was always there, and if you cared to remember before going back to the past, you would have recalled a strange guy going up to you when you were a kid, and giving you a toy car.

The characters like Jonas, Claudia, and Ulrich, in the series Dark , who frequently traveled to their past and future also intended to change their past so that they normalized everything in their original timeline. But no one succeeded in doing so.

Well, the theory and explanation can get as long as we stretch it. But what we need to understand, before we conclude, is that even if time travel is possible, the events that have had already occurred cannot be changed - at least, no one has a proven formula so far to change the past.

This concept is what perhaps may explain the show's nostalgic ending. After Martha and Jonas save the Tanenhaus family from the possible accident, they were shown non-existent in the original world. But if we take into account the "Grandfather Paradox," we could say that the specific action from Martha and Jonas to change the past of Tanenhaus family could open yet another time loop.

Are the shows creator hinting to such a scenario by showing Jonas-like yellow raincoat during the final scene of the show?

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There is no such thing as magic, just illusion. Things only change when we change them. But you have to do it skillfully, in secret. Then it seems like magic.

God has a plan for every human being.

We are all full of sin. No pure human being exists. But no matter what we do, we never fall any lower than into God’s hands.

If I now change my past, I will change who I am right now.

The world is full of such paradoxes we simply choose to ignore them most of the time.

We all face the same end. those above have long forgotten us. they do not judge us. in death i am all alone, and my only judge… is me..

We’re not free in what we do because we’re not free in what we want. We can’t overcome what’s deep within us.

A man lives three lives. the first one ends with the loss of naivety, the second, with the loss of innocence and the third… with the loss of life itself. it’s inevitable that we go through all three stages..

“In the end we will all get just what we deserve.”

Most people are nothing but pawns on a chessboard led by an unknown hand..

Your pain defines who you are but it no longer holds power on you.

I dreamt i was a butterfly. now i’ve woken up and i no longer know if i’m a person who dreamed he’s a butterfly or if i’m a butterfly who’s dreaming it’s a person..

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“ Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in time and exist in two places at once.” Margaret Atwood

“Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein’s general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.” Stephen Hawking

“Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Time travel and teleportation will have to wait. It may take centuries to master these technology . But within the coming decades, we will understand dark matter, perhaps test string theory, find planets which can harbor life , and maybe have Brain 2.0, i.e. our consciousness on a disk which will survive even after we die.” Michio Kaku

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“When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It’s like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?” Bill Nye

“Originally, the burden of proof was on physicists to prove that time travel was possible. Now the burden of proof is on physicists to prove there must be a law forbidding time travel.” Michio Kaku

“In Einstein’s equation, time is a river. It speeds up, meanders, and slows down. The new wrinkle is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers. So, if the river of time can be bent into a pretzel, create whirlpools and fork into two rivers, then time travel cannot be ruled out.” Michio Kaku

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“Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who’s connected with it, the studio’s gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that’s left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.” Tom Waits

“If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying.” Neal Asher

“The way that people feel changes everything. Feelings are forces. They cause us to time travel. And to leave ourselves, to leave our bodies. I would be that kind of psychologist who says, ‘You’re absolutely right – there are monsters under the bed.'” Helen Oyeyemi

“Look at anyone’s bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you’re going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas or a language that’s at least a thousand years old. And the idea that humans have created a mechanism to time travel, to hurl ideas into the future, it sort of bookends. Books are a time machine.” Jonathan Nolan

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“People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn’t.” Octavia E. Butler

“We would go back and maybe not say that thing to our dad that we said, or maybe be a little nicer to someone who we cared about and had a relationship with when we were young. You know, they’re subtle things, but we carry those with us forever. And I think that regret and time travel are intrinsically linked to me.” Colin Trevorrow

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“Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven’t pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of time travel? In one of her poems, Emily Bronte likens imagination to a constant companion , but I prefer to think of it as a built-in entertainment system.” Alexandra Adornetto

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“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” — Anne Frank

“I wonder if that's how darkness wins, by convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out. I don't want it to win.” — Jasmine Warga

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” — Carl Jung

“When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.” — Drake

“Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness.” — Julia Cameron

“You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.” — Marianne Williamson

“No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light!” — Norman Vincent Peale

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” — St. Francis of Assisi

Dark Quotes About Life

“I think we all have light and dark inside us.” — Sean Penn

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — Helen Keller

“Live with grace and dignity. It's a middle finger to the darkness.” — Jamie Tworkowski , If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For

“By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness!” — Tara Brach

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” — Carl Jung

“Why not dare yourself to become a shining positive light where darkness is the only thing known?” — Edmond Mbiaka

“To all who walk the dark path, and to those who walk in the sunshine but hold out a hand in the darkness to travel beside us: Brighter days are coming. Clearer sight will arrive. And you will arrive too. No, it might not be forever. The bright moments might be for a few days at a time, but hold on for those days. Those days are worth the dark.” — Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

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Inspirational Quotes About Shadows

“The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.” — Ram Dass

“Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.” — Maya Angelou

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows.” — George R. R. Martin

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

“I think that light and shadow have exactly the same duality that exists between life and death.” — Manuel Alvarez Bravo

“Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” — Ruth E. Renkel

On Darkness & Light

“The darkness declares the glory of light.” — T. S. Eliot

“To see a candle’s light one must take it into a dark place.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” — Walt Whitman

“In the midst of darkness, light persists.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” — Stanley Kubrick

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.” — Bono

More Deep Dark Quotes, Sayings, and Captions

“The presence of fear and darkness does not mean that the hopeful parts of me cease to exist.” — Erin Frye, in a blog post for TWLOHA

“Darkness exists to make light truly count.” — Ryan O'Neal , Sleeping At Last

“Hello darkness, my old friend! I've come to talk with you again!” — Simon & Garfunkel, Sound Of Silence

“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.” — Dorothy Thompson

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The future is uncertain, but with time travel, you can shape it.

In time travel, every second counts.

The past is a window to our present, and time travel is the key.

Time travel is not just a concept, it’s a leap of faith.

With time travel, you can rewrite history and create a new future.

Don’t let the present confine you, time travel opens up endless possibilities.

The past is a lesson, the future is a mystery, but time travel is an adventure.

Time travel teaches us that our actions today can have a profound impact on tomorrow.

Time travel is a chance to undo our mistakes and make amends.

With time travel, the sky is not the limit, it’s just the beginning.

Time travel is like a Pandora’s box, once opened, you can never go back.

The beauty of time travel is in its unpredictability.

Time travel shows us that the universe has a sense of humor.

Time travel allows us to see history from a different perspective.

Doors of time travel are unlocked by curiosity and imagination.

Time travel reminds us that every moment is precious.

In time travel, the past is never truly behind us.

Time travel is a portal to possibilities we never dreamed of.

Time travel is a journey where the destination is constantly changing.

Time travel is not just a physical experience, it’s a mental one too.

Time travel is the ultimate adventure of the mind.

In time travel, you don’t just visit the past or future, you become a part of it.

Time travel is a dance between reality and imagination.

With time travel, you can rewrite your own story.

Time travel shows us that life is a series of interconnected moments.

In the game of time travel, the only limit is your imagination.

Time travel is a reminder that time is not a straight line, but a swirling vortex.

Time travel is the ultimate act of rebellion against the constraints of time.

The best time to travel is always now, because now becomes the past.

Don’t let the fear of the unknown hold you back from time travel.

Time travel is an escape from the mundane and the ordinary.

In time travel, you are both the observer and the observed.

Time travel is a gift that allows us to explore the depths of our history.

In time travel, every decision becomes a fork in the road.

Time travel is a reminder that the real adventure lies in the journey, not the destination.

The thrill of time travel is in being present in multiple places at once.

Time travel is an invitation to rewrite your own destiny.

With time travel, you can become the hero of your own story.

Time travel is a dance between chaos and order.

In time travel, the past is not set in stone, it’s clay waiting to be molded.

Time travel is a reminder that there are no mistakes, only lessons to be learned.

Time travel is a journey of self-discovery and growth.

In time travel, every encounter is a chance to change the world.

Time travel is not just about changing the past, it’s about shaping the future.

Time travel is a mirror that reflects the interconnectedness of all things.

With time travel, you can step outside of yourself and see the world with fresh eyes.

Time travel is a reminder that life is a mosaic of moments, each one unique and precious.

In time travel, every action is a ripple that echoes through eternity.

Time travel is a reminder that the past is never truly gone, it lives on in every present moment.

With time travel, you can dance with your ancestors and shape the destiny of your descendants.

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Travel Through Time With The Best 'Donnie Darko' Quotes

Contemplate the meaning of life, time travel, and the possibility that there might not be a God with the best  Donnie Darko  quotes. The hugely popular 2001 indie movie is both profound and confusing in nature which, in some ways, makes it profoundly confusing and filled many funny one-liners, memorable quotes, and inspirational lines. But which of these are your favorite quotes from  Donnie Darko ?

Vote up the famous  Donnie Darko  quotes that have stuck with you throughout the years, and then head on over to our list of other great shows and movies like Donnie Darko for something new to watch!

Search For God

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you feel alone right now?

Donnie : Oh, I don't know. I mean, I'd like to believe I'm not, but I just... I've just never seen any proof, so I... I just don't debate it anymore, you know? It's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pros and cons. And in the end, I still wouldn't have any proof. So I just... I just don't debate it anymore. It's absurd.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : The search for God is absurd?

Donnie : It is if everyone dies alone.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Does that scare you?

Donnie : I don't want to be alone.

Donnie : One day it will be better for you.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Donnie, what did Roberta Sparrow say to you?

Donnie : She said that every living creature on Earth dies alone.

Deny Everything Else

Donnie : Well, life isn't that simple. I mean, who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.

Kitty Farmer : Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.

Donnie : Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here, like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else.

Breathe A Sigh Of Relief

Donnie : I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.

Superhero Or Something

Gretchen : "Donnie Darko." What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something.

Donnie : What makes you think I'm not?

Stupid Man Suit

Donnie : Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?

Frank : Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

Really Afraid

Jim Cunningham : Son... Do you see this?

Donnie : Right?

Jim Cunningham : This is an anger prisoner. A textbook example.

Donnie : Anger prisoner.

Jim Cunningham : Do you see the fear, people? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places.

Donnie : You're right, actually. I am pretty... I'm pretty troubled and I'm pretty confused, but I... And I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I-I think you're the f*cking Antichrist.

What's The Point Of Living

Donnie : First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario - It just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living... if you don't have a d*ck?

Ronald Fisher : Damn it, Donnie. Why do you gotta get so smart on us?

A Compliment

Gretchen : You're weird.

Donnie : Sorry.

Gretchen : No, that was a compliment.

Suck A F*ck

Donnie : You're such a f*ck-a**!

Rose Darko : Please.

Elizabeth : What? Did you just call me a "f*ck-a**"?

Rose Darko : Elizabeth, that's enough.

Elizabeth : You can go suck a f*ck.

Donnie : Oh, please, tell me, Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a f*ck?

Elizabeth : You want me to tell you?

Donnie : Please, tell me.

Rose Darko : We will not have this at the dinner table.

Donnie : (mouthing) I'm all ears!

Change Things

Donnie : I was in jail once. I mean I accidentally burned down this house. It was abandoned, but still, I got held back in school and I can't drive until I'm 21. But I'm over all of that. I... I... I'm painting and stuff. Writing. I want to be a writer, or maybe a painter, I don't know, or maybe both. I'll write a book and draw the pictures. Then maybe people will understand me. I don't know, change things.

The Gusto You Can Muster

Jim Cunningham : Is that all the gusto you can muster?

A Jet Engine

Elizabeth : Do you remember that weird gym teacher Mrs. Farmer? - Yeah okay, well my brother told her to go shove a book up her a** today. And then my parents bought him all this new sh*t. - Yeah, I know. I wish a jet engine would fall on my room.

Frank : Twenty eight days, six hours, forty two minutes, twelve seconds. That is when the world will end.

Donnie : Why?

Donnie : I made a new friend.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Real or imaginary?

Donnie : Imaginary.

Dues Ex Machina

Seth Devlin : Did you call the f*cking cops?

Donnie : Deus ex machina.

Seth Devlin : What did you just say? What the f*ck did you just say?

Donnie : Our savior.

Donnie : What happened to your eye?

Frank : I'm so sorry.

Watch The Movie Screen

Frank : I want you to watch the movie screen. There's something I want to show you.

You And Your Memories

Dr. Lilian Thurman : If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.

That's Gross

(Dr. Lilian Thurman puts Donnie under hypnosis)

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you still think about girls a lot?

Donnie : Yeah.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : How are things going at school?

Donnie : I think about girls a lot.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : I asked you about school, Donnie.

Donnie : I think about f*cking a lot during school.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : What else do you think about during school?

Donnie : Married with Children.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Do you think about your family?

Donnie : I just turn down the volume and think about f*cking Christina Applegate.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : I asked you about your family, Donnie.

Donnie : No. I don't think about f*cking my family. That's gross.

Dr. Lilian Thurman : Donnie. An atheist is someone who denies altogether the existence of God. You're an agnostic. An agnostic is someone who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God, but does not deny a possibility that God exists.

Anything I Want

Donnie : How can you do that?

Frank : I can do anything I want. And so can you.

I'm Reading

Donnie : I'm reading. Get out of my room

Ronald Fisher : Beer and p*ssy. That's all I need.

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152 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire You To See The World

We’ve been putting together some of our favorite inspirational travel quotes as we continue to travel the world and experience new places and things abroad.

What follows is a complete collection of 152 of the best travel quotes, complete with adventure travel quotes from famous figures like Anthony Bourdain, John Muir, and Mark Twain.

Warning: some of these quotes may give you the travel itch! In any case, I hope you’ll find some of these short travel quotes inspirational for your own journey!

Table of Contents show 152 Best Travel Quotes • Famous Travel Quotes • Mark Twain Travel Quotes • Funny Travel Quotes • Short Travel Quotes • Misc Travel Quotes • Inspirational Travel Quotes • Travel With Friends Quotes • Adventure Travel Quotes • Solo Travel Quotes • Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes More Travel Content & Tips  

152 Best Travel Quotes

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. — Unknown

Take only memories, leave only footprints. — Unknown

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. — Gustave Flaubert

Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Every man dies, but not every man really lives. — William Wallace

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. — Oscar Wilde

Life is a journey. Make the most of it. — Unknown

I’ve traveled every road in this here land… I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere. — Johnny Cash

Paris is always a good idea. — Audrey Hepburn

Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. — Unknown

Collect moments, not things. — Unknown

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way. — Dr Seuss

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Unknown

I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. — George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. — Gary Snyder

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. — John Muir

The mountains are calling and I must go. — John Muir

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. — John Muir

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live. — Hans Christian Andersen

Oh the places you’ll go. — Dr. Seuss

I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost

When one is alone at night in the depths of the woods, the stillness is at once awful and sublime. — John Muir

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. — Charles Dickens

• Mark Twain Travel Quotes

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one’s lifetime.

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else — these are the things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame and commonplace, other ecstasies cheap and trivial. Lifetimes of ecstasy crowded into a single moment.

It is the loveliest fleet of islands [ Hawaii ] that lies anchored in any ocean.

No alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me but that one [ Hawaii ], no other land could so longingly and so beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same.   For me the balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surfbeat is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud wrack; I can feel the spirit of its wildland solitudes, I can hear the splash of its brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago.

• Funny Travel Quotes

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you. — Leroy Satchel Paige

Two great talkers will not travel far together. — George Borrow

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. — Mark Twain

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. — Caskie Stinnett

Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone? — Erma Bombeck

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

• Short Travel Quotes

Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. — Unknown

Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. — Asian Proverb

Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. — Ibn Battutah

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. — Unknown

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. — Ella Maillart

Half the fun of travel is the esthetic of lostness. — Ray Bradbury

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. — Neale Donald Walsh

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. — Unknown

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. — Louis Armstrong

They say travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind. — G.K. Chesterton

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. — Anita Desai

Life is short and the world is wide. — Unknown

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. — G.K. Chesterton

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. — Lao Tzu

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. — Vincent van Gogh

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. — John Muir

A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlos Osvaldo Goldoni

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. — William Hazlitt

I love to travel, but hate to arrive. — Albert Einstein

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. — John Muir

A great way to learn about your country is to leave it. — Henry Rollins

Live your life by a compass, not a clock. — Stephen Covey

Some experiences simply do not translate, you have to go to know. — Kobi Yamada

I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. — Mary Anne Radmacher

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding. — Arthur Frommer

Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage. — Paulo Coelho

Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. — Erol Ozan

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. — David Mitchell

The journey itself is my home. — Matsuo Basho

Live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry. — Jack Kerouac

The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. — Guillermo del Toro

A good traveler leaves no tracks. — Lao Tzu

It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the Earth people who make you feel right at home. — Aaron Lauritsen

It is better to travel well than to arrive. — Unknown

The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. — Agnes Repplier

• Misc Travel Quotes

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. — John Muir

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. — John Muir

I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana, it is love. — John Steinbeck

Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society. — John Muir

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. — Jacques Cousteau

The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray. — Vincent van Gogh

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. — John Burroughs

No pain here, no dull empty hours, no fear of the past, no fear of the future. These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with God’s beauty, no petty personal hope or experience has room to be. — John Muir

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. — Jules Renard

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. — Albert Einstein

Lighthouses are not just stone, brick, metal, and glass. There’s a human story at every lighthouse. — Elinor DeWire

To almost every man and woman there is something about a lighted beacon which suggests hope and trust and appeals to the better instincts of all mankind. — Edward Rowe Snowe

• Inspirational Travel Quotes

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. — Helen Keller

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. — Douglas Ivester

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. — Lawrence of Arabia

Do not dare not to dare. — C.S. Lewis

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Adair

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. — Unknown

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. — John Paul Jones

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. — Shana Alexander

I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. — Henry Rollins

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that damn mountain. — Jack Kerouac

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. — Ray Bradbury

We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place. We stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. — Pascal Mercier

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. — Alan Keightley

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground. — Judith Thurman

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey. — Pat Conroy

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet. — Patrick Rothfuss

It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling. — Gustave Flaubert

The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstances of your life, to be a stranger, to make a friend, to experience an exotic landscape, to risk the unknown. — Paul Theroux

Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of painful magnetic pull to walk deeper and deeper into their beauty. They keep me continuously wanting to know more, feel more, see more. — Victoria Erickson

• Travel With Friends Quotes

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. — Tim Cahill

You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place. — Miriam Adeney

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson

• Adventure Travel Quotes

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. — Amelia Earhart

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal. — Paulo Coelho

Most of us abandoned the idea of a life full of adventure and travel sometime between puberty and our first job. Our dreams died under the dark weight of responsibility. Occasionally the old urge surfaces, and we label it with names that suggest psychological aberrations: the big chill, a midlife crisis. — Tim Cahill

Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter. — John Muir

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. — Edward Abbey

Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process, a new factor enters and takes over. A trip, a safari, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless.   We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip. Only when this is recognized can the blown-in-the glass bum relax and go along with it. Only then do the frustrations fall away. In this a journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. — John Steinbeck

What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies. — Jack Kerouac

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. — J.A. Shedd

It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. — Hugh Laurie

Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the Earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white. — Mark Jenkins

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. — Christopher McCandless

Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else – above all, a travel bureau – arrange everything before-hand? — Richard Aldington

Be careful because Cambodia is the most dangerous place you will ever visit. You will fall in love with it, and eventually it will break your heart. — Joel Brinkley

• Solo Travel Quotes

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. — Freya Stark

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Unknown

I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses. — Bill Bryson

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home. — Freya Stark

When you’ve managed to stumble directly into the heart of the unknown – either through the misdirection of others, or better yet, through your own creative ineptitude – there is no one there to hold your hand or tell you what to do. In those bad lost moments, in the times when we are advised not to panic, we own the unknown, and the world belongs to us. The child within has full reign. Few of us are ever so free. — Tim Cahill

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. — Lin Yutang

He travels the fastest who travels alone. — Rudyard Kipling

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. — Lawrence Durrell

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. — Liberty Hyde Bailey

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. — Henry David Thoreau

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. — Thomas Jefferson

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. — Hannah Arendt

Personally I like going places where I don’t speak the language, don’t know anybody, don’t know my way around and don’t have any delusions that I’m in control. Disoriented, even frightened, I feel alive, awake in ways I never am at home. — Michael Mewshaw

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. — Paulo Coelho

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. — Walt Whitman

• Anthony Bourdain Travel Quotes

If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.

It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu , for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about.   For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and what’s happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there — with your eyes open — and lived to see it.

Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.

I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I’m always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary.

Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? … I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.

It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn.   Maybe that’s enlightenment enough – to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.

I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable.

Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.

Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of the way travel should be.

I wanted adventures. I wanted to go up the Nung river to the heart of darkness in Cambodia . I wanted to ride out into a desert on camelback, sand and dunes in every direction, eat whole roasted lamb with my fingers. I wanted to kick snow off my boots in a Mafiya nightclub in Russia. I wanted to play with automatic weapons in Phnom Penh, recapture the past in a small oyster village in France, step into a seedy neon-lit pulqueria in rural Mexico. I wanted to run roadblocks in the middle of the night, blowing past angry militia with a handful of hurled Marlboro packs, experience fear, excitement, wonder.   I wanted kicks – the kind of melodramatic thrills and chills I’d yearned for since childhood, the kind of adventure I’d found as a little boy in the pages of my Tintin comic books. I wanted to see the world – and I wanted the world to be just like the movies.

At this point I think my body is like an old car. Another dent ain’t gonna make a whole lot of difference. At best it’s a reminder that you’re still alive and lucky as hell. Another tattoo, another thing you did, another place you’ve been.

Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund.

If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.

Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

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Back To The Future’s 10 Biggest Mysteries That Still Need Answering Almost 40 Years Later

10 fascinating facts about the back to the future trilogy, back to the future: 10 things that still hold up today.

• The best Back to the Future quotes have guaranteed the franchise a place in pop culture history.
• Outstanding performances from Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown and Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly are a key reason many moments are so memorable.
• Other characters like Biff Tannen have some great Back to the Future quotes, but the majority of the best lines come from Doc and Marty.

Back to the Future quotes have helped to ensure the trilogy's long-lasting legacy as one of the best sci-fi franchises of all time. All three movies took fun and unique approaches to the time-travel genre, creating a shared overall story remembered fondly decades later. The culture clash of 80s teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his eccentric genius friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), taking their time-traveling DeLorean to different time periods set up a comedic and thrilling adventure. While the visual elements of the three movies have become iconic, the best Back to the Future quotes have also become cemented in pop culture history.

The Back to the Future trilogy remains one of the few Hollywood franchises untouched by a remake or a reboot despite constant rumors of some continuation being in the works. Director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale have always maintained that as long as they have a say, the original trilogy will remain untouched and cemented in time. As a result, the best Back to the Future quotes remain as pristine as they were when they were first put out into the world almost 40 years ago.

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20 “This Is Heavy!”

Marty mcfly.

“ This is heavy ” is one of Marty McFly's catchphrases which he says throughout the Back to the Future trilogy whenever he’s stunned or confused. Given the high-stakes time-travel adventures he finds himself sucked into, it's not surprising that the quote comes up a lot. It also sets up a great joke in the first movie when Doc asks him about the turn of phrase: “ There’s that word again, ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull? ”

There is a lot of humor about the 80s culture clashing with the 1950s setting. However, what makes this line so funny is that Doc Brown approaches it through a scientific mind and tries to make sense of what it would mean for the future. Though it was contemporary slang, it's gained an 80s throwback element that's made it remain one of the best Back to the Future quotes.

19 “Silence, Earthling! My Name Is Darth Vader. I Am An Extraterrestrial From The Planet Vulcan!”

It is a bit like Marty has a superpower, knowing things that no one else does, and he is even able to use the most popular cultural aspects of the 1980s to get things done.

While Marty is very much a fish out of water when he finds himself back in the 1950s, the first Back to the Future movie has a lot of fun with him using the future to his advantage. It is a bit like Marty has a superpower, knowing things that no one else does , and he is even able to use the most popular cultural aspects of the 1980s to get things done.

When he needs to put some fear into his timid father back in 1955, Marty mixes together some Star Wars and Star Trek while pretending to be an alien. While it is an effective plan, it is funny to think about George's reaction when these franchises hit pop culture in a couple of decades. It also shows Marty's teenage mind dealing with this situation by just grabbing from every sci-fi property he can think of.

18 “I Hate Manure!”

Biff tannen.

Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) makes for a terrific villain in the first movie with him being the kind of easily detestable character that audiences love to see get what he deserves. The first humiliation comes when Marty meets the Bully in 1955. Biff ends up covered in manure as he chases Marty through the streets of Hill Valley several times in the first Back to the Future . The first time is as Biff and his friends try to run him down in Biff’s car.

It is one of the recurring gags that comes back in each of the sequels, delivering some much-needed comeuppance to the trilogy's main villain. It is hard to imagine a more disgusting and humiliating punishment, and it is a joy to see Biff, in any of his incarnations, get his mouthful of manure while voicing his displeasure at the situation.

17 “Jesus, Didn’t That Guy Ever Have Hair?”

Though the first movie doesn't spend too much time in the 80s, it does include a quintessential 80s teen movie character with the harsh and domineering authority figure. In 1985, Marty is given a hard time at school by his teacher, Mr. Strickland (James Tolkan). Strickland is always getting after Marty for not paying attention to his teachers or showing up to class on time. When he travels back to 1955 and goes to the school where his teenage parent attends, he sees a younger Mr. Strickland.

Hilariously, Strickland looks almost exactly the same in the 1950s as he would do in the 1980s. Marty cracks, “ Jesus, didn’t that guy ever have hair? ” What makes the moment even funnier is that it is never explained how Strickland has seemingly always been an old bald man.

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16 "Shark Still Looks Fake."

There are a lot of fun elements to see Marty explore in the future when Back to the Future: Part II takes him to 2015. However, one of the best ones is an in-joke aimed at Back to the Future producer Steven Spielberg and one of his most popular movies. Marty sees an advertisement for Jaws 19 with a 3D shark coming right at him.

While it takes him by surprise at first, Marty then makes a joke about how even after all these years, the killer shark still looks fake. The Back to the Future Jaws joke is a fun Easter egg and, thankfully, the shark movie franchise knew to quit at four movies. However, regardless of Marty's criticisms, there are many who think that the original shark in the first movie looks far more realistic than what was to come in the sequels.

15 “1.21 Gigawatts!?!”

Doc emmett brown.

When Marty arrives in 1955, he wastes no time tracking down a young Doc Brown to help him fix the time machine and return to the present day. At first, Doc is skeptical that the teenage boy who showed up on his doorstep is actually from the future, but as Marty explains the flux capacitor, Doc realizes he’s telling the truth.

When Marty tells Doc that the DeLorean time machine requires 1.21 gigawatts of power to operate, Doc is horrified: “ 1.21 gigawatts!?! ” It's Lloyd's delivery of the Back to the Future quote that makes it memorable with him leaping into a characteristically animated response. Lloyd is able to make Doc a true eccentric without going too over the top. As much fun as Marty's misadventures are with his young parents, seeing these moments in which Doc Brown excitedly tangles with the science are some of the most entertaining moments.

14 “If My Calculations Are Correct, When This Baby Hits 88 Miles Per Hour, You're Gonna See Some Serious S***.”

Wild-eyed scientist characters were quite commonplace in movies before Back to the Future , but Christopher Lloyd was the first to play a mad scientist who didn’t take everything so seriously . Doc Brown is deeply invested in his work and excited about the possibilities of what he can achieve. However, as he describes the experiment at hand as being “ some serious s***", it shows a charming fun side to the character.

The line is a perfect tease to put the viewers on the edge of their seats for what comes next. The audience is about to see the time machine in action for the first time, and it helps to build anticipation for the iconic moment . It also makes Doc Brown an instantly likable and relatable character despite being an eccentric genius and helps to explain why Marty would hang out with this old man.

13 “Why Don’t You Make Like A Tree And Get Outta Here?”

One of the main character traits of Biff Tannen is that he gets idioms wrong. While he might be intimidating in size, he is also a massive buffoon who cannot help but make a fool of himself. Instead of “ Make like a tree and leave ,” he says, “ Why don’t you make like a tree and get outta here? ” His total oblivious nature to his frequent mistakes is part of what makes Biff such a terrific comedy villain.

He leaves a lasting impression as he appears across all three movies, which is why he's the source of so many of the best Back to the Future quotes . The movies perfectly balance the fact that he can be a real threat to the heroes while allowing the audience to laugh at him for his dim-wittedness, which makes him another wildly fun character for this world.

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12 "Why Do You Keep Calling Me Calvin?"

The awkward interactions between Marty and his own mother when he travels back to the 1950s make for some of the most memorable scenes in the first movie. This is especially true of their first meeting after Marty is hit by a car and taken to Lorraine's room to recuperate. Marty is understandably confused by the whole situation of him in his underwear in his mother's bedroom in the past, as she continually calls him Calvin. When asked why, she points out the name on his underwear, a reminder that Calvin Klein products weren't around in the 1950s .

Given that the 80s are so far into the past, it is interesting to look back on the movie and see how the 80s and the 50s differed so much.

It is a hilarious origin for Marty's Calvin identity in Back to the Future which lasts throughout the rest of the movie. Given that the 80s are so far into the past, it is interesting to look back on the movie and see how the 80s and the 50s differed so much. The idea of a company putting brand names on their underwear was a new concept in the 50s.

11 "It’s Leave, You Idiot! 'Make Like A Tree, and Leave.' You Sound Like A Damn Fool When You Say It Wrong."

Biff is Back to the Future' s villain throughout the trilogy, and he seems to get meaner and more detestable with each new installment in the franchise . Some of the best scenes with the character come from Back to the Future: Part II involving two versions of Biff interacting which shows that he is a bully to everyone, including himself. The sequel has Biff able to meet his past self and use him to alter their future.

However, even future Biff cannot stand his own stupidity, as past Biff uses his moronic insult " Why don’t you make like a tree and get outta here? " and the older Biff angrily corrects him. It is a funny idea of how embarrassing people would be to meet their younger selves and be confronted with how embarrassing they really were back in the day.

10 “Who’s Vice President, Jerry Lewis?”

Doc Brown is very careful not to know too much about the future as it could affect the past. However, while he is excited about all the possibilities, one tidbit of information that he learns just seems too ridiculous to take seriously. When Marty claims to be from 1985, 1955 Doc asks him, “ Tell me, Future Boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985? ” Marty lets him know that it is Ronald Reagan , leading to Doc's hilarious bewildered reaction to an actor being president and all the strange possibilities that implies.

The Back to the Future movies always have a lot of fun pointing out the absurdity of 80s culture as well as 50s living. Lloyd completely sells the incredulity in Doc's voice as the Back to the Future quote plays on the idea that a lot of things in the modern world would sound implausible to someone 30 years ago.

9 “I Guess You Guys Aren’t Ready For That Yet. But Your Kids Are Gonna Love It.”

Back to the Future set the template for time travel comedies. One thing that was in Back to the Future and has been in almost every time travel comedy made since then is the scene where the characters accidentally create a part of modern culture. While many movies have done it, none are as memorable as Back to the Future 's hilarious contribution.

At the end of Back to the Future , Marty plays Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” and gets carried away with his guitar solo, adding a little too much 80s rock into the song. The moment is perfectly set up throughout the movie with Marty's dreams of being a rock star. However, instead of him getting a rapturous response from the audience, Marty's performance is met with stunned silence as Marty admits that the song might be ahead of their time .

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8 "Chuck, It’s Marvin. Your Cousin, Marvin Berry. You Know That New Sound You’re Looking For? Well, Listen To This!"

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While the 1950s students at the high school dance might not have understood what to do with the music that Marty was playing, it was enough to impress someone else. As Marty jams out on his guitar, one of the musicians backstage makes a phone call to his cousin Chuck Berry to let him hear the new sound .

The Back to the Future Chuck Berry paradox is a confusing one if thought about too much with the idea being that Berry was influenced by his own music, but it makes for a fun time-travel gag as Marty accidentally influences the musician who influenced him . It is one of those great time travel ideas that doesn't necessarily have to make sense when closely examining it, but that introduces a fun idea into the wild concept.

7 “Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.”

So, when he’s asked for his name, Marty says, “ Eastwood. Clint Eastwood .”

Back to the Future Part III switches up the formula in an interesting way as it sees Marty and Doc stuck in the Old West. Not only does the movie get to remain a fun time travel comedy, but it gets to have fun in the Western genre as well. Marty has no real understanding of the era other than the pop culture of his own time that's based on it. So, when he’s asked for his name, Marty says, “ Eastwood. Clint Eastwood .”

It's a similar gag to how everyone in 1955 knew him as Calvin Klein , but it also feeds into another reference that's set up in the previous film. During the climax of Part III , Marty steals an idea from Eastwood's famous Spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars , as he takes the idea from the film playing on Biff's TV in Part II .

6 “Roads? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads.”

While Back to the Future is often regarded as one of the best trilogies of all time , its ending was so perfect that it could have concluded there and still be incredibly satisfying. The final Back to the Future quote from the original movie sets up an enormous amount of excitement for a sequel back when the film was first released. As Doc prepares to take Marty and Jennifer off on another time-travel adventure, Marty suggests there isn't enough road to get up to the required 88 miles per hour.

Doc delivers this iconic closing line, which sets up the wonderful reveal of the DeLorean now able to fly. It is a great moment to end the movie , while also teasing all the exciting places the franchise can go from there. However, even if the sequel tease went unanswered, it is a brilliant and exciting final line.

5 "Your Future Is Whatever You Make It. So Make It A Good One, Both Of You."

Throughout his time-traveling adventures with Marty, Doc Brown has tried valiantly to protect the events of the past to ensure that nothing is altered. However, as the series reaches its conclusion, it becomes clear that he is becoming less and less concerned with those rules. By the end of Back to the Future: Part III , Doc has started a family and found happiness while Marty and Elizabeth's future is wide open.

Because of what they changed in the past, Doc assures them the future is unwritten. It is a fitting farewell, especially for the character of Doc Brown, who is willing to put things up to fate after living a life dictated by science and the search for certainty. While many would like to see Back to the Future 4 happen , this hopeful ending is quite pitch-perfect.

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4 “Nobody Calls Me Chicken.”

Every character has their Achilles’ heel, and Marty McFly’s is that as soon as someone calls him a “chicken,” he can’t back down . Even if he knows in his heart that the best thing for the fabric of the space-time continuum is for him to walk away from a situation, he simply can’t do it. Marty is not the tough-guy hero seen in other adventure franchises and finds himself in over his head in many instances.

Michael J. Fox sells this now-iconic Back to the Future quote, making Marty seem like someone who shouldn't be messed with. Marty is an easy character to cheer for and lines like this when he is willing to stand up for himself despite being against more intimidating characters just make him an even more likable hero in cinema history.

3 “It’s Your Kids, Marty! Something’s Gotta Be Done About Your Kids!”

Ending movies with cliffhangers that set up a sequel has become commonplace in big Hollywood franchises now, but few ever did it as effectively as Back to the Future . Just as things seem to be wrapped up nicely, Doc Brown arrives at Marty's driveway in the time machine, itching to get him back into more paradox-inducing high jinks. There is the added tease that Marty's girlfriend Jennifer has to tag along this time, as their children in the future are what is at stake.

However, part of the reason that it works and doesn't feel forced is that Doc gives Marty a very reasonable explanation for needing his help. The reveal of what it was that had gone with Marty's kids isn't until the beginning of Part II , but even if the sequel never did come, it is a fun promise that the time-travel adventures are far from over.

2 “Great Scott!”

Before he played Doc Brown in Back to the Future , Christopher Lloyd had become a star from appearing on the sitcom Taxi and from playing supporting characters in movies like the critically acclaimed masterpiece One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest . However, it was the role of Doc Brown that would come to truly define him as an actor. Though he would go onto other popular roles, he was beloved for his commitment to Doc Brown.

His performance is sometimes cartoonish, but there’s also a healthy balance of genuine emotion. Lloyd is a brilliant actor who has played a wide range of characters, but he cemented himself as an icon with this famous Back to the Future quote that serves as Doc's favorite exclamation, “ Great Scott! ” The amount that Lloyd puts into this line each time is a prime example of why his performance works so well.

1 “Wait A Minute, Doc. Are You Telling Me You Built A Time Machine... Out Of A DeLorean?”

Back to the Future has many strengths when it comes to the script, acting, and direction, but none of them matter more than the sense of wonder that the film is able to achieve using familiar scenarios and cultural iconography. That sense of wonder is created the second Marty McFly says, “ Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?”

Transforming the often-joked-about car into something entirely new kicks the time travel adventure off with such a fun and unique note. The fact that this is now the DeLorean's legacy is best remembered is a testament to the impact of the movie after all these years. The time machine was famously a refrigerator in an earlier draft of Back to the Future , and it just wouldn't have been the same.

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Donnie Darko

Donnie: I promise, that one day, everything's going to be better for you.

Donnie: First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living if you don't have a dick?

Donnie: How can you do that?

Frank: I can do anything I want. And so can you.

Donnie: Do you want your sister to lose weight? Tell her to get off the couch, stop eating twinkies and maybe go out for field hockey. You know what? No one ever knows what they want to be when they grow up. You know it takes a little, little while to find that out, right, Jim? And you... yeah, you. Sick of some jerk shoving your head down the toilet? Well, you know what? Maybe... you should lift some weights, or uh, take a karate lesson and the next time he's tries to do it, you kick him in the balls.

Karen Pommeroy: It was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons, now in his fifteenth year crystallized with the pain of puberty.

Donnie: I made a new friend today.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: Real or imaginary?

Donnie: Imaginary.

Frank: 28 days... six hours... 42 minutes... 12 seconds. That... is when the world... will end.

Eddie: That damn airline better not f*** us on the shingle match.

Gretchen: You're weird.

Donnie: Sorry.

Gretchen: No, that was a compliment.

Karen Pommeroy: This could be the death of an entire way of life, the end of an era...

Donnie: Why should we care?

Karen Pommeroy: Because the rabbits are us, Donnie.

Donnie: Why should I mourn for a rabbit like he was human?

Karen Pommeroy: Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another?

Donnie: Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret... I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pommeroy, don't get me wrong; y'know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy, in that you don't know who you are and why you're even alive. And you just wanna' have sex, as many times as possible, before you die... I mean, I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit! Y'know, who... who never even feared death to begin with.

Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?

Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

Gretchen: Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something

Donnie: What makes you think I'm not?

Kitty Farmer: No. Duh is a product of fear.

Kitty Farmer: I'll tell you what he said. He asked me to forcibly insert the Life Line exercise card into my anus.

Roberta Sparrow: Every living creature on this earth dies alone.

Gretchen: ...what if you could go back in time, and take all those hours of pain and darkness and replace them with something better?

Donnie: You are such a f***ass.

Elizabeth: Did you just call me a f***ass? You can go suck a f***.

Donnie: Oh, please, tell me Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a f***?

Donnie: Frank, when's this gonna stop?

Frank: You should already know that.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: The search for God is absurd?

Donnie: It is if everyone dies alone.

Jim Cunningham: Son... DO YOU SEE THIS? This is an Anger Prisoner. A textbook example. DO YOU SEE THE FEAR, PEOPLE? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places...

Donnie: You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I. . .and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the f***ing Antichrist.

Kitty Farmer: Not only am I a teacher, but I am also the mother of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge.

Gretchen: My mom had to get a restraining order against my step dad. He has emotional problems.

Donnie: Oh, I have those too. What kind does your step dad have?

Gretchen: He stabbed my mom four times in the chest.

Donnie: Oh.

Edward Darko: Tell 'em, George.

Samantha Darko: What's a f***ass?

Rose Darko: Do you even know who Graham Greene is?

Kitty Farmer: I think we've all seen Bonanza.

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I am not going to be able to continue this conversation

Donnie: Why?

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: I could lose my job.

Cherita Chen: Chut up.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: If this world were to end, there would only be you... and him... and no one else.

Frank: Wake up, Donnie.

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff: And did you stop and think that maybe infants need darkness? That maybe darkness is part of their natural development.

Gretchen: Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

Donnie: Well look, um... uh... you wanna go with me?

Gretchen: Where do you wanna go?

Donnie: No, I mean like go with me, like you know... like, that's what we call it here... going together...

Gretchen: Sure

Donnie: Ok-hey where're you going?

Gretchen: I'm going home.

Donnie: Well I-I, sorry I...

Gretchen: Donnie wait...

Donnie: I like you a lot...

Gretchen: I just want it to be... at a time when... it...

Donnie: When what?

Gretchen: When it reminds me just...

Donnie: When it reminds you of how beautiful the world can be?

Gretchen: Yeah...

Gretchen: and right now there's some fat guy over there staring at us.

Kitty Farmer: Okay, now girls... I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And Bethany, if you feel the need to vomit up there... just swallow it.

Donnie: Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet.

Donnie: I-I'm sorry Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.

Donnie: Life isn't that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.

Kitty Farmer: Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.

Donnie: Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here. Like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else!

Donnie: My parents didn't get me what I wanted for Christmas.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did you want?

Donnie: Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?

Donnie: Regret.

Karen Pommeroy: This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful.

Elizabeth: I'm voting for Dukakis.

Donnie: I don't think about f***ing my family... that's gross.

Gretchen: Hey. What's going on?

David: Horrible accident. My neighbour... got killed.

Gretchen: What happened?

David: Got smooshed by a jet engine.

Gretchen: What was his name?

David: Donnie. Donnie Darko.

Gretchen: Hmm.

David: I feel bad for his family.

Gretchen: Yeah.

David: Did you know him?

Gretchen: No.

Seth Devlin: Did you f***ing call the cops?

Donnie: Deus ex machina...

Seth Devlin: What?

Donnie: Our saviour.

Donnie: You're such a f***-ass!

Rose Darko: Please.

Elizabeth: What? Did you just call me a "f***-ass"?

Rose Darko: Elizabeth, that's enough.

Elizabeth: You can go suck a f***!

Donnie: Oh, please, tell me, Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a f***?

Elizabeth: You want me to tell you?

Donnie: Please, tell me.

Rose Darko: We will not have this at the dinner table. Stop!

Donnie: [Mouthing] I'm all ears!

Samantha: [After period of silence] What's a "f***-ass"?

Dr. Lilian Thurman: Do you still think about girls a lot?

Donnie: [under hypnosis] Yeah.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: How are things going at school?

Donnie: I think about girls a lot.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: I asked you about school, Donnie.

Donnie: I think about f***ing a lot during school.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: What else do you think about during school?

Donnie: Married... with Children.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: Do you think about your family?

Donnie: I just turn down the volume and think about f***ing Christina Applegate.

Dr. Lilian Thurman: I asked you about your family, Donnie.

Donnie: [chuckling] No. I don't think about f***ing my family. That's gross.

Sean Smith: Beer and p*ssy. That's all I need.

Ronald Fisher: Well we gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.

Sean Smith: Smurfette?

Ronald Fisher: Mmm-hmm [gulps beer]. Not some like tight-ass Middlesex chick, y'know? Like this cute little blonde that'll get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.

Sean Smith: [nods agreement] Hmm.

Donnie: Smurfette doesn't f***.

Ronald Fisher: That's bullshit. Smurfette fucks all the other Smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? It's because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.

Sean Smith: No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.

Ronald Fisher: Okay well you know what then, she fucks them while Vanity watches, okay?

Sean Smith: Well what about Papa Smurf? I mean, he must get into all the action.

Ronald Fisher: Yeah. What he does: He films the gangbang, later on...he beats off to the tape.

Donnie: [earnestly] First of all: Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette - Gargamel did! She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gangbang scenario - Huh! I - it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual, th-they don't even have... reproductive organs under those little... white... pants. That's what's so illogical, y'know, about being a Smurf. Y'know what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?

Sean Smith: [sighs] Dammit, Donnie, wh-why you gotta get so smart on us?

Donnie: [reading lifeline card] "Ling Ling finds a wallet on the ground filled with money. She takes the wallet to the address on the driver's license but keeps the money inside the wallet." [Scoffs] I'm... I'm sorry, Mrs. Farmer. I don't get this.

Kitty Farmer: What don't you get?

Donnie: Well, life isn't that simple. I mean, who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.

Donnie: Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here, like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else.

Donnie: Good morning.

Jim Cunningham: Good morning.

Donnie: Um... how much are they paying you to be here?

Jim Cunningham: Uh, excuse me? What is your name, son?

Donnie: Gerard.

Jim Cunningham: Gerald, I think you're afraid.

Donnie: Are you telling us this stuff so we can buy your book because, I gotta tell ya, if you are, that was some of the worst advice I ever heard.

Jim Cunningham: You see how sad this is-

Donnie: You want your sister to lose weight? Tell her to get off the couch, stop eating Twinkies and maybe go out for field hockey. You know what? No one ever knows what they want to be when they grow up. You know, it takes a little- little while to find that out. Right, Jim? And you. Yeah, you. Sick of some jerk shoving your head down the toilet? Well, you know what? Maybe you should lift some weights or, uh, take a karate lesson. And the next time he tries to do it, you kick him in the balls!

Jim Cunningham: [laughs] Son... do you see this?

Donnie: Right?

Jim Cunningham: This is an anger prisoner. A textbook example.

Donnie: Anger prisoner.

Jim Cunningham: Do you see the fear, people? This boy is scared to death of the truth. Son, it breaks my heart to say this, but I believe you are a very troubled and confused young man. I believe you are searching for the answers in all the wrong places.

Donnie: You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm pretty troubled and I'm pretty confused, but I... And I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I- I think you're the f***ing Antichrist.

Kitty Farmer: Rose, I'm sure that you're aware of the horrible allegations against Jim Cunningham.

Rose Darko: I know. I saw it on TV. Something about a "kiddie porn dungeon."

Kitty Farmer: Please, please! Don't use those words! It's obviously some kind of conspiracy to destroy an innocent man. And I have taken it upon myself to spearhead the Jim Cunningham defense campaign. Rose, I have to appear at his arraignment tomorrow morning. And as you know, the girls are scheduled to leave for Los Angeles in the morning. Now, as their coach, I was the obvious choice to chaperone them on their trip, but...

Rose Darko: But now, you can't go.

Kitty Farmer: Yes.

Rose Darko: Hmm.

Kitty Farmer: Now, believe me, of all the other mothers, I would never dream of asking you. But none of the other mothers are available to go.

Rose Darko: I don't know, Kitty. It's a bad weekend. Eddie's in New York.

Kitty Farmer: [tearfully] Rose! I don't know if you realize what an opportunity this is for our daughters! This has been a dream of Samantha's and all of ours for a long time! I made her lead dancer! Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

Dr. Lillian Thurman: Do you feel alone right now?

Donnie: I... I don't know... I mean, I'd like to believe that I'm not, but I just... I've just never seen any proof, so I... I just don't debate it anymore. You know, it's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pro's and con's and in the end, I still wouldn't have any proof, so I just... I just don't debate it anymore. Heh, it's absurd...

Dr. Thurman: The search for God is absurd?

Dr. Thurman: Does that scare you?

Donnie: I don't wanna be alone.

Donnie: How's it feel to have a wacko for a son?

Rose Darko: It feels wonderful.

Donnie Darko: Dear Roberta Sparrow, I've reached the end of your book and there are so many questions that I need to ask you. Sometimes I am afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I am afraid this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.

Dr. Lillian Thurman: If the sky were to suddenly open up... there would be no law... there would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories... the choices you've made and the people you've touched. The life that has been carved out from your subconscious is the only evidence by which you will be judged... by which you must judge yourself. Because when this world ends, there will only be you and him... and no one else.

Karen Pommeroy: The children have to save themselves these days because the parents have no clue.

Karen Pommeroy: [to Principal Cole] I don't think that you have a clue what it's like to communicate with these kids. And we are losing them to apathy, to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.

Eddie Darko: I-I know I'm not the best communicator, but... whatever happens to you, be honest, tell the truth, even if they do look at you funny. They will. But what you gotta understand, Son, is that almost all of those people are full of sh*t. [laughs] They're all part of this great big conspiracy of bullshit. And they're scared of people like you, because those bullshitters know that you're smarter than all of them. You know what you say to people like that? Hmm? "F*** you."

Frank: 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end.

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These Are the Comics to Read Before 'X-Men '97' Season 2

Age of Apocalypse, anyone?

The Big Picture

• X-Men '97 executive producer Brad Winderbaum teases which comic book arcs to read before Season 2.
• Chris Claremont's legendary work shaped iconic X-Men stories, and Winderbaum suggests fans begin with his decades-long run.
• The Age of Apocalypse arc is a fan-favorite, and also essential reading ahead of the new season.

As fans eagerly anticipate the second season of X-Men '97 , many are looking for ways to stay immersed in the world of mutants and their epic adventures. In a recent interview with Collider's Maggie Lovitt , Marvel executive producer Brad Winderbaum offered some valuable insights into which comics could assist in viewers' understanding and enjoyment of the upcoming season . Lovitt, expressing her excitement for the continuation of the series, asked Winderbaum for comic recommendations to revisit during the wait, noting that she knew the Age of Apocalypse arc would be key. Winderbaum’s response highlighted the timelessness of certain storylines and the importance of Chris Claremont’s contributions to the X-Men universe.

"I don't want to spoil anything, especially this far out, but you can't go wrong with Claremont. Filling in the gaps of Claremont's decades-long run on the books is always a great place to start for the show."

Claremont's tenure on Uncanny X-Men is legendary, having penned many of the most iconic and beloved stories in the X-Men saga . From the introduction of key characters to unforgettable arcs, including the Savage Land arc , Claremont's work has shaped the X-Men into the complex, multifaceted team that fans adore. For those unfamiliar with Claremont’s work or looking to revisit his stories, some of the essential arcs include:

The Age of Apocalypse Is a Must for 'X-Men '97' Fans

Lovitt's mention of the Age of Apocalypse arc is also noteworthy. This alternate reality storyline, where Charles Xavier is dead and Magneto leads the X-Men against Apocalypse, offers a rich tapestry of character dynamics and high-stakes drama . Rogue and Magneto’s relationship , highlighted in the first season of X-Men '97 , is one of the many intriguing elements of this saga. The Age of Apocalypse is not just a fan-favorite but also a pivotal narrative that showcases what happens when the X-Men are pushed to their limits in a world turned upside down. Revisiting this arc can provide fans with deeper context and appreciation for the themes explored in X-Men '97 .

For those eager to dive deeper into the lore, Winderbaum’s suggestion to fill in the gaps of Claremont’s extensive run offers an exciting challenge. With decades of stories to choose from, there’s no shortage of material to explore. Whether it’s the early adventures of the new team introduced in Giant-Size X-Men #1 , the complex relationships and political intrigue of the Hellfire Club , or the expansive Mutant Massacre , Claremont’s run is a treasure trove of storytelling.

As X-Men '97 continues to build on the rich legacy of the original series, diving back into the comics that inspired it can enhance the viewing experience. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to the world of mutants, exploring Chris Claremont’s iconic stories and the Age of Apocalypse arc will provide a deeper understanding and greater appreciation for the characters and their journeys. So grab your favorite issues, settle in, and get ready for another thrilling season of X-Men '97 .

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Trump's hush-money trial is almost over. Deliberations could begin as early as Thursday — unless Trump testifies.

• The Trump hush-money trial has finished its fourth week of testimony.
• Michael Cohen is set to finish on Monday as the prosecution's last direct-case witness.
• Will Trump testify? No one is saying, but if he takes the stand, deliberations would be pushed back.

After one week of jury selection and four weeks of prosecution testimony, Donald Trump's New York hush-money trial is now in its home stretch.

Jurors are on track to start deliberating either right before or right after the four-day Memorial Day weekend, as revealed in a scheduling discussion late Thursday.

That timing now largely depends on two yet-decided things: how much state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will rein in a looming battle of the experts, and whether Trump will take the stand in his own defense.

Trump previously said he would take the stand . Ultimately that decision will be his, not his lawyers, who have no legal power to stop him if he decides to address his jury directly.

But there has been no confirmation either way, and the judge and prosecutors remained in the dark as the trial wrapped up for the week.

Here is how next week is shaping up.

Monday: Cohen steps down, the defense case begins

Monday morning will begin with the final testimony by Michael Cohen, Trump's former all-around "fixer" and the prosecution's star — and final — direct-case witness.

Lead Trump defense lawyer Todd Blanche said Thursday that his cross-examination of Cohen will be done before the morning break, which typically comes around 11 a.m.

Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger said her re-direct of Cohen will be "under an hour."

That gets Cohen off the stand by noon, at which point the prosecution will rest its direct case, and the defense will make a likely failed motion to toss the case on insufficient evidence.

Then, the defense case will begin.

Blanche said Thursday that Trump's side will call at least one witness for their direct case — Bradley A. Smith, commissioner of the Federal Election Commission from 2000-2005.

Prosecutors have alleged that Trump falsified 34 business records to conceal any of three underlying tax and campaign-finance crimes.

The defense hopes Smith can expound at length about federal campaign-finance law, in anticipation of what Blanche on Thursday called "sort of a battle of the experts."

A 'battle of the experts'

Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy, the prosecution's election law point man, complained Thursday that a battle of the experts is the last thing the judge should want.

Smith's testimony must be strictly limited in accordance with Merchan's own previous rulings, Conroy argued. Otherwise, jurors risk being confused by three interpretations of the law — from Smith, a prosecution rebuttal witness, and then the judge himself.

"Your honor, I think 95% of the proffered testimony that was just described flies directly in the face of your extremely clear March 18th Order, which expressly said that Mr. Smith may not testify regarding the interpretation and application of federal campaign finance laws," Conroy told the judge.

Merchan already has set strict limits on Smith, confining his testimony to general definitions of finance-law terms and the role of the Federal Election Campaign Commission. Commentary on trial evidence and interpretations of the law are expressly forbidden.

Merchan said Thursday that he will spend the weekend re-examining these guardrails in light of a recent defense request that the rules for his testimony be expanded.

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But the judge warned of Smith's testimony: "Until you hear differently from me, it's going to be limited to the very, very general definitions and very general background information."

If Trump indeed decides to take the stand, that testimony could also begin on Monday. If not, prosecutors could call their own election-law expert as part of a brief rebuttal case.

Will Trump testify?

As of late Thursday, the defense had yet to tell prosecutors, the judge, or the public if they will be calling Trump to testify.

Blanche had only this to say before court broke for the week: "That's another decision that we need to think through."

Tuesday: Either Trump or closing arguments

It's possible closing arguments will be made Tuesday.

But that would require an efficient and Trump-free Monday.

If Smith's testimony drags, if prosecutors and the defense mount an extensive rebuttal battle, and especially if Trump testifies, that could push summations into the next day of court, Thursday.

"I'm doing everything possible to avoid big breaks between summations, jury charge, jury instructions, and deliberations," Merchan told the parties Thursday.

"I will try not to break up summations, if at all possible," he said.

"And as we discussed in the robing room, the deliberations should follow immediately after the jury charge," he added.

Wednesday: no court

Early Thursday, the judge asked jurors if they could work Wednesday, which is usually a day off for the trial. Merchan uses Wednesdays to handle his other cases.

But the jurors asked to keep the day off, "So that's off the table," the judge told the parties during a break in Cohen's testimony.

Trump, meanwhile, is due to appear in court Wednesday for oral arguments in his federal classified-documents case in Florida.

That hearing is for "a very small motion and our intention is to seek permission from Judge Cannon that President Trump be excused," Blanche said of Judge Aileen Cannon.

"In the past, she has agreed," Blanche said.

Thursday: Deliberations could begin

Again, if the scheduling stars align, deliberations could begin Thursday, the last trial day before the four-day holiday.

A Thursday start to deliberations would have to follow a very productive Monday and Tuesday.

Before deliberations can begin, jurors need to hear the entirety of the defense case — with or without Trump.

They need to hear any rebuttal case, which would likely be centered on the testimony of Smith.

They also need to hear both sides' closing arguments. After that, the judge would have to instruct the jurors on the underlying law and on the rules of deliberations.

The likelihood of deliberations beginning Thursday increases if Merchan can get the parties, jurors, and court staff to agree to work longer days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

"I'm going to look into that, and see if we could start early" on Tuesday and Thursday, Merchan told the parties before breaking for the weekend.

"I think that we can work a little bit late on some days," he added.

One of the trial's six alternates can only work until 1 p.m. Thursday, but alternates are typically dismissed at the start of deliberations, so that may not prove a problem.

"We will play it by ear and see how that plays out," Merchan said.

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