Mae Borowski, the central character of the indie video game “Night in the Woods,” is a beloved and relatable figure for players around the world. Known for her witty, introspective, and often existential quotes, Mae’s words capture the essence of the game’s themes, including the struggles of young adulthood, the complexities of friendship, and the sense of alienation in a changing world. Her quotes are both humorous and poignant, resonating with players as they navigate the challenges and emotions that mirror their own experiences. Mae Borowski’s quotes have not only become emblematic of the game but have also offered players a sense of connection and comfort in their own journey through life’s ups and downs.
Best Mae Borowski Qoutes
- When you’re a kid, you assume you’re going to have this whole big life. And you have friends… and that means, that means a whole lot when you’re a kid. And if you’re a nerd, you’re a nerd. And if you’re not, you just aren’t.”
- “I feel like the world is full of bad things, and the whole world is bad. But there’s good things in it, too. And you have to find those things.”
- “Sometimes I think, how do you get through a day? How do you not run and stay home and do nothing? But then I find something to do.”
- “And then they left a little time capsule here. I just think it’s like, nothing is gonna change. Everything is going to change.”
- “What if, it’s all just like, at the end of this big cosmic joke? And we’re all like, just, jokes man. Oh my God. The end is at hand.”
- “I just thought I would have more time.”
- “Like, when you live in a town, you forget. And like, sometimes you don’t even realize you know everybody.”
- “Sometimes you just don’t want anyone around. You don’t want anyone in your head.”
- “I’m just mad at me… and I don’t have a word for it.”
- “You can’t really say where Possum Springs ends and the state begins. It’s just like, one really big place, and you can just spin around and pick.”
- “Do you have any time capsules? Do you make a thing to be remembered by?”
- “You should like, steal a pinecone, it’s fun.”
- “It’s not as bad as it sounds.”
- “Hey Mae, is that you?”
- “Well, hello Mae, my daughter. Been a while.”
- “I was born here, probably gonna die here.”
- “I just don’t like people, that’s all.”
- “There’s like, people from your past that only remind you how bad everything was.”
- “It’s like, you remember something… and then you just keep remembering it.”
- “It’s not like you get a lot of options. But I’m lucky to be employed.”
- “We had a dream, and it was the end of the world.”
- “I was fine. I’m good. I’m just gonna go. Probably go in, like, five minutes.”
- “I used to be a kid just like you. I used to do street races.”
- “You know what the worst part of the bug problem is? They are murdering each other for territory.”
- “That’s what’s gonna happen to this place.”
- “My bass is a wild animal. It could never be tamed.”
- “I think you’ve got a good and pure heart. Like the hero’s heart. And I know you guys like hanging out. But…”
- “I had a great time on your boat. I had a great time on my ghost hunt.”
- “I guess I’m not really into these newfangled songs.”
- “I bet my parents would be like, ‘Good job, Mae. You made friends.'”
- “The tunnel floods when it rains. It’s not gonna collapse or anything.”
- “I’m just so sad. I’ve missed so much, and I didn’t get to know my granddad.”
- “I hope he wasn’t eaten by the janitor or something. That would be a horrible old person death.”
- “Somehow the hero was picked up by an eagle and carried to safety.”
- “I’m pretty sure it was just a regular day.”
- “I don’t like that word. The idea of people growing up and having to move away and… I can’t imagine. Bizarre and sad.”
- “There was a flood during the spring, and it was so bad that people were floating around on rafts, right across the street.”
- “Yeah, like a lot of changes too. Stores are gone, some empty buildings. Everyone we knew got older. And we… we just grew up.”
- “Sorry about last night. Hope you’re feeling okay.”
- “I will never like you, and I will never live here.”
- “If the pain is starting to be too much, just go inside. It’s okay to hurt in there.”
- “Well, that’s probably like a pain that’s never going to go away.”
- “Just because that one guy is an a**hole doesn’t mean you can’t be friends with everybody else.”
- “Yeah, nobody in here is particularly a nice person.”
- “We don’t talk about family at this table.”
- “Sometimes the world is the same, and sometimes it’s something new.”
- “I’ll see you around.”
- “Where is everybody?”
- “Are you gonna drive all the way to bright harbor?”
- “I guess you can stay in your room and I can drive you. Just please don’t do that.”
- “Sometimes you just don’t want anyone around. You don’t want anyone in your head.”
- “You can’t really say where Possum Springs ends and the state begins. It’s just like, one really big place, and you can just spin around and pick.”
- “Do you have any time capsules? Do you make a thing to be remembered by?”
- “Sometimes I think, how do you get through a day? How do you not run and stay home and do nothing? But then I find something to do.”
- “It’s like, you remember something… and then you just keep remembering it.”
- “Life’s a dirty game; gotta play dirty to win it.”
- “Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.”
- “I just thought I would have more time.”
- “I feel like the world is full of bad things, and the whole world is bad. But there’s good things in it, too. And you have to find those things.”
- “You know, you only get one life, and when that’s over, there’s nothin’ else.”
- “I’m just mad at me… and I don’t have a word for it.”
- “I was born here, probably gonna die here.”
- “I was born to wander.”
- “Sometimes the hardest thing is knowing that you’re not needed.”
- “You’re like the worst in the whole world. I don’t know why I even hang out with you.”
- “We can hang out and be cousins, but I don’t like you.”
- “I’m just thinking of bad things. Now I’m sad.”
- “You ever do any crimes?”
- “It’s not as bad as it sounds.”
- “I had a great time on your boat. I had a great time on my ghost hunt.”
- “Hey, Aunt Molly? You up here?”
- “I can’t move… Hey, Greg? Can you hear me?”
- “This is probably not very good art.”
- “I’m feeling down today. I need to feel better.”
- “But like… I was missing something. It’s just invisible. That one’s there, but the invisible one isn’t. And if it’s not there, it’s totally going to eat your face off.”
- “I… I forgot.”
- “Nothing in the way of getting to work.”
- “There’s a skeleton inside of me.”
- “I feel like I could shove any of this anywhere. I like to buy everything.”
- “I’m going to try to get to the snack falcon. Pickaxe Guy’s over there. Always there.”
- “The mill doesn’t move that much.”
- “No trains comin’ through here for a long time. No food at the food donkey, no prospects, nothing for us here.”
- “They moved too fast. This world does.”
- “I never thought about that. I need more Cheerios.”
- “It’s weird you can see the world all the time, and sometimes it’s good to eat!”
- “They have music at some of the points in there.”
- “We’ve been to the post office before.”
- “They moved. You mean the things are down there.”
- “What are you talking about?”
- “Who was just watching a rat. I love you!”
- “I was supposed to be a fire safety poster.”
- “The whole universe is my eyes and my eyes are the universe.”
- “People should like you for being you, right?”
- “Yeah, dude, you’ve been home for like 24 hours. That’s not long enough to get used to anything.”
- “I keep messing up with my friends. You need to chill out and not say anything stupid.”
- “I don’t want to ruin anything. I’ll just stay up here.”
- “Yeah, he was a bad kid.”
- “Don’t you love your small-town life?”
- “Do you guys think you could have a less convoluted storyline?”
- “Sometimes I just need to feel like I’m not sinking.”
- “I just thought I would have more time.”
- “I’m a real townie now.”
- “It’s nice to know that we’ll get through this.”
- “I’m not going to break your porch this time.”
- “Everyone’s fine with this, but I’m just like, ‘The world is ending.'”
- “Dude, there’s no signal up here.”
- “Yeah, this place is full of adventures.”
- “I’m bad at everything. I’m so indecisive.”
- “I got a few things I can say, but most of them are crap.”
- “Yeah, well, what’s worse than a mouse in your room?”
- “I’ve been gone for a long time.”
- “No one wants us here.”
- “I just wanted to say you’re awesome.”
- “This place used to be something.”
- “I’m just supposed to take the word of those who are not my friends?”
- “I just want to leave this place.”
- “I can do a flip.”
- “I love you, ghostly spirit lady.”
- “I’m sure there’s someone you can go to for help.”
- “Well, it’s been real.”
- “I’m going to bed. Thanks for letting me hear your weird audio.”
- “Don’t forget to check out the odds.”
- “Is the house on fire?”
- “Do you know if this coffee’s up there?”
- “I’m just bad at everything.”
- “Wow, you really did listen to me. You really don’t like me.”
- “What are you doing out here?”
- “I thought you two were just friends?”
- “We didn’t know if you were a dude.”
- “Don’t do that.”
- “You wanna go somewhere on the weekends? I don’t go anywhere anymore.”
- “You’re not responding to anything, and I don’t know what’s happening.”
- “I hope that’s a good thing for you. I don’t want to be like, an obstacle or anything.”
- “I’m just so sick and tired of everything.”
- “I have to stay at home and take care of the family and stuff.”
- “It’s really hard to not think of something, you know?”
- “Why is everything getting close to us, like, it’s coming in our direction?”
- “I don’t know why I was getting beat up all the time.”
- “I didn’t ask about them. I asked about you.”
- “You know that really great thing that your friend just told you?”
- “I’m gonna run away to the woods.”
- “All the cats are so nice.”
- “I’m super tired. All the time.”
- “I didn’t even tell you my real name.”
- “You can hang out with me if you want.”
- “Just when I thought everything was okay.”
- “I don’t know where you came from.”
- “You’re like, the worst in the whole world.”
- “I want to learn. I want to figure things out.”
- “You look more like a detective than a runner.”
- “I guess it’s just like, sometimes when I feel really good, it’s good. But when I don’t… it’s like, I’m really mad.”
- “I was just on a hike, and then… I guess I should go hiking.”
- “Is there something wrong with what I’m saying? I don’t know, maybe I’m just overthinking.”
- “I think I have to break it.”
- “What did you do to get so weird?”
- “You’re too cool for us now.”
- “Maybe one of the attendants was a huge fan of history.”
- “We don’t care about your stupid poem.”
- “This whole thing is stupid.”
- “Don’t be mad at me. I’m just being honest.”
- “It feels like we’re killing the grandparent.”
- “I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m just messing everything up.”
- “How much of the world is yours? You know?”
- “I can’t believe I was scared of this.”
- “I thought it was gonna be a happy story.”
- “I just wanted to have a normal life.”
- “Sometimes I think about going home and just living there.”
- “I don’t want to be remembered. It’s too much.”
- “This place has like, a lot of weird stories about stuff.”
- “I don’t want to run into you anymore.”
- “I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t know if I can do it without you.”
- “It’s like, it’s nice seeing you, but then it’s not.”
- “You’re talking about this like it’s a school or something.”
- “I’m always really overwhelmed.”
- “I can’t do it. I can’t do this anymore.”
- “You can’t have a house. You can’t have anything. I have to clean up.”
- “I want to see them again, you know? I don’t know what I’ll do if I don’t.”
- “I just… I don’t want to lose anyone else.”
- “There’s like, the badness that you always hear about.”
- “Everything is a machine, and I just can’t do it.”
- “How long do you think it would take to have like, all the universe’s secrets?”
- “I just need to, like, take a nap for like, a hundred years.”
- “I’ll call you when I get home, okay?”
- “Don’t talk to me about that.”
- “Well, I’m kind of stupid, so…”
- “I can’t feel anything about you.”
- “I don’t know if I’m supposed to be doing that or not.”
- “I don’t know. What is there to do about this stuff?”
- “I don’t know. I just don’t know.”
- “I can’t do anything about it.”
- “You can’t kill it if you’re not feeling well.”
- “What do you think of him?”
- “I’m getting tired of all the cats.”
- “I just get myself into trouble, you know?”
- “I don’t have anything to do anymore.”
- “I can’t tell if it’s bad.”
- “It’s just… a habit.”
- “I was like, ‘This can’t be my place.’ And I was like, ‘Maybe it is.'”
- “I’m sorry. I’m just kind of out of it.”
- “I just don’t know if I can get through this.”
Final Words;
Mae Borowski’s quotes in “Night in the Woods” are more than just lines of dialogue; they are windows into the hearts and minds of those who have experienced the game. Mae’s words reflect the universal themes of growing up, finding one’s place in the world, and the importance of friendship. As players journey through the game and revisit these memorable quotes, they are reminded of the powerful storytelling and emotional depth that “Night in the Woods” offers. Mae Borowski’s quotes serve as a touchstone for those who have embarked on this unique and touching narrative, resonating with the challenges and joys of young adulthood. They will continue to be celebrated for their relatability, humor, and insight, offering a comforting connection to the struggles and triumphs of life.
