Gary Whitta > Quotes

“More than anything, he wanted them to know that even though they would grow up never knowing their father, it was not for the lack of his love for them. No, it was because he loved them so, because he was determined they have the life they deserved, that he had given everything to help secure it for them. That was the most bitter irony of war: The greatest acts of love for your family were the ones that kept you apart from them.”
― Gary Whitta, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

“When you give a feast, do not invite your friends or your rich neighbors, in case they might invite you in return, and you would be repaid,” she said, gazing down at her hands on the bar. “Invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you.”
― Gary Whitta, Abomination

“You'd think that people would have figured out by now that sticking a fork into the toaster is perhaps not the best idea. Oh well, score another point for Darwinism, I suppose.”
― Gary Whitta, Death Jr., Vol. 2

“That was the most bitter irony of war: The greatest acts of love for your family were the ones that kept you apart from them.”
― Gary Whitta, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

“And so it ends as it began. By the light of two suns. Before stepping into a larger world.”
― Gary Whitta, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

“Oh. Sorry. I just kinda have a thing for cabinets. And chests. And caskets, trunks, crates, cartons... all kinds of boxes, I guess.”
― Gary Whitta, Death Jr., Vol. 1

“You refuse all help, reject all hope, and seem intent on living the most abject existence possible. If anyone is punishing you, look inward, not upward.”
― Gary Whitta, Abomination

“Yet history has taught us again and again that a small and rabid group of people can tyrannize a splintered larger group.”
― Gary Whitta, Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against

“My hero! Thanks... everything I open turns into a big mess. I'm Pandora.”
― Gary Whitta, Death Jr., Vol. 1

“I'm sorry! I just... I have this thing about opening stuff. I see a door or a lid that's closed, I just gotta open it! Our family therapist says I'm obsessive-compulsive.”
― Gary Whitta, Death Jr., Vol. 1

“There are echoes today of the same nationalism, protectionism, and xenophobia that led to last century’s world wars. Icons of heinous civil wars are being torn down, and those same acts are being protested by those who think our ugliest times were our best times. There are world leaders today whose rhetoric reminds us of speeches we thought we would never tolerate again.”
― Gary Whitta, Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against

“many of these left wing idiots tried to fight Kellen and his Nazi followers using logic and rational arguments. Are you kidding me? That shit never works. What the country needed was someone who would make fun of them for the idiotic, small dick, insecure, evil fucks that they were.”
― Gary Whitta, Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against

“True strength lay not in conquering one’s enemies but in conquering the foe that lay within.”
― Gary Whitta, Abomination

“Con artists rely heavily on the willing participation and self-delusion of the people they con.”
― Gary Whitta, Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against