Blade Runner Identity Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Blade Runner.

Quote #4

ROY: "Fiery the angels fell; deep thunder rolled around their shores; burning with the fires of Orc."

Roy identifies with the fallen angels who rebelled against God, misquoting a line from William Blake's America: a Prophecy. In this case, Roy is rebelling against the scientist who created him, Dr. Eldon Tyrell.

Quote #5

ROY: We're not computers, Sebastian, we're physical.

PRIS: I think, Sebastian, therefore I am.

The replicants are actually biological—they're not made from metal and wires like classic robots. They're physically human. Pris quotes René Descartes's famous line—"I think, therefore I am"—to argue that she's equal to a human since she can experience reality and contemplate it in the same way.