Its called "Return" because... we return. — Alan Wake II

"How do you run from an idea? From a thought? From a story that lives in your head? You cant escape your fears. You carry your monsters with you. The devil on your back, its in you. Youre running right back to it -- a loop. I need to stop. Stop running. Stop writing. I wont write another word. Its too dangerous, only horror comes out of it. People get hurt. I will let the currents of this ocean wash me away."

"I was back exactly where I left. A dark forest outside Bright Falls. A gun in one hand, a flashlight in the other. Haunted by my own writing. Alice taken from me. I knew what I had to do. Stop the horror story from coming true. Stop the Dark Presence."

"In 2010, I had dived in -- a leap of faith. For Alice. With no idea that the cost would be a nightmare worse than death. It had taken me thirteen years to get out. Now Alice was dead because of me. And I was gonna make that leap again, this time knowing the cost all too well. Another way to look at it: I had brought the Dark Place here with me. I never had gotten out. Maybe after this, I finally could. It was a fools hope. I had no choice, I had to do it. It didnt make me any less terrified."

"[to Scratch] Cmon, you motherfucker! Cmon! Come home!"

"A fictional poet once said "Beyond the shadow you settle for, there is a miracle, illuminated." I will not settle for a shadow. I will find the miracle, through the night. Its not just victims and monsters; I see now, there are heroes as well. We can find our way through the darkness. We will break through the surface and crash into the light."

"Its time someone gave me a straight answer here!"