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Q&A How to create a memorable line?

I recently re-watched the Overwatch animated short "Honor and Glory". You can tell the writers were proud of the line "Live with Honor, Die with Glory", as the characters say it a fair few times fo...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by noClue‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:13:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40256
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar noClue‭ · 2019-12-08T10:13:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
I recently re-watched the Overwatch animated short "Honor and Glory". You can tell the writers were proud of the line "Live with Honor, Die with Glory", as the characters say it a fair few times for such a short video.

I think it's a good line, even if they beat you over the head with it a bit too often, but I can't tell why. I think it's memorable enough for this short, but I don't know why people would like it or how it can be "inspirational", I guess.

Obviously this is a very surface level kind of memorable quote, there are hundreds of others that are more profound and famous, like "tears in rain". What makes such lines so memorable? How can I create my own?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-20T10:23:13Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 14