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1 " I'm Natasha Romanoff. Nobody judos my ass. "
― Margaret Stohl , Forever Red (Black Widow, #1)
2 " I don’t need Coulson or the cavalry,” Natasha said finally. “Please, I’m my own cavalry. "
3 " I'm getting pretty tired of unicorns. Could we try to get a regular horse around here for once? "
4 " Enough!” Romanoff barked. “Look around you. You’re on a military transport. Nobody’s flirting. S.H.I.E.L.D. does not run a dating service.” “Well,” Coulson said, “technically it’s frowned upon, but I’d be lying if—” Romanoff glared at Coulson, and he fell silent. "
5 " ROMANOFF: Every Russian family line ends in a czar. That’s the only way the genealogist gets paid, sir. "
6 " Tony had started the evening off with his improvised Stark Quantum Detangler—quickly followed by a Stark Quantum Retangler—soon detouring into a little Stark Quantum Hypnotic Regulator, a Stark Quantum Rapid Eye Movement Stimulator, and a Stark Quantum Ultrasound Scanner. Basically, if Tony could put the words Stark or Quantum in front of it, he was game. "
7 " We aren’t saints. When we die, nobody mourns. That’s the only way this ends, for all of us. "
8 " But I knew no one. I was alone. No one cared. You might as well have left me to die.”“You didn’t, did you?”“Die? No, I didn’t. No thanks to you. Now I know I can only depend on myself.”“Exactly.” Natasha shrugged. “You’re welcome.”Ava didn’t respond.Natasha sat down next to her. “Such Russian problems.” She settled her back against the wall. “I know you’re angry. Be as angry as you want. But no matter how you feel, we need to get out of here. Fair enough?”“Why should I do anything you say?”“Because you can trust me.”“Are you crazy? You’re the one person I can’t trust. You taught me not to trust you.”“No. I taught you not to trust anyone,” Natasha said. “And that’s something everyone has to learn. Especially every girl.” She sounded as stubborn as Ava felt. "
9 " The truth? What do you know about the truth? You're so good at lying you don't even know when you're lying to yourself. "
10 " ROMANOFF: A gun might as well shoot both ways at once, sir. You want to take out the person in the crosshairs? You have to get okay with taking out the person at the trigger. You don’t get to choose. "
11 " Great. So he's a genius. Fifty points for Ivanclaw. "
12 " ...Only then will I teach you how to take a life—how and when and where.” “And why?” Natasha had asked. She had been young, then, or she would have known better. ... He had laughed outright. “Not why, my Natashka. Never why. Why is for guitar players and Americans. "
13 " The double-teaming paid off; there was no resisting the power of a Stark-Romanoff alliance for long. "
14 " The way she took on the whole world as if she expected to do nothing less, and to do it alone "
15 " Cobblestones and an El Torito. Thousand-year-old buildings and a McDonald’s in the distance. They were caught between the ancient mosque and the Starbucks, in a chaotic confusion of time "
16 " Think. You’re not just Ava Orlova. You have your mother’s code and Natasha’s memories. Alexei’s heart. They’re fighting with you and for you. Find a way to make this work "
