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21 " This," I said, "is a modern, nontraditional representation of Quan Yin, the Chinese goddess of mercy. "
― Marion G. Harmon , Wearing the Cape: A Superhero Story (Wearing the Cape, #1)
22 " There is, however, a third theory which expresses the reality of time travel. Are you familiar with Schrodinger's Cat? "
23 " Principle of Temporal Superposition. The future is a tangle of infinite possibilities existing simultaneously, which collapse to a single actuality as the present, the moment we’re in now, advances second by second into the future. Free will exists here, at the point of collapse where each decision is actually made. Trailing the present, the past is fixed; it can be visited but not changed. The future can be visited and interacted with but is unfixed and indeterminate. When I visit the future, I am only visiting the most likely future that would unfold from my moment of departure from the present. "
24 " Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. No rules, No mercy. Fight to kill until you held the battlefield "
― Marion G. Harmon , Ronin Games (Wearing the Cape, #5)
25 " When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death. Sing your death song! And die like a hero going home. -- Tecumseh "
26 " Atlas and Ajax had drilled it into me from day one—superhumans were powerful and scary to everyone else. Beyond the profitability of playing to the whole superhero image, the reason for the colorful costumes and silly codenames was simple; we could only be trusted if our deeds were done in the daylight, if we could be seen and held accountable. And we had to keep that trust, with both governments and the public, or none of it would work. Which meant acting inside the law, being seen to act lawfully at all times—otherwise people started asking questions like “Who watches the watchers?” We watched ourselves and each other, it was the only way it could work. "
27 " Christmas is ever a return to this place. Adults visit it with their children every December the twenty-fifth—indeed you don’t really know Christmas until you’ve watched it with grown up eyes.” Hope "
― Marion G. Harmon , Team-Ups and Crossovers (Wearing the Cape, #6)
28 " OK, so why don’t you just carry a really big gun?” “Because superheroes don’t. Old-fashioned weapons, like swords, warhammers, maces, those are traditional. Guns are for soldiers and the police. And bad guys. "
29 " I can deal with the things I know and the things I know I don't know. It's the things I don't know I don't know that always bite me in the butt. Astra, "
30 " Too much knowledge rots the brain. Unless it is the practical sort, such as how to fix my car or operate on my heart. Sometimes I think the more educated a person becomes the more useless he is to the rest of us. I "
31 " For want of a nail a horseshoe was lost. For want of a horseshoe the horse was lost. For want of the horse the rider was lost. For want of the rider the battle was lost. For want of the battle the kingdom was lost, and all for the want of a horseshoe nail! What "
32 " No backing down, no giving in. I pick my fights, but I fight to win. "
― Marion G. Harmon
33 " Superheroines in the comic books always seemed to be at least D cups and possess amazing anti-gravity powers. In reality a lot of padding, much more gratuitous than mine, went on. "
34 " The ancient Greeks considered love a mental illness that led to suicide, homicide, betrayal, war, all sorts of fun. Whom the gods destroy they first make mad. Cupid used a bow and arrow for good reason, and just look at Paris and Helen and the Trojan War if you don't believe me—they didn't have a single love story that ended well. My "
35 " If you want to avoid hurting somebody, convince them that fighting you is a Bad Idea. This is hard to do in the heat of the moment, especially if you look like a perky high school cheerleader, so it's best to make the threat credible beforehand through your reputation. Failing that, go for Shock and Awe. If it works, great, if it doesn't you're halfway done anyway. "
36 " We define ourselves as much by what we oppose as what we approve, what we won't do as what we will do. Each choice we make forecloses other choices, while making still more choices necessary. Life is a decision-tree we climb half blind. Astra, "
37 " No, I just realized that Dorothy was a bystander at an assassination and Glinda was a bad, bad witch. "
― Marion G. Harmon , Joyeuse Guard (Wearing the Cape #9)
38 " But when you wear the cape, you do the job. "
39 " There’s a reason for superteams. The paper-scissors-rock nature of superpowers means that nobody, no matter how tough, can defend against every possible kind of attack. If you’ve got no support when your rock meets another guy’s paper, you’re toast, so bring someone with scissors along. "
40 " But all will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well.’” Mom’s eyes crinkled. “Look at you, quoting Julian of Norwich. "