"The King lives to the fullest! He needs …" — Rider Quote

"To unite dreams beneath a banner of conquest. I praise your efforts. But, warriors... did you not understand? That all dreams must disappear when the dreamer wakes. Every last one of them. Therefore, it was inevitable that I would stand in your way. King of Conquerors, know the end of your eternal dream. I, myself, shall show you harsh reality. Now awaken, Ea! A worthy stage has been set for you! Look up and behold... Enuma Elish!"

— Gilgamesh · Fate/zero

"Here, my armies once rode across the land. The place all the heroes who stood with me, through joy and sorrow, will never forget. I can make this world real because it still exists within our hearts! Behold my endless armies! Their bodies destroyed, and their souls offered to the world as Heroic Spirits. And still, these legendary heroes pledge their loyalty to me! My bond with them is my greatest treasure, my path of kingship! The ultimate Noble Phantasm that I, Iskandar, possess. Ionian Hetairoi!"

— Rider · Fate/zero

"One's true worth shows as hardship increases."

— Kotomine Risei · Fate/zero

"So, you would question me, you filthy mongrel? Me, the one true king? If you cannot now discern my identity in the presence of my magnificent glory, then you’re ignorant blindness will serve to seal your doom!"

— Gilgamesh · Fate/zero

"Only a man brave enough to ride into battle at my side could ever be my Master. A coward lacking the courage to even show himself is nowhere close to being worthy!"

— Rider · Fate/zero

"From the moment a magus is born, he is someone that has "power". And some day, he will achieve a "greater power". This responsibility was already flowing in his "blood" before he realized this destiny. That is what it means to be born into this world as the child of a magus."

— Tohsaka Tokiomi · Fate/zero