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1 " It is a poor critic who says that a lack of effect on them implies all others are insincere in their love. "
― Kieron Gillen
2 " It is a tale that you sing. As long as you believe it, it makes you powerful. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9: Okay
3 " Beware the honest, ... they will hurt you just to feel clean. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6: Imperial Phase, Part II
4 " When I speak, people know that in my gut, I'm bad. They feel better about being bad in their guts. "
5 " You can realize your dream, as long as it’s got enough nightmare in it "
― Kieron Gillen , Iron Man, Volume 1: Believe
6 " This isn't a conversation. This is the sort of monologue you run in your head with lovers you'll never speak to again. This is what happens when thoughts curdle. "
― Kieron Gillen , Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
7 " All I get is calluses? They'll be the best calluses in the world. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium
8 " After all, nostalgia is an emotion for people with no future. "
― Kieron Gillen , Phonogram, Vol. 1: Rue Britannia (Phonogram, #1)
9 " The only great darkness I'm good at fighting is the one inside all of us. I'd like to light a fire inside everyone that can burn forever "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase, Part I
10 " Do you want to be smart or do you want to know things? "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine #2
11 " Revolution is just change with ideological roots showing like bad peroxide. "
12 " You will be loved. You will be hated. You will be brilliant. Within two years, you will be dead. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
13 " Empires are born. Empires reach their peak. Empires die. Death is never pretty. (...) Is it that the good die young, or is it simply that the old turn bad and mad? "
14 " Look at Woden and his cheerily racist army of ethnic monocultured valkyrie fuck buddies. "
15 " The truth is always the best lie, isn't it? "
― Kieron Gillen , Young Avengers, Volume 2: Alternative Culture
16 " ...and woe betide anyone foolish enough to question my caffeine intake. "
17 " Forever" makes liars of us all. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine #34
18 " The gods are for whatever we wish. That is the point of gods. The gods will carry me onwards, and that is all that matters. "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7: Mothering Invention
19 " Everything having a causal function does not imply purpose. "
20 " The patriarchy hurts everyone. And patriarchy isn't rule by men. It's rule by fathers. Most men will never be the fathers. They're just sons, and sons gets sacrificed to keep the old man in port and cigars "
― Kieron Gillen , The Wicked + The Divine #14
