My favorite quotes & phrases from Hellblade

[Schis]

"Have you ever died before? It’s a serious question. When an illusion of self is shattered, you simply cease to be. Though it may not seem that way to others. You know when it is true. You can feel it. A stranger in your own body. An impostor. And nothing is the same ever again."

[Schis]

"I learnt the hard way to not be afraid of death, Senua. Because a life without loss is one without love. Turn your back on death and you only see the shadow that it casts. The longer you hide from it, the longer the shadow grows, until all you can see is darkness. When our time comes, we must look death in the eye and embrace it as a friend. Only then can we let go fear, and emerge from our darkness."

[hagakuremoi]

"Even in darkness, the wonder and the beauty of this world, never leaves us, it is always there, waiting to be seen again."

[Schis]

We picture fear and we think of a shadow in the woods, a creature in the night. If only it were that simple.

The worst kind comes without warning, a deep and primal signal from within. A reminder that just because you cannot see the threat, it doesn’t mean that it’s not already here.

[Schis]

Do you know what it’s like to leave everything behind, your home, loved ones, to head deep into the wilds, perhaps never to return?

Senua does. Because when darkness speaks, it changes everything, turning home into a foreign land and loved ones into strangers. Exile makes sense when you realise that you were never really home in the first place.

[Schis]

You think you can overcome the darkness - make sense of it...and once relief settles in...it strikes out of nowhere, throwing you helplessly back into the maelstrom.

Drowning the mind in fear...deeper...deeper...dragging you down so far into the void that maybe this time, there is no coming back.

[Schis]

you cannot overcome suffering if you refuse to look at it.

[Schis]

-How did you escape your darkness, Druth?

- Druth: Once I found my purpose...I was no longer enslaved to suffering I had to endure to reach it.

[Schis]

Do you still hear his screams? Now that you're home... he’s so far away, they’ve taken his soul. To these Gods you cannot pray.

They can break you not your promise, even his death won’t keep you apart. Through this darkness you will find him in your sword still beats a heart.

You fought for love and spoilt by your darkness within, you fought for your dream...now there is no way to win...

[Schis]

The darkness touched you. Everyone could see it in the hollows of your eyes, a gaze averted from life. You ran from it but brought it nearer. Led it to him. An endless suffering worse than death.

[Schis]

Why go on? When you give everything and face that which torments you, only to find that it is worse than you could have imagined...Why go on?

Is it really so weak to ask this? Or are we just so afraid of the honest answer, that we do not dare pose the question? Sometimes the answer lies in a memory...a feeling...a song.

[Schis]

People think of evil as an unnatural invisible force, and so invoke the gods for protection. But evil can come from the hand behind the gods: a familiar hand, cold and cruel.

[Schis]

The voices: (We don’t want to die. Senua. Stop! Turn back! Stop her!)

senua: I’m sorry. I didn’t ask you to be a part of me. If you don’t want to die with me, then leave me alone.

[Schis]

It’s not like the old stories, is it? The noble warrior facing evil in search of victory and honour. Clear dividing lines.

No, this place is not quite like that. It’s as if it knows that true torment lies within: memories you cannot defeat, cannot escape.

This is her Hel.

[Schis]

Never forget what it is like to see the world as a child, Senua.

Every autumn leaf is like a work of art.

Every rolling cloud a moving picture.

Every day a new story.

We too emerge from this magic, like a wave from the ocean, only to return back to the sea.

Do not mourn the waves, the leaves and clouds. Even in darkness, the wonder and the beauty of this world, never leaves us, it is always there, waiting to be seen again.

[WakkaBlitzBallChamp]

Hellblade is one of the best games I have ever played and it is full of great quotes. It is really hard to choose one. From top of my head: "The hardest battles are fought in the mind, not with the sword."