Ready Player One Quotes

“Being human totally sucks most of the time.”

“Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.”

“We don't need a map because where we are going, there is no map”

“"Dude, you have balls of solid adamantium," Aech said. "Respect."”

“After that, going public with a clue became known as “pulling a Pendergast".”

“For the first time, I knew what is was to be a natural at something. To have a gift.”

“The OASIS —it’s the greatest videogame ever created, and it only costs a quarter.”

“You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.”

“And that was when it hit me. Like an anvil falling out of the sky, directly on my skull.”

“And then it finally happened. Right while I was sitting there daydreaming in Latin class.”

“Regardless, you’re a fellow hunter. And a clever one too, or you wouldn’t be standing here.”

“You look like a low-level wimpazoid to me, Juan Ramírez. And I think you’re hiding something.”

“No giant two-headed hermaphrodite demon unicorn avatars were allowed. Not on school grounds, anyway.”

“Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest.”

“Gunters who wanted help joined a clan, and Aech and I both agreed that clans were for suck-asses and poseurs.”

“At first, these individuals were known simply as "egg hunters," but this was quickly truncated to the nickname "gunters."”

“For years hunters had speculated that Anorak still roamed the OASIS, now as an autonomous NPC. Halliday’s ghost in the machine.”

“For me, growing up as a human being on the planet Earth in the twenty-first century was a real kick in the teeth. Existentially speaking.”

“These three words were always the last thing an OASIS user saw before leaving the real world and entering the virtual one: READY PLAYER ONE”

“Some time later, she leaned over and kissed me. It felt just like all those songs and poems had promised it would. It felt wonderful. Like being struck by lightning.”