Quotes from Brian K. Vaughan

Sorry, kid. Whedon got it wrong. Stakes don't kill vampires, they just give us heartburn.

What, like you were never a vicious little asshole when you were that age?

Every culture in the universe has a very different opinion about exactly when life begins. But we're all pretty much in agreement on when it's over.

If there's an opposite of a honeymoon, it's the week after a couple's first child is born. No matter how hard they try, no matter how pure their intentions... Everything will go wrong. And that's when the gawkers show up. From far and wide they come to inspect the hapless new parents. The nice ones bring food.

The only way the dead live on is through the people they leave behind.

Futur is a threat, not a promise

Life is stupidly short. Why not enjoy the last act?

Sai, negli ultimi mesi ho mangiato tante di quelle pesche in scatola, che ieri notte ho praticamente cacato una crostata.

Then why did you risk everything to be with him? Because your son is so goddamn beautiful. Ha. I assure you, looks aren't forever. Oh, I know. I wasn't talking about his looks.

With little power comes little responsibility.

Christ, I walk through an inferno unscatched, then singe my ass on the flight back. [...] You guys are the ... the heart and brain of the Great Machine. Yeah? Then you're the inflamed anus. You're not the brain, by the way.

Face it, you can be a writer or a pacifist. But you can't be both.

And the two heavenly bodies danced around their star...

Thirty chapters of good deeds never tells you a whole man's story.

All you have to do is make a fist. The bullet does the hitting for you.

If you find someone who can forgive all your bullshit... the least you can so is try to forgive them.

Oh God. Goddammit. I never got to see the pyramids. Or the Taj Mahal. I ...I never even got to leave the country. Don't sweat it, brother. You got to live in NYC. You didn't miss shit.

The boy moths get fooled by a smell? No, they get fooled by sex. All males do.

Yeah, well, the future is never fair. Just inevitable.

Every kid gets programmed by their 'rents, Chase. That doesn't mean they have to do as they're told.

Stupid old boys' network... That's why we're not running the world, huh, girlie? 'Cause when women see a younger version of us, it just makes us angry.

You remind me of my late sister, little one. As I once told her, the headstrong may win many battles... but only the strong of heart will survive the war.

A beheadable-yet-fair assessment.

I suppose the only time we ever really get to be happy in life—like one hundred percent blissful—is when we're little kids. Because there's less to worry about? Because we're too stupid to know how worried we should be.