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161 " My father used to say that there's no such thing as "heroes" or "villains," that they only exist in storybooks. Which is ironic, since pretty much all of his beliefs came from what he read in works of fiction. . . . "If I worried how every evil son of a bitch out there would respond to what I typed, I'd never touch a keyboard again.""All the more reason I'm going to stick to writing novels.""Why, because you think made-up stories have never resulted in actual casualties? Putting new ideas into another person's head is an aggressive act, and aggressive acts have consequences. Face it, you can be a writer or a pacifist, but you can't be both. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 9
162 " Alana, we are soldiers, not fucking damsels in distress. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 5
163 " I'd never felt anything quite like it. For the first time in my life, everything was as it should be. Because the opposite of war... is fucking. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga #17
164 " Rock beats scissors, bitch. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Ring of Truth (Y: The Last Man, #5)
165 " Well, I've always wanted to call my son Barr.""Like a tavern? Like a soap?""My father's name is Barr.""Oh. And I love it! "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 2
166 " In the Open Circuit, characters are supposed to have 'arcs,' where they grow and evolve over the course of the story.But Mom always thought that was nonsense. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 4
167 " There's an old saying, Zill. Freedom can't be given, only earned. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Pride of Baghdad
168 " Have you ever been shot by one? Because I have and it hurt like the day my dog died... "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Volume 1
169 " …though queens are a particular obsession of mine. I’m not speaking of European sovereigns, mind you, but that most glorious force of the chessboard. Did you know her square was originally occupied by a male “vizier,” able to advance only one meager diagonal step per move? But during the reign of the great female monarchs, this piece metamorphosed into a “queen,” and her power grew commensurate with her title. Only then did the game become something more— A mental odyssey that helped reshape the world. "
170 " Well, you know what they say, the reader is the final contributor. Cheers for doing the heavy lifting. "
― Brian K. Vaughan
171 " Dude, your husband is gonna die! "
172 " Now be a dear and fuck the fuck off. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga, Book One
173 " 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. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Four
174 " I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Ex Machina, Vol. 10: Term Limits (Ex Machina, #10)
175 " Your writing blows, by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Paper Dolls (Y: The Last Man, #7)
176 " Most of my childhood was spent clinging to the feathers of a dulled arrow blindly fired across a starless night. "
177 " Damn. How much time did you spend in the library?"“I am a library. "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Runaways Deluxe, Vol. 3
178 " Well, at first I was thinking we could challenge them to a few rounds of Scattergories, but then I realized fighting would be way more emotionally satisfying." -Buffy "
179 " 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. "
180 " You never know when or where your first addiction might find you…but there’s a chamber of your heart that will have been waiting for it since the day you were born "
― Brian K. Vaughan , Saga #56