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Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid. Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed. Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep. No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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fb7d7d3
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Here's the thing about miscarriage. They are painful, they are horrific, and they are very, very common. There are no funerals for Those Who Might Have Been, leaving parents to mourn their loss in strange and unexpected ways. But while a miscarriage may feel like the end of the world... it's actually just the beginning of a new one.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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e3067fe
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By the time they're out of preschool, most children have already seen thousands of acts of violence.
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violence
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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70abc87
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I'm not going to stand here and be eaten by some bitch's dinosaur. I am finally doing something with my life.
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tiffany
time-travel
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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d7ade6b
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When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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d6dc1a3
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Some people hate waiting, but not me. Without anticipation, life can be comfortable, but it'll never be thrilling. Instant gratification is for boring assholes.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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2c7a3be
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Relax, Klara, you can finish your one-woman book club as soon as somebody gets home.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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d7fb939
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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.
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words
language-learning
language-understanding
language
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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858e484
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Teachers always promise that students are in a "safe place," but most of us figure out that's a lie pretty fast. My very first fire drill was all the confirmation I needed that the worst can happen anywhere, anytime."
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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351dc56
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So what? He's good to you and Hazel now, isn't he? Who cares if he's got history with some other broad?
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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de06b09
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I wanted to correct her, but if I'd learned one thing by that point in my education, it was that when anybody in these cruel worlds offers a helping hand... you shut your fucking mouth and grab it.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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4d10564
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Welcome to Abortion Town!
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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8e568d1
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Grown-Ups are usually guilty of something
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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49270e3
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Every relationship is an education.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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cc3b7e1
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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...
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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92c914a
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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.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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f2e354a
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Christ, I walk through an inferno unscatched, then singe my ass on the flight back." [...] "You guys are the ... the heart and brain of the Great Machine." "Yeah? Then you're the inflamed anus." "You're not the brain, by the way."
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insults
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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3c81a28
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Your writing , by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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306c1ce
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Cookie monster speaks better English than you.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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2e3237b
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Sorry, ladies. I guess that's our cue. We like to storm into town, inflict maximum damage, and then disappear...like a KISS concert.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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0747abe
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Sai, negli ultimi mesi ho mangiato tante di quelle pesche in scatola, che ieri notte ho praticamente cacato una crostata.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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9986e5f
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Natalya: "It was our favorite sister of NASA who guilt me into putting my tits on line to rescuing you helpless ornaments."
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humorous-insults
insults
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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a72610e
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The next morning, they cremated my grandfather in the belly of our ship. I still have a scarp of the outfit he made for me. These days, I use it as a bookmark.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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67e477a
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Come back with a healthy monkey, or don't come back at all.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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47e4bb7
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If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then a family is more like a rope. We're lots of fragile little strands, and we survive by becoming hopelessly intertwined with each other.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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3f0b2ab
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Though we can never guarantee our people complete safety, we can send a message to those who seek to harm the free and the brave. You might knock us to the ground but you sure as hell won't keep us there.
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perserverance
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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8cb607d
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If you find someone who can forgive all your bullshit... the least you can so is try to forgive them.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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c067b6d
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Oh, fuck you, you self-righteous piece of...BALD
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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67111b7
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Marko: No matter what mistakes you've see your daddy make, violence---magical or otherwise---is never acceptable. Petrichor: Nonsense, Marko. Violence is often : in self-defense, the arts foreplay... Hazel: I want to four-play!
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violence
pacifism
peace
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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6013254
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You're right that not everything we do has to have some kind of social agenda, but that doesn't mean it can only be anesthetizing crap.
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popular-culture
social-agenda
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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d0e84fc
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Sorry, kid. Whedon got it wrong. Stakes don't kill vampires, they just give us heartburn.
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vampires
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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3738697
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No, only villains try to change the whole world. The rest of us take it one person at a time.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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When you're dead set on doing the right thing, sometimes it's hard to recognize that you're doing it in the wrong way.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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0ffed89
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You remind me of my late sister, little one. As I once told her, the headstrong may win many battles... but only the strong of heart will survive the war.
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molly-hayes
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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507fa05
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You are unlike anyone has ever existed, and that makes you exactly like everyone who has ever existed.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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8e89874
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The only way the dead live on is through the people they leave behind.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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17c80b1
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I thought so. Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do
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saga
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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6e9de7f
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Damn. How much time did you spend in the library?" "I am a library."
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vision-marvel-comics
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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f56a19a
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Because I'm not a bad guy, Nico. Gert couldn't have loved me if I was. I realize that now.
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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13db31e
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Dude, are you kidding? You're kinda annoying, but you're probably the only person on Earth who always thinks about other people first. I don't care what shape you are... you're totally my sister now.
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xavin
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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0fdb01e
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Each of us has been falling apart since day one, Chase. We just have to find a way to fall apart together.
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friendship
together
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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e69c578
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you girls... reminded us... of us... ...kids just trying... to make a living... are always... the good guys...
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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be2ac30
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Fuck the Bureau! Their entire outfit is half the size of the NYPD. I've got more officers who speak Arabic in one precinct that you guys have in the entire D.O.D.!
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department-of-defense
fbi
nypd
new-york-city
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Brian K. Vaughan |
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e1040c6
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My parents told me to be careful of you. That's how I knew you were the onyly one of us we could trust with our lives.
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Brian K. Vaughan |