Bastian Quotes in In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

Norick: [after Farmer crosses the bridge] I'm going next.

Bastian: You're a brave old guy.

Norick: No, I just don't want you weakening the rope before I have my turn.

Bastian: [contemplating zip line] Alright, let's go, come on.

Norick: You were more concerned about your horse.

Bastian: My horse I like. It's you I'm not so sure about.

Norick: Well, wait til you get to know me better.

The Childlike Empress: Bastian. Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?

Bastian: But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground!

The Childlike Empress: Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us!

Bastian: All right! I'll do it! I'll save you! I will do what I dream!

[Climbs to the window and yells out in the storm:]

Bastian: MOONCHILD!

Atreyu: What will happen if he doesn't appear?

The Childlike Empress: [sadly] Then our world will disappear - and so will I.

Atreyu: How could he let that happen?

The Childlike Empress: He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.

Bastian: Is it really me?

Atreyu: Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!

Bastian: [shouts] What DO I have to do?

The Childlike Empress: He has to give me a new name. He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.

The Childlike Empress: It was the only way to get in touch with an earthling.

Atreyu: But I didn't get in touch with an earthling!

The Childlike Empress: Yes, you did. He has suffered with you. He went through everything you went through; and now, he has come here with you. He is very close... listening to every word, we say.

Bastian: [as he is reading, Bastian can't believe it] *What*?

Bastian: Why is it so dark?

The Childlike Empress: In the beginning, it is always dark.

Bastian: How many wishes do I get?

The Childlike Empress: As many as you want. And the more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become.

Bastian: Really?

The Childlike Empress: Try it.

Bastian: My first wish is...

Bastian: I know books, I have 186 of them at home.

Mr. Koreander: Ah, comic books.

Bastian: No, I've read Treasure Island, The Last of the Mohicans, Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tarzan.

Mr. Koreander: Whoa whoa whoa, who were you running from?

Bastian: Just some kids from school.

Mr. Koreander: Why?

Bastian: They wanted to throw me in the garbage.

Mr. Koreander: Why don't you give them a good punch in the nose, hm?

Mr. Koreander: Your books are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.

Bastian: But that's what I like about 'em.

Mr. Koreander: Ahh, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.

Bastian: Wh-what do you mean?

Mr. Koreander: Listen. Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine while the giant squid is attacking you?

Bastian: Yes.

Mr. Koreander: Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?

Bastian: But it's only a story.

Mr. Koreander: That's what I'm talking about. The ones you read are safe.

Bastian: And that one isn't?

Bastian's Father: I got a call from your math teacher, yesterday. She says that you were drawing horses in your math book.

Bastian: Unicorns. They were unicorns.

Bastian's Father: What?

Bastian: Nothing.

Bastian: What is that?

The Childlike Empress: One grain of sand. It is all that remains of my vast empire.

Bastian: Fantasia has totally disappeared?

The Childlike Empress: Yes.

Bastian: Then, everything's been in vain.

The Childlike Empress: No, it hasn't. Fantasia can arise anew, from your dreams and wishes, Bastian.

Bastian's Father: Good morning, Bastian.

Bastian: [trying to get the lid off of a jar] Morning, Dad. I had another dream, Dad, about Mom.

Bastian: No, not again. No, not again!

Slip, Leader of The Nasties: Looks like things are getting a little nasty at the bux residence.

Bastian: You made it that way!

Slip, Leader of The Nasties: No. You did! And you too! Don't go blaming it on me. I didn't put those words into your parents mouths. They said it themselves.

Bastian: [reads the text his past events in the Neverending Story] Jane's house is more suited for a family of four, which for Bastian, had a new room, a new neighborhood, and worst of all: a new school.

Nicole: [as the rest of the kids run from a group of bullies known as "The Nasties"] Come on!

Bastian: Why? Who are they?

Nicole: The Nasties!

Bastian: Can you guys show me where the men's room is?

Slip, Leader of The Nasties: Well, I think you're personally right. We'll escort you to the men's room.