Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles
'You're not going to break me'
Carl's mantra, first said to a safe-room ceiling after the You Monster! achievement and repeated whenever the game succeeds in making him feel like an asshole. The line the whole series will test.
Segment appearances
Progression
'Slam, slam, slam' under the calm (ch. 3); 'holding on by my fingers, and I was slipping' and 'You will not break me' (ch. 60); 'past the point of being broken' (ch. 72); 'we will die with hope in our hearts' (ch. 84); 'We can fucking win' (ch. 98).