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"Scott is a good person in a world that exists solely to crush good people." -Emma, _Wovlerine and the X-men_ "So what exactly are you going to do - crazy me to death?" -Magician, _Ultimate X-men: Magical_ "I have a student who shoots red lasers from his eyes. I can read people's thoughts as easily as one peers through a window. How can anything be far-fetched in a world where those things are a reality?" -Charles, _Ultimate X-men: Magical_ "Jean was his favorite. He sensed her potential, even then. And he's always been partial to psychics. He'd never admit it, but he thinks we're a bit... above." -Emma, _Astonishing X-men: Torn_ "It's so hard to hold on to something you know you don't deserve." -Emma, _Astonishing X-men: Torn_ "You can let go now." _Astonishing X-men: Torn_ "It's like you said, Emma... I don't have any claws." -Scott, _Astonishing X-men: Torn_ "I think Ms. Grey constructed split personalities to help her deal with having mutant powers. Nothing more." _Ultimate X-Men: Phoenix?_ "If you want to continue this charade that you never read someone's mind without permission - I'll oblige you. Just so you're aware, knowing you already know all this is very annoying." -Lilandra Neramani, _Ultimate X-men: Date Night_ "Seems you're a mutant, Elliot. You've developed your powers overnight. It happens to the best of us." -Nick Fury, _Ultimate X-Men: Date Night_ "There's no fighting in the Danger Room! I mean... no fighting each other. You know what I mean!" -Cyclops, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "I always though you were naive to segregate your students from humanity, to keep them locked up in that old castle. But now I realize I'm the idiot. You weren't protecting them from the world, you were protecting the world from them." -Emma, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "The Ultimates are just humans with lamer outfits..." -Alex Summers, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "For Xavier, the world is nothing but shades of gray." -Magneto, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "You don't send a shepherd to catch a black sheep." -Dazzler, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ Polaris: I'm not like you. Magneto: Indeed. But without polar opposites, this planet would spen off its axis. You and I need each other, and the world needs us. _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "My friends, welcome to endgame." -Magneto, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "You're under arrest for superhuman sedition, a crime that comes with a lifetime stay in Camp X-Factor." -Nick Fury, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "Your expulsion is merely a front, an excuse for you to become one of the handful of secret operatives I occasionally utilize for delicate missions." -Xavier, _Ultimate X-Men: Magnetic North_ "Now, if I was a ninja... (Which, I guess, technically, I still am.)" _X-Men: Kitty Pryde - Shadow & Flame_ "But we also keep quite busy with biotech research... and psychic operations and evaluations. Your Professor Xavier is quite an inspiration to us, actually." -Ryoko Oshiba, _X-Men: Kitty Pryde - Shadow & Flame_ "Dragon-stealing, picture-taking, letter-sending ninjas..." _X-Men: Kitty Pryde - Shadow & Flame_ Cyclops: Logan and I'll flank it, work with Hank on keeping its movement contained. Emma: I positively throb when he gets that tone. Kitty: Your not saying that would be nifty. _Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous_ The Thing: Didn't they come up with a cure for your kind? Wolverine: You got a problem with mutants? The Thing: I meant Canadians. _Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous_ Emma Frost: He's right. J. Jonah Jameson'll be tongue-kissing Spider-man before the X-men catch a little public favor. Kitty Pryde: Why do you insist on saying things I can never un-hear? _Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous_ Danger: The X-men. They don't have the slightest idea of who you really are, do they? Xavier: I like to think that Jean knew. Knew, and understood. _Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous_ [After a fastball special.] "You can't just throw people at all your problems, dear." -Emma Frost, _Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous_ "...We live in the society we have today precisely because we have trusted our youth to fight our greatest battles for us. I assure you, they are far better prepared to face the dangers of this world than we often give them credit for." _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ Logan: Since when do you know how to boost cars? Ororo: Since I was about eleven. What, did you think you were the only X-man with a past? _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ Ororo: Then what are you looking for? Logan: Long story. Here's the abridged version. [He hands her a ring, with the inscription "To James..."] Ororo: You're in love with a guy named James? _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ Ororo: But Weapon X is gone! We watched the last of those psychos die! Logan: That's what we thought way back when Colonel Wraith bit it, but there are still dead-enders floating around. decommissioned soldiers who won't fade away until all their past sins are wiped out. _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ "Whoever you used to be might have someone somewhere, but that you is gone. You and me, we're both too obsessed with our pasts. I've been running away from mine. And you've been running back to yours. Maybe it's time we stopped running." -Ororo, to Logan, _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ "Wow. That's gotta be about the dumbest power I've ever seen." -Juggernaut, _Ultimate X-men: Hard Lessons_ Colossus: Have you lost your mind, Xavier... or do you just think a wrongly accused mutant will be more valuable to your cause as a martyr? Xavier: Stand down, Mr. Rasputin, or I will show you exactly how much of my mind I still possess. _Ultimate X-men: The Most Dangerous Game_ "Besides, Xavier is the most powerful telepath on the planet, right? Maybe he planted the idea for this rescue operation in our minds. For all we know, we're doing exactly what he wants." -Colossus, _Ultimate X-men: The Most Dangerous Game_ "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the young man known to gaming fanatics around the world as... ARCADE!" _Ultimate X-men: The Most Dangerous Game_ Dazzler: Isn't Pete hot when he plays front man? Nightcrawler: Alison, you are... not well. _Ultimate X-men: The Most Dangerous Game_ [Arcade just webbed Dazzler.] "Cool, right? One of my programmers reverse engineered this thing from some polymer he scraped of a wall in Manhattan..." -Arcade, _Ultimate X-men: The Most Dangerous Game_ "Try not to let this experience put you off boys, Esme..." -Emma Frost, _New X-men: imperial_ "Jean, there are Shi'ar Imperial Guardians outside... they can punch holes in mountains and fly through steel... they can kill you much, much faster than a hundred speeding bullets. They're landing on the roof." -Beast, _New X-men: imperial_ "...The worst thing you ever did was come back, Erik. Magneto had become a legend in death, an inspiration for change. Now look at you - just another foolish and self-important old man, with outdated thoughts in his head. You have nothing this new generation of mutants wants... except for your face on a t-shirt. They have ideas of their own now. Perhaps it's time we put away the old dreams, the old manifestos... and just listened for a while. Your way will never work, Erik. This can't go on." -Xavier, _New X-men: planet x_ "Cassandra has no concept of cooperation, Hank. That's how we'll beat her." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ "...I deserve pants as a basic human right." -Beak, _New X-men: imperial_ "The day I promised has now come. Magneto is here to shake the world's foundations!" -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ "You are an undeniable weirdo, Barnell Bohusk. But that's a very good idea." -the Stepford Cuckoos, _New X-men: imperial_ "You can yell at me all you like. I'm only telling you the truth, like I always do, Magneto. If something doesn't happen soon, we'll lose any support you still have." -Toad, _New X-men: planet x_ "The whole world is watching us now. We must be nothing less than fabulous." -Emma Frost, _New X-Men: imperial_ "I will not be judged by children. Give me death. Make me immortal." -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ "And if you think anybody here is losing sleep over whether or not you mutants might all suddenly lose your powers... then you ain't been to Manhattan lately." -Nick Fury, _Astonishing X-men: Gifted_ Emma Frost: I want to reopen the school. Cyclops: It's done, Emma. Even Professor X has retired. The costumes, the heroics... done. Emma: But you and I, together. Think of what marvelous teachers we could be to a new generation of gifted bloody brats. We could inspire them to greatness! ...Don't you want to inherit the earth? _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ "No, she can't be brought to trial. Human laws are meaningless here. This is down to us. And I promise you, we'll stop her before she hurts anyone else. We do this sort of thing all the time." -Beast, _New X-men: imperial_ "Oh, Esme... you turned into such a wonderful little femme fatale in the end, didn't you? I'm ever so proud of all my girls. But you... I think I'm most especially proud of you, dear." -Emma Frost, _New X-men: planet x_ Brand: I'm Special Agent Abigail Brand. I head the Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Department. We work with S.H.I.E.L.D. Handle matters extraterrestrial. Beast: The government and their acronyms... honestly, it's adorable. Brand: I didn't pick the name. _Astonishing X-men: Gifted_ "Magneto killed ya, under orders he never understood. Scott lost heart and lost his chance. Hank tried his best. And it all fell apart, like it always does." -Wolverine, _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ "I am Gladiator, superguardian of the Shi'ar Imperium. My sworn duty is to preserve stellar harmony. May the eternal heavens forgive us for what we must do here. Destroy all mutants." _New X-men: imperial_ "We have learned the first lesson. They will always hate us. We will never live in a world of peace. Which is why control and non-violence are essential.We must prove ourselves a peaceful people. We must give the ordinary humans respect, compliance, and understanding. And we must never mistake that for trust." -Emma Frost, _Astonishing X-men: Gifted_ "I drowned the last whale. I can do anything now... Here is evolution's end. All life is mine. 'All creatures great and small.' Mine... I will build my future on your bones." -Sublime, _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ Cyclops: Hank's as articulate as anything, but what people see is mostly... well, a beast. Emma's a former villain, Logan's a thug. Logan: Born and bred. Cyclops: And me... I can lead a team. But I haven't looked anybody in the eye since I was fifteen. _Astonishing X-men: Gifted_ Angel: Have you guys always fought this much, Pete? Colossus: You weren't here when Cyclops and Wolverine almost murdered each other. I'd say we're improving... _Ultimate X-men: Cry Wolf_ "That old healing factor of yours made you a perfect, reusable experiment in vivisection. And now you torture yourself over and overagain, just to feel that same intensity of sensation you once experienced on the racks of the scientific inquisition, hmm?" -Cassandra Nova, _New X-men: imperial_ Emma Frost: This, children, is Kitty Pryde, who apparently feels the need to make a grand entrance. Kitty: I'm sorry. I was busy remembering to put on all my clothes. _Astonishing X-men: Gifted_ Andrea von Strucker: Unlike Charles Xavier, we have a vested interest in curing you of the limitations that keep you shackled to that school. Agree to sign an exclusive contract with Fenris, and through our patented bioengineering process, we will give you complete control of your abilities. Rogue: You mean...? von Strucker: Help us...and you can finally know what it's like to kiss someone for real. _Ultimate X-men: Cry Wolf_ "I'll call it New Genosha, rising like an accusation. Or better yet... a promise." -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ [after leaving Black Widow's apartment.] Spider-man: I don't like her. Wolverine: Yeah. Spider-man: But she *may* be the hottest girl I have ever seen in my life... and I have cable. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ Spider-man: That was the single most disgusting thing I have ever seen... Wolverine: And you've got cable. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Welcome back from the ashes... weapon of cosmic war in human form." -Sublime, _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ "Whatever he did made him crazier than a bag of ferrets, too." _Ultimate X-Men: The Tempest_ "This is your so-called safehouse? There's nude guys running out the door screaming." -Angel, _New X-men: imperial_ Beast: Should we be worried? What is that? Emma: Oh, what does it look like, Henry? It's bloody Jean, showing off again. _New X-men: planet x_ "I do not believe that mutants should set themselves up as a police force. Violence begets nothing but violence. What mutants should be are role models and educators and they should live by example. They shouldn't pop their claws and yell 'bring it on' every time they are faced with adversity. This, in my opinion, is Xavier's problem. This is why he has failed at his life's mission. Noble though he may be, the idea of these, what does he call them, the 'X-men', are just... they're just naive." -Emma Frost, _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "You think you've faced the worst, don't you? You think surviving a broken heart and a shattered soul makes you strong and special?" -Cassandra Nova, _New X-men: imperial_ Kurt: Vait, you spy on my fantasies? Jean: It's not spying so much as... overhearing. If I tried to block out every dirty thoughts you boys had, I'd never get any work done. _Ultimate X-Men: The Tempest_ "Your timid, colorless leadership has been forgotten. You failed to inspire, Charles. While I... I became a legend in death and a savior upon my return." -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ "Why should evolution be for the few, the strutting genetic elite in their skintight outfits and bikinis? Can't we *all* be an elite? Sure, mutants have special powers, but humankind has radical surgery and new genetic modification procedures." -John Sublime, _New X-Men: imperial_ "I've had dreams, you know. Dreams with you in them. This was never meant to be, was it? Something went terribly wrong... Tell us the truth, girls. What do you really see when you look at the future without flinching?" -Cassandra, _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ "Emma Frost... hurt me too, you know. And I hurt her in return. Forgive my little telepathic rummage, but I smelled her on you. The heart craves the securities of the battlefield, eh?" -Black King, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Scott: ...And Nightcrawler and Marvel Girl are staying here in Harlem for the uptown detail. Jean: Are we seriously still going with "Marvel Girl"? I outgrew that handle two bra sizes ago. Kurt: At least you are not named after a worm, fraulein. _Ultimate X-Men: The Tempest_ Xorn: Is this typical of life with the X-men, Scott? Cyclops: It sometimes gets quiet, too. _New X-men: imperial_ "Because... (and no offense, James...) if there's a weak link in the worldwide politics of mutant/human relations... if there's a crack in the wall... it's you. You're a trained, mutant, military assassin. Just your existence could be twisted into proof of a mutant conspiracy inside our government." -Dugan, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "These children of yours will grow strong and proud in a world without persecution or fear, Angel Salvadore. One day they will build statues in my honor." -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ "I guess no one thought Rome could fall, either... those guys had a postal service that could deliver mail across 170 miles in one day. They had indoor plumbing, the women were free, they had art and science and a communications network that spanned the civilized world. Within a hundred years, it was all debris and lice. Sometimes ya gotta take care of what you got." -Wolverine, _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ Emma: The Rasputin boy has no idea what he's - Charles: Colossus. His mutant name is Colossus. Emma: "Mutant name"? What is wrong with you? _Ultimate X-Men: The Tempest_ "I hate to completely undermine the party atmosphere, but there are billions of microscopic killer robots in our bloodstreams and a troop of violent alien ubermenschen advancing across our lawn..." -Beast, _New X-men: imperial_ [Talking to a captive Xavier.] "I've fed them so many lies, old friend... engineered a species war in your name. I don't expect I'll have much time before reprisals commence. You understand... I have to do something unforgettable. Remember that reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles I talked about before but never went through with? North will become south. The event will obliterate the weak human, rewire mutant brains and alter planetary consciousness forever. One of my old ideas, admittedly, but still a good one." -Magneto, _New X-men: planet x_ "Um, are you you guys almost done being cryptic, because I'm freezing." -Spider-man, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Shall we complete our campaign of righteous destruction, gentlemen?" -Fantomex, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ "Like some sad memory of a future that never happened." _New X-men: here comes tomorrow_ Nick Fury: You might want to ask your kids to step outside. Xavier: I have nothing to hide from my students, General Fury. Fury: I do. Xavier: I don't. _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "See, if I have to kill Chuck to get at you, I will. that's the kind of crazy, &*#@ed-up sonofabitch I am. But, truth is, we've handled much worse than you and never lost a man. See how I just slowed you down by making you think about something, missus? You can't even see your own weaknesses 'cause you don't know where to look." -Wolverine, _New X-men: imperial_ "Why do I have the impending feeling that my life's approaching some kind of horrible closure?" -Emma Frost, _New X-men: planet x_ "...It's amazing to me how much I don't like getting shot at, and yet, oddly, I find myself often getting shot at." -Spider-man, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "All of you have my girls to thanks for this eleventh hour plot twist..." -Emma Frost, _New X-men: imperial_ "See, Mr. President. The answer isn't violence... it's education. Mutant racism is a social problem, not a war. The only way to treat it is to educate people." -Emma Frost, _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ [In the bathroom at the Hellfire Club.] "Who'd have figured we'd have so many things in common, Creed? We should start a club." -Wolverine, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ "Think of it this way - with no special gifts other than its intellectual skills, humankind survived for many thousands of years in a very dangerous world. One of the ways they survived was by forming themselves into groups or tribes, gathering around flags and books and laws... A shared ideal is one of the best ways to hold a tribe together in the face of chaos. But now the tribes are all sharing the same tent, and we can all be guilty sometimes of mistaking our ideas for things. Sometimes the idea of the monster is more real than the monster itself..." -Professor Xavier, _New X-men: new worlds_ "I'm sure it's just another petulant cry for help, girls. I don't know what it is about young people these days, but I do miss the imagination and verve of the little zealots I used to teach. There was a wild, romantic light in their eyes and they threew themselves into the fray at every turn. Now it's all bored stares, vague demands and a few broken windows. Hardly the stuff of mutant legend." -Emma Frost, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "Web fluid costs soooo much to make. And I waste so much of it on these stupid idiots that the best thing they can think to do is to rob an armored car in broad daylight. I wish I could just bill these losers - like, 'Hey, these webs cost ten dollars.'" -Spider-man, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ Angel: I want to go back to what I was, Wolverine... I don't want to be like this... this... this sucks. Wolverine: Welcome to the grown-up world, darlin'. You've got a long way to go and you can't make it on your own. _New X-Men: imperial_ [Arriving after the Sentinel attack on Washington DC.] Dugan: You called this one, General. Nick Fury: That fills me with warmth. _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "Why is it anytime Emma Frost gets mixed up in our lives, there's always trouble and confusion? She can't even keep her death simple." -Sage, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Xavier: Quentin... I can honestly understand the attraction of violent change. When I was your age, I used to imagine using my telepathic talents to short-circuit the minds of despots - Quentin: You were never my age, Professor. 16 million mutants died in Genosha while you were imagining new ways to do nothing. _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ Jean Grey-Summers: You're Emma's girls, aren't you? Has she taught you how to... the Stepford Cuckoos: Yes, Miss Grey. We know exactly what you're going to say. We think it's a wonderful idea. _New X-men: imperial_ [to Wolverine] "Well... You are welcome here. And as far as I'm concerned this is your home, but... You're going to have to earn their trust and respect. They're just children. We forget that with all the drama around here, but for the most part, they're still children. You and I are not. They are children and so far the world has shown them nothing but the back of its hand. The worst of humanity's ill will and prejudice. They need reasons to trust you. Until you give them that you are exactly what they, and you, think you are. Give them something. Something more than running away from them." -Xavier, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "In a world of mindreaders, shapechangers and disembodied consciousnesses... crime takes on a whole new meaning." -Bishop, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Xavier: You've caused some property damage and hurt some people, but it's over now... the revolution lasted minutes, Quentin... Quentin: Hand over the school to the students. We don't need the kind of education that turns us into victims. Xavier: Perhaps it's only you who feels like a victim, Quentin. _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "I was born to make war on the mutant race. Has war begun? Is this war?" -Weapon XII, _New X-men: new worlds_ [Addressing the press.] "Charles Xavier discovered he was x-gene positive one day at the end of August... thirty years ago, after a long, strange summer which ended when the thoughts of the whole world came crashing into his head all at once. His mutation had made him telepathic and his telepathy plunged him into a new reality. One of naked minds turned inside out, with all the fear, lust, guilt and terror people normally hide, exposed to him like raw guts. He was only eleven years old when he saw through all the lies we tell ourselves. Charles Xavier grew up in a world where mutants were hunted, and feared as monstrosities, but he saw through the hate that's nourished by ignorance. He saw that deep down we were all just scared of being hurt and betrayed by one another." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ "I know you are not manipulating people, Charles. If you *were* I'm sure I'd be very high on your list. And if you were manipulating me... I doubt I would find myself as angry at you as I often do. -Nick Fury, _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "We're all victims in the same brave new world, Mister Summers. Welcome to the slippery slope." -Black King, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ "Stop fussing, Esme, and hand me the kick. Haven't you ever wanted to be a super hero?" -Sophie, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ Xorn: When you look into my mind... what do you see? Xavier: I see orchards in China. A star falling across the sky. A radiant star of pure thought. _New X-men: new worlds_ "I am Gladiator, superguardian of the Shi'ar Imperium. My sworn duty is to preserve stellar harmony. May the eternal heavens forgive us for what we must do here. Destroy all mutants." _New X-men: imperial_ [running into Cyclops at the Hellfire Club.] "You know what I think? You look like you have serious issues... I've been through prison therapy about a dozen times. I know issues when I see them." -Sabretooth, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Xavier: A man once said 'There are only two questions man can ask himself that mean anything. Why did God create the world? And what do I do next?' Cyclops: What do we do next? Xavier: I don't know. _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "We're saying Sophie's dead becuse she believed all the rubbish you talk about being superior. You're all shiny surface with nothing underneath. You have no feelings and no heart. Just nasty jokes and cleverness. People like you are a danger to impressionable children, Miss Frost." -the Stepford Cuckoos, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "You... you run around fighting like Greek gods and... and monsters... if you want the truth, it's that people hate mutants because trouble follows you wherever you go!" -reporter, _New X-men: imperial_ [Drinking with Scott at the Hellfire Club.] "You know something - you always get the best girls, slim. I watch these smart, interesting, beautiful women going nuts trying to crack through the shell of the Summers cool. And all you do is whine." _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Angel: What would I *do* there? In Xavier's school. What would I do? Storm: Whatever you want. Fly. _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ soldier: Well, you look into this dumb chimpanzee's head all you want, you bald-headed bigot! You won't find anything except re-runs of the adult channel. Xavier: Ah. I thought you were joking... soldier: Little thing they been teaching us to protect the privacy of our minds. _New X-men: new worlds_ "I can do what I like. I've called a taxi telepathically. I'm going to dye my hair and scrawl my name across the world." -Esme, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ "Sometimes the teacher must leave to make room for the learning. Beak dreamed of respect. Ernst could find no one to be responsible for. Basilisk had no focus for his energy. For Dummy there was no continuity... and you, Angel. This will be our secret. All will be well." -Xorn, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "...If I look hard enough and twisted enough... I can see how she planned it... I can see like Cassandra does." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ "They were trying to create supermen to fight future wars - that's how it all began. Weapon 0 was 'classified'. I was a volunteer, Weapons II through III were animals... IV to V used various ethnic minorities. Then they found the ideal subjects for VII trials onwards... Like I said, Weapon X wasn't a letter, it was a Roman numeral. X = ten. Your mister 'Logan'? The Wolverine? Only the tenth generation living weapon. They've gone far beyond that now." -Fantomex, _New X-men: new worlds_ Xorn: Quentin? I am Xorn... do not be afraid. Quentin: What if we were both wrong, Professor X... and it wasn't humans to blame at all? ...What if the real enemy... was inside... all along? _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ Professor X: I thought you didn't trust me, General. Nick Fury: I just don't like you as a person. But I know what you want in this world and I know where you stand. _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "Miss Frost taught us to conceal our emotions as a way of keeping one step ahead, Mr. Bishop. It seems only fair to tell you that." -the Stepford Cuckoos, _New X-men: assault on weapon plus_ Reporter: ...We've all heard about some kind of private army attached to the Institute? Jean: There is no army. We have a group of highly-trained volunteers, myself included, who've elected to monitor and resolve mutant emergency situations wherever they arise. We're here for everyone's protection. _New X-men: imperial_ "I hate this awful place and these ugly, repressed people." -Emma Frost, _New X-men: assault on weapon plus_ "Well, I live in the brave new world and it's not as shiny and perfect as you'd like to think. You're always selling the future that never arrives, you preach Utopia but you never deliver on this 'dream' we keep hearing about." -Quentin Quire, to Professor X, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ [Meeting the President.] "Sir, my name is Emma Frost. It's an honor to meet you. I've been putting something together that might interest you." _Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants_ "This is the voice. This is the voice of Magneto. This is the voice of the Genoshan Nation. It's a strange thing to die in darkness. It's a strange thing to die. I was Magneto, the master of magnetic forces. Now I will be a voice in the darkness, echoing forever. Once, I was a mortal man. Now I am becoming memory, immortal. They must have thought they could silence us forever Instead we have become magnetic. Unstoppable. Do you understand? Our voices will be broadcast around the world... into space. At the speed of light. At the speed of radio. Our voices traveling without end through the depths of time and space. Beyond this life. And far, far... beyond this death." _New X-men: new worlds_ "It's all fake and illusion. That's what cool is. That's what charisma is. That's what everything is." -Quentin Quire, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "...and can I just remind everyone that Emma is still on the loose?" -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ "Advanced Idea Mechanics - an organized group of international science-terrorists. You know, like one of those Japanese techno-apocalypse cults? They recruit the kinda brilliant geeks and brainy outsiders who want revenge for not getting any booty..." -Wolverine, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ [to Wolverine] "If the X-men were a boy band, your would be the dark, brooding one." -Black Widow, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "I was just testing. I'm only playing devil's advocate, Professor. You've always encouraged us to dream... I just wondered what would happen if one of us had a dream you didn't like?" -Quentin Quire, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ Sabra: I'm sorry, Quicksilver, but good riddance. Magneto was a Master-Race lunatic who coerced the entire Genoshan mutant population into a war with humanity and brought this on himself. Quicksilver: Magneto was my _father_. Otherwise, you're right. _New X-men: new worlds_ "...The more she sticks to her plan, the more room she leaves us to improvise. She's powerful, but her strategies are pretty basic. I think we can take her if we work together." -Cyclops, _New X-men: imperial_ "There's something rotten at the Xavier school." -Sage, _New X-Men: assault on weapon plus_ Wolverine: Will you help me out of here? Spider-man: I _want_ you out of here. Wolverine: Do you need to put on your little costume to do it? Spider-man: Do I make fun of your hair? _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ Cyclops: I seriously hate having my picture taken - I always come out looking stiff and inhuman. Officer Foster: The camera never lies, my friend. _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ the Stepford Cuckoos: Those horrible space super heroes are going to kill everyone... We know you hate us as much as we hate you, but we're the resistance now. Do you have any idea how to fight super heroes? Angel: Yeah. Dirty, I bet. _New X-men: imperial_ Xavier: No more need to hide our mutant natures. No more human rules. Jean: Better watch it - you sound like Cassandra Nova. Xavier: She was right to go on television and break our silence. She was right to reveal us to the world. She took the step I always knew I had to take. I always found an excuse not to put my reputation on the line. _New X-men: new worlds_ "I suppose you think this is some big fight between... between youth and experience? Anarchy and authority? People like you always miss the point, Quentin Quire. It's all about 'in' versus 'out.'" -the Stepford Cuckoos, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "Miss Frost... You think everything's a joke, but I had the same nightmare fifty times last night and I'm having it again right now. Everybody's going to die." -Ellie Phimister, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "Hey, read a book. Slavery split this country in two. Who knows what mutants will do to it before it's all said and done. No offense." -Dugan, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ Esme: But weren't they all killed, Miss Frost? The students you used to teach? Emma Frost: There were one or two fatalities, yes... but for heaven's sake, Esme. let's try not to dwell on the down side. _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "It's hard to believe. They're finally listening - the world is finally listening to us, Jean. And all we had to do was take off our frightening masks and step from the shadows." _New X-men: new worlds_ "Remember the Shi'ar Ninth Vow of Destruction. Be strong and merciful. If they plead for their lives, do not falter. The Emperess commands us." -Gladiator, _New X-men: imperial_ Black Widow: I guess Charles Xavier never heard of a history check. Wolverine: And neither did Nick Fury - or how else would a spy without a country find herself as a public member of his super-hero PR explosion called what...? Black Widow: The Ultimates. Wolverine: The Ultimate what? Black Widow: Ultimate Ultimates. It's a fine idea, well executed. And I'm very - Wolverine: It's nothing but politics and PR and well beneath ya, but that's not why I came here. Black Widow: Yes, you came asking for help and did so by insulting me. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Sir. You taught us to think outside the box. We all receive two hours of martial arts instruction every day. Surely we can be trusted to express ourselves without hurting anyone?" -Quentin, _New X-Men: riot at xavier's_ "Jean is only the house where I live, Charles." -the Phoenix, _New X-men: new worlds_ "This is awful. Remember that time we were sent in to raze the Anti-Heaven of Adun?" -Oracle, _New X-men: imperial_ "Don't worry, Scott's very good with the depressed." -Wolverine, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ [to Wolverine] Daredevil: You're one of the X-men? Spider-Man: He's the hairy one. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Just that I got an almost fatal belly-wound, had a bizarre dream, almost killed you, and ran into the one guy in the world who gives *me* the creeps. Tough day at the office." -Wolverine, _Blood Hungry_ Po: Logan? Do you draw? Wolverine: No. Po: Do you talk to dead things? Wolverine: No. Po: So what are you good at? Wolverine: Maiming things. Killing mostly. Po: Well, Thats something at least. Have you ever killed anybody who didn't deserve it? Wolverine: Hope not. But probably. _Marvel Knights_ "It's all right, Jaime. We're relieving you of duty. I believe I can beat Weapon XII at his own game, without further bloodshed. All I need is to borrow your nervous system." -Professor X, _New X-men: new worlds_ "I could have built heaven on earth, if only they'd let me. I could have laid the foundation stones of paradise here on earth." -Xorn, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "Did you ever think that maybe if you didn't have this mutant healing power, you wouldn't be so prone to end up, you know, like this?" -Spider-man, to Wolverine, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Yes, our people have been persecuted and exterminated. The truth is we've barely begun to even comprehend, let alone recover from genocide on an unprecedented scale. Sixteen million of our people died in Genosha. That's sixteen million possible cures for cancer or AIDS gone. Sixteen million potential Shakespeares, Einsteins, Kurt Cobains, lost forever... But right here, at the Xavier Institute, we have twelve-year-old autistic savants who can talk to atoms in their own language. Here, we still believe in the future." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ "I've become the perfect Faberge killing machine for a reason... and that reason is surely not to wave the flag for X-liberalism." -Emma Frost, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ Xavier: General, um, I don't appreciate the psychic shields you've placed around - Fury: Well, I don't appreciate the fact that you _found_ them. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "The whole world is watching us now. We must be nothing less than fabulous." -Emma Frost, _New X-men: imperial_ "Oh my God! Why are diaper deliverymen trying to kill you?" -Spider-man, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ Cyclops: I'd be flattered by the attention, but I can't help remembering all the times int he past when you tried to kill us, Emma. What are you doing here, with the X-men? Emma: I deserve sympathy for the sins of my sordid past, not scorn. Those were difficult days; I was probably very confused and out of my mind on drink or drugs. It's not always about 'good' and 'evil,' Scott dear. _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "That's the noise Wolverine makes when he's chopping people like you into quivering lumps." -the Stepford Cuckoos, _New X-men: imperial_ Black Widow: What is this? You have an intern now? Spider-man: I wish, because I could really use the - hey! Hey, I know you. You owe me eighty dollars... [to Wolverine] You know, I helped her once. I saved her life. And she goes and poisons me and steals my web-shooters. These cost money. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "These are different times, Scott. Everything is different. Charles is right; we can't afford to be ashamed any more. We can't strap down our wings or hide our strange eyes and our brilliant minds..." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ Spider-man: So, listen, I have a spider-sense, and - Wolverine: A what? Spider-man: I have a danger - a warning sense. If something bad is about to happen to me, I get, like, a buzzing in my head and I an - Wolverine: What good does that do me? Spider-man: I'm just saying, that's why I am sticking around. I can warn you before anything bad is about to happen to you. [Missile flies out of nowhere and hits Wolverine.] _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "They're trying to ruin the dramatic atmosphere, Hank. Ignore them." -Wolverine, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "She said you were an army... This is the only army who can all go to war in the same taxi cab." -Beak, _New X-men: imperial_ "Forget your dental practice, Mr. Trask. You future lies in genocide." -Cassandra Nova, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "Surrounded by telepaths, the most important thing in the world becomes your privacy. Keeping secrets becomes second nature." -Kitty Pryde, _Xtreme X-men_ Spider-man: I don't understand, why don't you call the X-men? I really don't understand. You've got to give me that. Wolverine: Okay all right... Kid. Okay... you know who Charles Xavier is? Spider-man: Yeah, yeah, I met him. Wolverine: Xavier. he's going to do it. He's going to... he's actually going to leave the world better than he found it. Thing is, kid, I don't know too many people like that. I've done some really bad things. Bad, bad things. And that's just the things I know about. There's this entire lifetime of things that I don't know about. I don't know anything that happened to me before these, you see? [brandishes claws.] I don't know how my life became this endless series of torture sessions. Why every time I turn around someone's looking to kill me... or stick metal on my bones just to see what will happen. Why every other word out of someone's mouth to me is "animal"? But at some point I gotta take responsibility for it. Ya know? Spider-man: Kinda. Wolverine: I can't take back what I done especially when I don't know what I done. But I sure as hell don't think Xavier deserves to have to deal with any more of it. Thing is the guy took me in on a lie. And I done nothin'... to earn what he gave me. He don't deserve to have to deal with this... _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "All of us, humans and mutants, have to spend the rest of our lives in the future. Let's get together and make it a nice place to live." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-men: imperial_ Spider-Man: All the way from over there? You can hear them whispering? Daredevil: Not with you shouting in my ear. _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "This is a school, Mr. Marz, for mutants. You're here at 2 am to cause trouble...? Do you have any idea how far out of your depth you are?" -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-Men: imperial_ "My tush is now singed. I hope you're both happy. I now have singed tush." -Spider-man, _Ultimate X-men: Blockbuster_ "Mind armor on. Without the Empress to command us, hope is our only weapon... My belief-driven supertalents will be equal to the task of stopping the immensity." -Gladiator, _New X-men: imperial_ "I suspect my latest beast form is connected to this year's mutant baby boom. Sunspot activity, manic depressive mood swings, I feel like a Hindu sex god, Jean." -Beast, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "We won't be learning today. We'll be teaching." -Jean Grey-Summers, _New X-Men: imperial_ Domino: Get this for official worst mutant gift ever: hair, skin flakes, dandruff - anything he sheds grows into a short-lived, briefly conscious, totally naked Ao Jun golem. Wolverine: Some people get all the breaks. _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "Jean... when En Sabah Nur was in my head, he spent a lot of his time stripping away a few of my illusions about life and about myself.I realized how many of my high ideals are just based on self-interest and self-deception. I denied it, of course. I beat him in the end, like we always do, and I cast him out of my thoughts... But the thing is, I just can't seem toi cast _his_ thoughts out of _me._" -Cyclops, _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ Jean: What makes you such a bitch, Emma? Emma: Breeding, darling. Top class breeding. _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ Beast: It's official. You're Emma Frost, the human diamond. Emma: Excuse me: organic what? "Secondary mutation" what? Why have these topics never before entered any conversation in connection with my life, Henry? Your pseudo-medical explanations are far from satisfactory, Mr. McCoy. _New X-Men: e is for extinction_ "It's strange, isn't it? None of the students even know what to say to me right now. I mean they'll go off and fight Magneto at the drop of a hat, but everyone except Wolverine is afraid to catch my eye at the moment." -Professor X, _Ultimate X-men_ "Apocalypse is an overgrown, immortal mutant, but that doesn't make him interesting." -Wizard magazine, #138
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