Edward quotes from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Edward

[To Roy Mustang] Try it then! If it's a fight you want, fine! But first, maybe you should take a good look at your face! Is that the face you plan to wear when you're leading this country? Well, is it?! Is that what you want to be Colonel? Another monster?!

Edward

Now I see. You're jealous... You're jealous of humans, are you? We humans... according to you, we're supposed to be nothing when compared to Homunculi. And yet, when we're beaten down, when we stray and fall... we face the challenge again and again. Our loved ones are always there to pick us back up. And you're jealous... you envy us because of that.

Edward

Why, you! You're right, I've fought nothing but opponents bigger than me. Which is why...I know the attack patterns a runt will have!

Edward

[final lines of the series] There’s no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don’t exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can’t gain anything without losing something first although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you’ll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.

[has just frozen a guard solid and boiled his comrade alive] Water freezes, water boils. Either way, you're just as dead. [A spear lands in front of him.] That's Alchemy...

Edward

What a nasty thing to do.

You of all people should know: Great deeds require great sacrifice. Isn't that the law of Equivalent Exchange?!

Edward

Save your breath. The laws of Alchemy don't justify murder!

So, it's not you? [points to Edward's brother]

Oh... um... no. I'm his younger brother, Alphonse.

But he's a runt!

Edward

[becomes angry at his stature being mentioned] OH YEAH, CAN A RUNT DO THIS?!

I've heard the stories but still I'd never imagine this; the Fullmetal Alchemist is just a little kid!

Edward

[now absolutely livid] Grr...! DON'T CALL ME LITTLE!

Alphonse

You know brother, I don't think he was really talking about your height just now.

Edward

[freezes up, then angry still] WELL EVEN IF HE WASN'T, HE STILL PISSED ME OFF!

Oh, say! Looks like my timing was perfect! You two are the Elric brothers, right? [runs up to Alphonse and shakes his hand vigorously] Oh, wow, it's an honor to finally meet the youngest State Alchemist ever! You're a real legend around here! I'm Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes, a pleasure!

Alphonse

Um, you want Edward. I'm actually his younger brother, Alphonse.

[turns to Edward in surprise] What, you're the Fullmetal Alchemist?! Sorry, I had no idea you'd be so...

Go on, say 'little.' I dare you.

Hi, princess. [nuzzles his beard on Elicia's face]

Ow! Daddy, your beard is itchy!

My beard? Like this? Itchy? Itchy! [nuzzles his beard on Elicia again] Look, we have guests. These are the Elric brothers!

[pointing at Alphonse]: Big brother... [pointing at Edward]: ...little brother.

Edward

[suppresses his anger at being called "little"] Nice to meet you... My name is Edward Elric... this is my younger brother, Alphonse Elric... get that? Youn-ger brot-her...

But "younger" means little. You're little.

Edward

Grrrr...! [is now shown being held back by Alphonse as they enter the Hughes residence] WHERE DO YA GET OFF CALLING ME LITTLE?! YOU LOOKED IN A MIRROR LATELY?! I'M TALLER THAN YOU ARE!

Alphonse

Just let it go, Ed. These people are being nice to let us stay here.

[looking at Alphonse's armor] There's no one in there. It's empty...! But that... that could only be true if his soul was bonded to the armor... So you lost your arm...and your brother... he lost his entire body... Heh! I see... it all makes sense... You fools committed the ultimate taboo! You attempted human transmutation, didn't you?! Alchemy's one and only unforgivable sin!

You know... There are some lines you really shouldn't cross. [punches mcdougal in the gut]

Greetings, Edward Elric. When I heard you were in the hospital... I DASHED RIGHT OVER! [The Elric brothers shiver timidly.] And as I suspected, you're in desperate need of my assistance! [He strips himself of his shirt.]

WAAHHHH!

You need the example of a perfect physical specimen to inspire your recovery! You see?! You're looking livelier already!

Edward

WILL YOU GET OUT?!

Alphonse

Brother.

Edward

Hmm?

Alphonse

The stories about this priest in Liore, do you think they’re true?

Edward

The ones about his miracles? They say he can transmute flowers out of thin air, right? Could be slight of hand, some cheap trick like that.

Alphonse

But... what if they’re not?

Edward

Right... if it's not then I suppose all that leaves is the real thing, huh?

Ed? Al? Where are you? [She finds them scrawling a Transmutation Circle on the floor.] Oh, you boys... Are you in here messing up your dad’s study again? And Ed, you know better than to scribble on the floor.

Young Edward

Yea, but it's not scribbling. Here watch. [light flashes]

[eyes widen] Oh my. That's alchemy isn't it.

Did your dad teach you that?

Young Edward

How can he teach us anything if he's not here?

Young Alphonse

Right. We read about it in these books.

I can't believe you've done this.

Young Edward

I'm sorry. Did we mess up?

[claps her hands] No! It's great! You definitely take after your father. My little geniuses, you make me so proud.

Edward

So that’s it, huh? What do you think?

Alphonse

There’s nothing to think, that’s Alchemy. No doubt about it.

Edward

But somehow he’s ignoring the law of equivalent exchange. He should’ve only been able to transmute that flower into an object of equal mass.

Alphonse

And he’s changing organic matter into inorganic matter. He shouldn’t be able to do that. Unless…

Edward

Yeah, there’s just one way… Bingo.

Oh, merciful God, please hear me, hear my prayer, I beg of you. Please bring him back.

Edward

So this is the almighty Leto…?

Welcome, are you interested in Letoism?

Edward

Nope, can’t say I am. Not really the religious type.

Well, I’m sorry to hear that… To know God is to know hope… If we believe in divine grace, and through him all things are possible… If you believe… I’m sure Leto would bless you and make you grow taller!

What’s that supposed to mean?!

Alphonse

Easy, brother! She’s just trying to help!

Edward

What about bringing the dead back to life? Do you believe that’s possible too?

Yes.

Edward

[pulls out a notebook and opens it] Water: 35 Liters, carbon: 20 kilograms, ammonia: 4 Liters, lime: 1.5 kilograms, phosphorus: 800 grams, salt: 250 grams, saltpeter: 100 grams, and various other trace elements...

...huh?

Edward

That list represents the complete chemical makeup of a human body for the average adult. It's been calculated to the last microgram, but still there has never been one reported case of successfully creating a human life. And you're telling me something modern science can't do, you can do with prayer?

Lift thy voice to God! And the prayers of the faithful shall be answered!

Edward

Did I mention all those ingredients I read off? Down at the market, a kid could buy every one of them for the spare change in his pocket. As it turns out, humans are pretty cheap.

No, that's blasphemy...! People are-! We're all children of God... created in his image!

Edward

Heh. You have to understand, alchemists are scientists... We don't believe in unprovable concepts like creators or gods... We observe the physical laws that govern this world to try to learn the truth. It's ironic, really. That through the application of science, we have in many ways been given the power to play gods ourselves...

So you're putting yourself on the same level as God? That's just... sheer arrogance!

Edward

You know, there's an old myth, about a hero who flew on wings made of wax... He thought he could touch the sun, but when he got too close, his wings melted, and he came crashing back down to earth... Right Al?

Alphonse

Brother...

Edward

DAMN IT, I'M THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST! IT'S NOT HIM, IT'S ME!

He's the short one?!