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Top 450 Ernest Cline Quotes (2026 Update)
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Ernest Cline Quote: “It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you’d expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.”

401. “It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you’d expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I was still in love with her. And I always would be. I just wanted to live long enough to correct my mistakes and redeem myself in her eyes, if I could.”

402. “I was still in love with her. And I always would be. I just wanted to live long enough to correct my mistakes and redeem myself in her eyes, if I could.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

403. “I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Pink Floyd.”

404. “Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Pink Floyd.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The prize for the Earthworld contest was the Talisman of Penultimate Truth.”

405. “The prize for the Earthworld contest was the Talisman of Penultimate Truth.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas, where he devotes a large portion of his time to geeking out. This is his first novel.”

406. “Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas, where he devotes a large portion of his time to geeking out. This is his first novel.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I couldn’t make myself be cautious around her. A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might be playing me for a fool. But I didn’t believe it. I trusted her, even though I had every reason not to.”

407. “I couldn’t make myself be cautious around her. A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might be playing me for a fool. But I didn’t believe it. I trusted her, even though I had every reason not to.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Hello!” I shouted at the Six-Fingered Man one final time. “My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!”

408. “Hello!” I shouted at the Six-Fingered Man one final time. “My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Strong with the Dark Side of the Force that place is. In you must go, mofo.”

409. “Strong with the Dark Side of the Force that place is. In you must go, mofo.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Ray seemed about to say something more when a boom shook the entire shuttle. I felt a rush of panic, thinking we’d just come under attack. Then I realized we’d just broken the sound barrier.”

410. “Ray seemed about to say something more when a boom shook the entire shuttle. I felt a rush of panic, thinking we’d just come under attack. Then I realized we’d just broken the sound barrier.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “NASA dubbed this spacecraft the Envoy I, and it reached Europa on the 9th of July, 1976 – the day humanity made its first direct contact with an alien intelligence.”

411. “NASA dubbed this spacecraft the Envoy I, and it reached Europa on the 9th of July, 1976 – the day humanity made its first direct contact with an alien intelligence.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “When the countdown clock hit the ninety-minute mark, we all gathered in front of the command station to watch the president of the United States address the nation from the Oval Office on live television. She smiled reassuringly at the camera, but the fear in her eyes was evident.”

412. “When the countdown clock hit the ninety-minute mark, we all gathered in front of the command station to watch the president of the United States address the nation from the Oval Office on live television. She smiled reassuringly at the camera, but the fear in her eyes was evident.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Not only was this the first time a girl had ever given me her card, it was also, by far, the coolest contact card I had ever seen. “This is, by far, the coolest contact card I have ever seen,” I said. “Thank you!” I.”

413. “Not only was this the first time a girl had ever given me her card, it was also, by far, the coolest contact card I had ever seen. “This is, by far, the coolest contact card I have ever seen,” I said. “Thank you!” I.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “For less than the cost of an iced latte, you could now safely experience just about anything that human beings could experience.”

414. “For less than the cost of an iced latte, you could now safely experience just about anything that human beings could experience.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Parzival: Nope. You got parents? Art3mis: They died. The flu. So I was raised by my grandparents. You got parentage? Parzival: No. Mine are dead too. Art3mis: It kinda sucks, doesn’t it? Not having your parents around. Parzival: Yeah. But a lot of people are worse off than me. Art3mis: I tell myself that all the time.”

415. “Parzival: Nope. You got parents? Art3mis: They died. The flu. So I was raised by my grandparents. You got parentage? Parzival: No. Mine are dead too. Art3mis: It kinda sucks, doesn’t it? Not having your parents around. Parzival: Yeah. But a lot of people are worse off than me. Art3mis: I tell myself that all the time.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Og led us through the mansion’s lavish front entrance. The lights were off inside, but instead of turning them on, Morrow took an honest-to-God torch off the wall and used it to illuminate our way.”

416. “Og led us through the mansion’s lavish front entrance. The lights were off inside, but instead of turning them on, Morrow took an honest-to-God torch off the wall and used it to illuminate our way.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I tried my best to fit in. Year after year, my eyes would scan the lunchroom like a T-1000, searching for a clique that might accept me. But even the other outcasts wanted nothing to do with me. I was too weird, even for the weirdos. And girls? Talking to girls was out of the question. To me, they were like some exotic alien species, both beautiful and terrifying. Whenever I got near one of them, I invariably broke out in a cold sweat and lost the ability to speak in complete sentences.”

417. “I tried my best to fit in. Year after year, my eyes would scan the lunchroom like a T-1000, searching for a clique that might accept me. But even the other outcasts wanted nothing to do with me. I was too weird, even for the weirdos. And girls? Talking to girls was out of the question. To me, they were like some exotic alien species, both beautiful and terrifying. Whenever I got near one of them, I invariably broke out in a cold sweat and lost the ability to speak in complete sentences.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “City-sized shopping malls were erected in the blink of an eye, and storefronts spread across planets like time-lapse footage of mold devouring an orange.”

418. “City-sized shopping malls were erected in the blink of an eye, and storefronts spread across planets like time-lapse footage of mold devouring an orange.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I aimed my rocket eighty-eight right into the torrent of enemy fighters and fanned the trigger on my flight stick to fire off a rapid volley of plasma bolts.”

419. “I aimed my rocket eighty-eight right into the torrent of enemy fighters and fanned the trigger on my flight stick to fire off a rapid volley of plasma bolts.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The whole God thing is actually an ancient fairy tale that people have been telling one another for thousands of years. We made it all up. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.”

420. “The whole God thing is actually an ancient fairy tale that people have been telling one another for thousands of years. We made it all up. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “After all, I’d just won the contest to become his sole heir.”

421. “After all, I’d just won the contest to become his sole heir.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Competition brings out the best in me.”

422. “Competition brings out the best in me.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Besides, what if BSG and Firefly took place in the same universe? You ever consider that?” I.”

423. “Besides, what if BSG and Firefly took place in the same universe? You ever consider that?” I.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Pretend they’re Gungans,” Cruz suggested. “And that we get to nuke Jar Jar.”

424. “Pretend they’re Gungans,” Cruz suggested. “And that we get to nuke Jar Jar.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Once we reached the edge of the Be-Free Forest, we entered Holden’s Field – a large, flat, open field of rye, perched precariously on the edge of the Cliffs of Salinger, a place where I had completed several different book-report quests at several different grade levels. I had also played countless games of tag in this field, with other kids from around the world. Kids I had never met and would never meet in the real world, with usernames that they had probably changed long ago.”

425. “Once we reached the edge of the Be-Free Forest, we entered Holden’s Field – a large, flat, open field of rye, perched precariously on the edge of the Cliffs of Salinger, a place where I had completed several different book-report quests at several different grade levels. I had also played countless games of tag in this field, with other kids from around the world. Kids I had never met and would never meet in the real world, with usernames that they had probably changed long ago.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Halliday had prepared a short video message, along with instructions that it be released to the world media at the time of his death.”

426. “Halliday had prepared a short video message, along with instructions that it be released to the world media at the time of his death.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “As soon as they saw Aech’s score increase, they would have used Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding and learned that he was currently on Frobozz.”

427. “As soon as they saw Aech’s score increase, they would have used Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding and learned that he was currently on Frobozz.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Scalzi, Zelazny.”

428. “Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Scalzi, Zelazny.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Admittedly, all the time I’d had to devote to the game had shaved a full point off my grade average, and it had probably cost me my relationship with Ellen, too.”

429. “Admittedly, all the time I’d had to devote to the game had shaved a full point off my grade average, and it had probably cost me my relationship with Ellen, too.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I didn’t get to find out who or what Kilgore was, because my father walked over and closed Milo’s pod canopy for him. Then he walked back over and watched nervously as I raised his QComm and placed the video call to my mother.”

430. “I didn’t get to find out who or what Kilgore was, because my father walked over and closed Milo’s pod canopy for him. Then he walked back over and watched nervously as I raised his QComm and placed the video call to my mother.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The sorts of movies my late father had been nuts about.”

431. “The sorts of movies my late father had been nuts about.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Now everyone could be on TV, every second of every day, whether or not anyone was watching.”

432. “Now everyone could be on TV, every second of every day, whether or not anyone was watching.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “When I tried to access one of the other entertainment libraries, Vintage Movies, the system informed me that I wouldn’t be granted access to a wider selection of entertainment options until I had received an above-average rating in three consecutive employee performance reviews. Then the system asked me if I wanted more information on the Indentured Employee Entertainment Reward Program. I didn’t.”

433. “When I tried to access one of the other entertainment libraries, Vintage Movies, the system informed me that I wouldn’t be granted access to a wider selection of entertainment options until I had received an above-average rating in three consecutive employee performance reviews. Then the system asked me if I wanted more information on the Indentured Employee Entertainment Reward Program. I didn’t.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The real van that I’d used as my hideout had been extracted from the junk pile and airlifted to Columbus, so it could be put on display in the GSS Museum.”

434. “The real van that I’d used as my hideout had been extracted from the junk pile and airlifted to Columbus, so it could be put on display in the GSS Museum.”

— Ernest Cline

435. “That’s the first rule of online romances, pal. No one ever looks anything like their avatar.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades.”

436. “Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I wasn’t some dilettante.”

437. “I wasn’t some dilettante.”

— Ernest Cline

438. “I took control of a Happy Helpdesk avatar, a cookie-cutter Ken doll that I used to take tech-support calls. This avatar appeared inside a huge virtual call center, inside a virtual cubicle, sitting at a virtual desk, in front of a virtual computer, wearing a virtual phone headset. I thought of this place as my own private virtual hell.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I blinked and looked again – but it was still out there, a shiny chrome disc zigzagging around in the sky. My eyes struggled to track the object through a series of increasingly fast, impossibly sharp turns that would have juiced a human being, had there been any aboard. The disc streaked toward the distant horizon, then came to an instantaneous stop just above it. It hovered there motionless over the distant tree line for a few seconds, as if scanning.”

439. “I blinked and looked again – but it was still out there, a shiny chrome disc zigzagging around in the sky. My eyes struggled to track the object through a series of increasingly fast, impossibly sharp turns that would have juiced a human being, had there been any aboard. The disc streaked toward the distant horizon, then came to an instantaneous stop just above it. It hovered there motionless over the distant tree line for a few seconds, as if scanning.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “You had to be careful whenever you entered a new zone or sector. You had to be prepared. But like I said, I didn’t have that problem. I was stuck at school.”

440. “You had to be careful whenever you entered a new zone or sector. You had to be prepared. But like I said, I didn’t have that problem. I was stuck at school.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The Great Recession was now entering its third decade, and unemployment was still at a record high. Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants.”

441. “The Great Recession was now entering its third decade, and unemployment was still at a record high. Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Instead, he picked up his bass guitar, and, in what seemed like an odd coincidence, he began to play a solo version of “One of These Days” while staring up at the stars projected on the dome over our heads. Then I noticed a practice set list taped to the floor in front of him, and saw that several of the songs listed there were tracks I knew from my father’s old mixtapes.”

442. “Instead, he picked up his bass guitar, and, in what seemed like an odd coincidence, he began to play a solo version of “One of These Days” while staring up at the stars projected on the dome over our heads. Then I noticed a practice set list taped to the floor in front of him, and saw that several of the songs listed there were tracks I knew from my father’s old mixtapes.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The half dozen GSS employees inside all avoided making direct eye contact. I could guess what all of them were thinking: Meet the new boss, weird as the old boss.”

443. “The half dozen GSS employees inside all avoided making direct eye contact. I could guess what all of them were thinking: Meet the new boss, weird as the old boss.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Her instinct was always to act out of kindness and generosity instead of self-interest. She was a better person than me, and I was a better person when I was around her.”

444. “Her instinct was always to act out of kindness and generosity instead of self-interest. She was a better person than me, and I was a better person when I was around her.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Space – First coin-op arcade game – port of Spacewar!”

445. “Space – First coin-op arcade game – port of Spacewar!”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Great, Wade, I thought. You just called her laugh “dorky.” Real smooth.”

446. “Great, Wade, I thought. You just called her laugh “dorky.” Real smooth.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “OK, Arty,” I said.”

447. “OK, Arty,” I said.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I fired a last volley of plasma bolts at the unprotected enemy ship, which was already vibrating from the buildup of power in its reactor core, and held my breath as they streaked toward it, silently praying to Crom that they would reach the Glaive and destroy it before it finished transforming itself into a weapon of mass destruction.”

448. “I fired a last volley of plasma bolts at the unprotected enemy ship, which was already vibrating from the buildup of power in its reactor core, and held my breath as they streaked toward it, silently praying to Crom that they would reach the Glaive and destroy it before it finished transforming itself into a weapon of mass destruction.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben konnte mir die OASIS gestohlen bleiben.”

449. “Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben konnte mir die OASIS gestohlen bleiben.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I don’t care if Spielberg directed.”

450. “I don’t care if Spielberg directed.”

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