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[Gatleos]

You know what my favorite part of Dwarf Fortress is? Talking about it is just as fun as playing it. This forum (as well as other DF-related discussions) have produced thousands of memorable quotes that describe just how utterly insane this game really is. So, I'll start with one of my favorite quotes, from Headshoots:

You won't last a year. What went through the minds of your dwarfs when they stopped the cart? "Hey, I bet we can put those flaming, bony monstrosities into our still to make wicked firedemon brew"? The last fortress I started under conditions this horrible ended with the last survivor going mad after a skeletal mandrill ate his pet kitten and going on a suicide charge into zombie elefants while naked and on fire. And it wasn't even autumn yet.

That's how you know you're playin' it right.

So what are your favorite quotes? Post 'em here.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Let us be frank, gentlemen. Killer herds of undead grazing animals? Battle donkeys? Identical goblins? Dedicated necropoli? Artifice barrels? Slime lakes? Shit monsters? Forgotten beast incursions through artifact gem windows? Anti-gravity miners with fey moods?

Battlefailed is 2010's Boatmurdered.

Together, through combined effort and force of will, we have created something to compare to that cthonian abyss from which so many dwarven legends have sprung. We have forged a new level of hell.

And it's not even over yet.

Funnily enough, it ended on his turn...

[Darvi]

I just told my mother about this fort. She got two impressions from it:

1) "That doesn't even sound salvageable."

2) "Random Primal Horrors would be a great name for a rock band."

[Max White]

We are random primal horrorsm and we're here to make you think about building forts and getting moods and stuff!!!!

Yep, it works.

[Rowanas]

Max. Change your bloody avatar. It's freaking me out.

[TolyK]

Posting to watch and remember.

[Max White]

Max. Change your bloody avatar. It's freaking me out.

Fine, I will go gen a pencil and see what I think of... I was having fun with the king of cheesy smiles.

[Gatleos]

OH MY GOD. Sankis is on a bloody rampage! He mauled a baby and a cow, and now, at this very instant, he's beating the Elite Marksdwarf Kadol Lokumad into paste!

DID I MENTION HE IS ON FUCKING FIRE!??

[Urist Imiknorris]

So good of Armok to bless us with a defensive lake of fire.

[Gatleos]

This one's great specifically from the context.

The players. The bloody players. Maternal armor: "It's been a long time now since I realized that dorfs bring their babies into battle with them. It's been a slightly shorter time since I started recruiting only female dorfs into my military, and making sure they each had enough time to mill about with male dorfs to be constantly nursing."

That's from the Dwarf Fortress Nightmare Fuel Page on TVTropes. It's the first entry. The first entry on the page isn't ASCII Gorn, kitten butchery or mermaid harvesting, it's the players themselves. Awesome.

[AWellTrainedFerret]

For me, the best part of DF is the combat logs. These two aren't mine, but they contain an excellent example of quote-worthy material:

Don't mess with Fluffy
"The Cat bites The Goblin Thief in the head, bruising the fat through the ({silvery gibbon leather hood})!
The Cat latches on firmly to The Goblin Thief's throat!
The Cat shakes The Goblin Thief around by the throat!
The Cat shakes The Goblin Thief around by the throat!
The Cat shakes The Goblin Thief around by the throat!
The Cat shakes The Goblin Thief around by the throat!"

Urist McBadass is not amused by your mortal wound
"The Forgotten Beast kicks The Axedwarf in the head with its right rear foot, bruising the muscle and shattering the skull through the <elk bird leather hood>!
The Axedwarf stands up."

[jmancube]

I forget where exactly I saw it, but I think someone's sig was, "I play Dwarf Fortress. Sometimes, I wish I had a meth habit."  I love this quote because I have no idea why Dwarf Fort is so damn addicting. I will get bored with Dwarf Fortress, stop playing for a couple weeks, and then it is magically fun again causing me to play it nonstop for a couple weeks. A new update helps this, but isn't necessary.  No other game remains as fun as Dwarf Fortress, and I have yet to understand why (Besides the fact that Dwarf Fort is freaking awesome of course).

[Vercingetorix]

"'Hello lady!!! I'm Sirocco! You may not know me but I have taken a great interest in your children!'

No one said anything for a moment so I raised Patsy above my head.

'I've come to hammer you and take your children as my own!' I elaborated.

'Please! Don't hurt us! she wept, holding the children close to her. 'I'll do anything you want, just leave my children alone!'

'It's alright, mother!' said marcus_cz. 'Mr Sirocco said he'd bring a flute for Leperfish to blow on!"

A classic Sirocco moment from Syrupleaf.

[plisskin]

I forget where exactly I saw it, but I think someone's sig was, "I play Dwarf Fortress. Sometimes, I wish I had a meth habit."  I love this quote because I have no idea why Dwarf Fort is so damn addicting. I will get bored with Dwarf Fortress, stop playing for a couple weeks, and then it is magically fun again causing me to play it nonstop for a couple weeks. A new update helps this, but isn't necessary.  No other game remains as fun as Dwarf Fortress, and I have yet to understand why (Besides the fact that Dwarf Fort is freaking awesome of course).

I've never encountered another sandbox game that had the same charm and level of detail as DF. It's a combination of the thrill of creative design, humor and also the lack of pressure of reaching any sort of carrot-on-a-stick end goal turns the rise and fall of a fort into something enjoyable to the last moment of its existence. "Losing is Fun" is almost like that samurai motto of living like you're already dead to achieve martial focus.

[MonkeyHead]

From the wiki: "Dwarves that have been stationed for too long without food or water will occasionally eat vomit. This causes an unhappy thought"...

I just dont know what to say...!