Kelly Sue DeConnick > Quotes

“Have you ever seen a little girl run so fast she falls down? There's an instant, a fraction of a second before the world catches hold of her again... A moment when she's outrun every doubt and fear she's ever had about herself and she flies. In that one moment, every little girl flies. I need to find that again. Like taking a car out into the desert to see how fast it can go, I need to find the edge of me... And maybe, if I fly far enough, I'll be able to turn around and look at the world... And see where I belong.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick

“Knew you the second you set foot on my property, kid. Even as young as you were, how could I not? Folks want to blame someone for gals like us. “Her daddy was unkind” or “some fella broke her heart” … Hogwash. You and me’ve always been like this. Always a little removed. Always… dreaming.
Of higher, further, faster… more. Always more. We came into this world spittin’ mad, runnin’ full bore… To or from what, I ain’t never been able to tell. Over the years, I’ve come to think of these particular traits as the shared attributes of a chosen people… the Lord put us here to punch holes in the sky.
And when the soul is born with that kind of purpose… It’ll damn sure find a way. We’re gonna get where we’re going, you and me. Death and indignity be damned… we’ll get there…
…And we will be the stars we were always meant to be.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight

“It's the dying that makes the living matter.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike

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― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine

“Fear is not a choice.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel (2014-2015) #10

“I am willing to make people uncomfortable so that my daughter doesn't have to!”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick

“Writing is hard. Writing that is good, writing that is powerful enough to evoke a change or an authentic emotion or even just an idea in another human being is about as mysterious as an alchemical recipe, but there are a few known ingredients. Craft? Yes, absolutely. Devotion? A load - yes! Humility? Not vital, I suppose, but all my favorites include at least a dash. Before those can be added to the cauldron though, you must have a base of Honesty. Honesty is difficult to find in public spaces these days (and getting harder every goddamn day) but if you're quiet, and patient, you can usually find some hidden in your room somewhere. (It helps to turn off the lights, for some reason.) Problem is, Honesty is invariably bound to Vulnerability and the only thing that cuts the bitterness of Vulnerability is Courage. And Courage?
Well. Courage is the hardest thing of all.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls

“Nothing is compulsory. Free will is paramount. But free will comes with the burden of consequences.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine

“When they play MARRY/FUCK/KILL, you'll never be KILL again!”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine

“You're running drills. It's just an average day. I want things by. the. book. But still us. We're never quite by the book... Are we, Pancho?" "No, ma'am, that we are not.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #2

“- [ ] STOP BEING SO FAT AND GROSS YOU BIG FATTY! OR maybe try not to let other people's standards of beauty or femininity or your value as a human being dictate your self-worth. If ANY PART OF YOU has ever been jealous of anorexics or considered extra-medical hormone injections or parasites, or used body-hate to bond with girlfriends, you have bought in. It's near impossible not to, but maybe today TRY not to believe that your VALUE is inextricably linked to some asshat's assessment of your desirability. Fuck that dude. Fuck that CULTURE.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick

“STOP BEING SO FAT AND GROSS YOU BIG FATTY! OR maybe try not to let other people's standards of beauty or femininity or your value as a human being dictate your self-worth. If ANY PART OF YOU has ever been jealous of anorexics or considered extra-medical hormone injections or parasites, or used body-hate to bond with girlfriends, you have bought in. It's near impossible not to, but maybe today TRY not to believe that your VALUE is inextricably linked to some asshat's assessment of your desirability. Fuck that dude. Fuck that CULTURE.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine

“The first Amazon is born from the vessel of Demeter. Are you surprised? Had you heard she was Athena's?

We are warriors, after all, and the history of men does prefer a tidy narrative.

But no, sister. The first is born to the Goddess of the Harvest.

For it is Demeter who ensures that man reaps what he sows.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

“It's a reckoning I'm after.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #2

“We are all shaped by what we do.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Pretty Deadly, Vol. 2: The Bear

“The first Amazon is born from the vessel of Demeter.

Are you surprised? Had you heard she was Athena's?

We are warriors, after all, and the history of men does prefer a tidy narrative.

But no, sister. The first is born to the Goddess of the Harvest.

For it is Demeter who ensures that man reaps what he sows.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1

“I will make it if I have to crawl.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Avengers: The Enemy Within

“You murdered my son!

Which? You're going to have to narrow it down, my love. I've long since long count.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons