Matt Fraction > Quotes

“You're gonna miss each and every shot you can't be bothered to take. That's not living life--that's just being a tourist. Take every shot, Kate. If it's worth caring about, no matter how impossible you think it is--you take the shot.”
― Matt Fraction (Author), Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

“You asked about the Avengers. Y’wanna know the best part about being an Avenger? Having Captain America around you all the time. He just—the guy just brings out the absolute best in people. You want to be good when he’s around. You really do.

Ivan, look around you real quick. Because right now? Captain America ain’t here.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye #1

“Okay… This looks bad.

You cowboy around with the Avengers some. Guys got, what, armor. Magic. Super-powers. Super-strength. Shrink-dust. Grow-rays. Magic. Healing factors. I’m an orphan raised by carnies fighting with a stick and a string from the Paleolithic era.
So when I say this looks “bad”?

I promise you it feels worse.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye #1

“That's how I survived. Time and time again. That's my secret. I survived because I willed it to be. ... How did I survive apocalyptic fire? I simply refused to feel the flames.”
― Matt Fraction

“I…God, I don’t even know where to start. I’m here. I’m here for you, okay? No matter what. You can scream and you can yell and be as mean and self-destructive as you want. Because I know you’re going to be here for me when it’s my turn to fall apart. Let them all come, Clint. Let every last one of those tracksuit-wearing sub-verbal bullying murderous scumbags come at us. Because you and me? Together? Together, Clint, I think you and me are the person we both wish we could be. And I know that person…I know that person is worth something. I know that person can…can pretty much do anything.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye #13

“Boomerang arrow, Kate -- It comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it.”
― Matt Fraction (Author), Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

“Today sucks. I’m goin’ back to bed.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye #9

“I know it’s a mess and it’s half-taped together and it’s old and busted– but it’s mine. And you gotta make that work, right? You gotta make your own stuff work out.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye, Volume 2: Little Hits

“Nay, father.
Some of us have been killing giants today and aren't in the mood to have a tea party.
- Thor, God of Thunder”
― Matt Fraction, Thor: Ages of Thunder

“I reject passive consumption. I reject the premise. I will have no passive consumers. Casanova will not stop and explain itself to you. It will not allow you to flip through it while you're dropping a deuce and waiting for Batman to show up.”
― Matt Fraction

“This guy.
This fucking guy.”
― Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

“I am telling you now: I might be young, but I am good. I work hard, and I'm a good person. I know what's right. I know what's wrong. And if you give me this chance-- if you just give me one shot to show you how good I can be, how hard I work, how much I believe in doing the right thing -- I won't let you down. I promise.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye, Volume 3: L.A. Woman

“Some days it just feels like I'm here for the shoes and the eternal hope that I shall be issued minions.”
― Matt Fraction, Uncanny X-Men: Lovelorn

“Having shot Stilt Man in the taint with a bazooka -- I'’ve come to realize every character is somebody’s favorite character.”
― Matt Fraction

“You're into what you're into, I'm into what I'm into. We don't have to be into the same shit, and if you're safe, sane, and happy, then go on and get you some.”
― Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

“Sex is just a word. Love is a sentence”
― Matt Fraction

“Who the hell let you animals into my office?

I'll have you know I was playing a VERY unimportant game of chess right now with a man that kept saying "King me.”
― Matt Fraction, The Invincible Iron Man, Volume 9: Demon

“Just looking at people made me care about them more. I fell in love with everything and everyone a little bit. They were all beautiful in some way. I just had to wait and watch and I'd catch it at the right time.”
― Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky

“Heil Hitler, Y'all”
― Matt Fraction, Punisher War Journal, Vol. 2: Goin' Out West

“Because of this.
Because your funny.
Because you know Lolita.
And Nabukov and James Mason too.
Because you're cute and funny and i'm kind of sad and you haven't tried hitting on me once.
Because you weren't even trying...”
― Matt Fraction

“For the next life, screw everybody. Oh who am I fooling? I don't want a next life. I just want a nap.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

“He played Sarah McLachlan. For the rest of my life whenever I'd get a latte or see a sick dog, I'd think about my hymen.”
― Matt Fraction

“I'm great at boats!”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

“Aw, coffee, no.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

“She was reasonable and rational, even through the tears. I hurt her. I know I hurt her. All I felt was anger. I wanted to yell and break stuff. Be demonstrative. Because she was being... she was so adult. And I just felt like a stupid kid. I didn't want to be in our empty place so I did what I do, I went to the movies. I wanted a big dark room to cry in.”
― Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop

“I’m an orphan raised by carnies fighting with a stick and a string from the Paleolithic era.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye Vol. 1

“This is death during wartime and it is capricious as shit.”
― Matt Fraction, ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa

“Behold now the erotic demon that lives in my panties.”
― Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

“Let my tale be a warning. Sure as blood shall be all our undoing, it is stories that set us all free. The stories are all that matter.”
― Matt Fraction, ODY-C: Cycle One

“You've invaded my erotic dojo. For this your assholes will adorn my thunderous cock like jewelry!”
― Matt Fraction, Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way