Mass Quotes #7

September 29, 2008 at 19:43 (advice, books, comics, danger, death, friendship, life, wisdom) (, , , , , , , , )

You play grown-up long enough and you lose your perspective on right and wrong. Why not put it off as long as possible?
-Nico, Zeb Wells, Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways #4

Gert: I’m not buried in that plot, Karolina. Some woman claiming to be me from the future is.
Molly: Why do they call it a plot anyway?
Gert: Because this is how every story ends
-Brian K Vaughan, Runaways #19

He’s a thief. He knows the best security systems are the ones nearest to the bounty. But the human heart can’t accommodate logic. Though I should have realized–that it can overcompensate for it.
-X-Cutioner, Fabian Nicleza, Gambit #5

I kept pushing against the black, though, almost a reflux. I wasn’t trying to lift it. I was just resisting. Not allowing it to crush me completely. I wasn’t Atlas, and the black felt as heavy as a planet; I couldn’t shoulder it. All I could do was not be entirely obliterated.
-Bella, Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

“You’ll still be Arthur Penhaligon,” she said. “Not the brightest, not the bravest, but up for anything. Least, that’s how I see you. Kind of like a little brother, only you’re taller than me now.”
-Suzy Turquoise Blue, Garth Nix, Superior Saturday

Arthur held the floats for a minute, thinking about something his mother had once said when she was explaining something to his sister Michaeli and didn’t know he was listening. There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of whatever happens.
-Garth Nix, Superior Saturday

They move fast. They don’t pull their punches. Real nightmares never do.
-Ed Brubaker, Uncanny X-Men #501

Hisako: That doesn’t sound like such a good idea Mr. Summers.
Cyclops: We’re on mission time now. Codenames.
Hisako: Sorry. That sounds like we’re all going to die, Cyclops
-Warren Ellis, Astonishing X-Men #25

When we die, we come back different, like, with greener eyes, or as some far off star
-A Softer World

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Significant; Calvin & Hobbes

January 15, 2008 at 00:37 (comics, life, universe) (, , , , )

“‘I’m significant!’ screamed the dust speck.”

-Calvin; Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

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Living; The Fantastic Four

January 14, 2008 at 23:57 (books, comics, life) (, , , )

Ben: Reed says your flame thing could mess you up, man.
Johnny: So could crossing the street. I had an uncle, smoked sixty cigarettes a day. I said to him, “That’s gonna kill you.” He said “Well, something’s gonna.”

-The Fantastic Four

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