Quotes from Brian K. Vaughan

Teachers always promise that students are in a safe place, but most of us figure out that's a lie pretty fast. My very first fire drill was all the confirmation I needed that the worst can happen anywhere, anytime.

Ciba: I thought you were supposed to be some big brave war hero. What about that goddamn gold star you polish every night? Natalya: You know what this shiny piece of tin is, you fucking space cadet? It's the way stupid boys trick other stupid boys into dying for bullshit causes ... and I'm done acting like one of them.

I wanted to correct her, but if I'd learned one thing by that point in my education, it was that when anybody in these cruel worlds offers a helping hand... you shut your fucking mouth and grab it.

By the time they're out of preschool, most children have already seen thousands of acts of violence.

Well, you know what they say, the reader is the final contributor. Cheers for doing the heavy lifting.

Every relationship is an education.

When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.

It would be a very long time before we saw any of our original pursuers again. At least, it seemed kinda long. But nothing warps time quite like childhood. I remember visits to faraway worlds that lasted only a few days but felt like entire lifetimes. And then there were the endless journeys between destinations that somehow went by in the blink of an eye. You know how it goes.

Your writing blows , by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.

So what? He's good to you and Hazel now, isn't he? Who cares if he's got history with some other broad?

Now be a dear and fuck the fuck off.

Childbirth has always been a dangerous undertaking, but at least I've managed to eliminate the most painful part of the process. What's that? Sex? Love.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

Oh, fuck you, you self-righteous piece of...BALD

Dude, your husband is gonna die!

Relax, Klara, you can finish your one-woman book club as soon as somebody gets home.

I've found that cultures often clash for the same reasons that people do. It's not because we're so different from each other... it's because we're all so goddamn alike

Each of us has been falling apart since day one, Chase. We just have to find a way to fall apart together.

Welcome to Abortion Town!

Most of us think we can hide our weaknesses from the world, and sometimes, we're right. But only if we're very very strong.

Granny would never love anyone the way she loved my grandfather, but that doesn't mean she never loved again.

you girls... reminded us... of us... ...kids just trying... to make a living... are always... the good guys...

It was a time of war. Isn't it always.

Cookie monster speaks better English than you.