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1 " All good children's stories are the same: young creature breaks rules, has incredible adventure, then returns home with the knowledge that aforementioned rules are there for a reason.Of course, the actual message to the careful reader is: break rules as often as you can, because who the hell doesn't want to have an adventure? "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 3
2 " They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You (Season 8, Volume 2)
3 " But nothing warps time quite like childhood "
4 " The world is a terrifying place, more than I ever realized. But if I had my whole life to do over again, that's literally the only thing I'd change. I'd stop being so afraid of other people. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Paper Girls, Volume 2
5 " When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 1
6 " Some dreams really do come true. That said, most dreams are weird as shit. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 2
7 " In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness...but in your generation, there are nearly two thousand with the powers of the slayer, and not all of them have chosen to use their newfound abilities conscientiously. "
8 " My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all important savior... but thanks to these two, at least I get to grow old.Not everybody does. "
9 " 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. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga #40
10 " I always think fondly of my years inside Detention Center LC/766B.The women and the children I met had all lost people they loved, but they never wallowed in despair.Dying is one of the few experiences we'll eventually all enjoy firsthand, and like most shit that's commonplace, it's boring to dwell on. My fellow inmates/classmates (and really, what's the difference?) showed me it was more interesting to concentrate on the living.Because death is fucking predictable... ...but life has science experiments and free time and surprise naps and who knows what comes next? "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga #36
11 " I was pretty good at picking up new languages when I was little, but it's not like I had superpowers or anything.Kids just have an easier time with words. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 4
12 " What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there's room in our hearts for so few. "
― Brian K. Vaughan
13 " It doesn't matter who started it or what it's really about...war usually ends up sucking most for women. Even when we're not fighting the battles ourselves, we somehow always end up with the lion's share of the suffering. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 5
14 " Some general advice about writing:WRITE MORE, DO OTHER STUFF LESS. "
15 " Over the years, we met every kind of person imaginable. But no one makes worse first impressions than writers. "
16 " Anyone with an autobiography is almost definitely an evil piece of shit. "
17 " Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world. "
18 " Ask a child's guardians what it takes to be good at their jobs, and most will answer with a single word... SACRIFICE. Parents give up so much: time, sleep, freedom, money, intimacy... pretty much everything but complaining how much they sacrifice. "
19 " You're the one saying how vital offing these kids and grabbing their brat is to the war effort, right? Well, I'm telling you I need way more cash to do it right, so--Lying.How have you not murdered that creature by now?Oh, I've tried. "
20 " The Government's supposed to be there for people when nobody else is, right? But it never works like that. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Ex Machina, Vol. 5: Smoke, Smoke (Ex Machina, #5)
