Kelly Thompson > Quotes

“Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Superpowers or not, a person should be allowed to be simply happy, without feeling like they need to strip off their skin.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I like being underestimated.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I'm not always good at asking for help..." "Neither I am. But it's time for us to grow up, Dhalia. I think part of that is learning to ask for help when you need it. Nobody is an island or something.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #6

“I sit back and try to think. I've been discovering, much to my dismay, that I'm not a criminal mastermind or anything. I'm just brute force and my powers in no way include super-intelligence, which kind of pisses me off.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Kate, why do you have like... four sidekicks? It's too many. It's way, way, too many.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #6

“It's hard to know what happy is if you're not sure if you've felt it before.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I'm afraid of everything I don't know.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“And I don't about you, but I'm sick of people letting me down, people disappearing, people not being who they said they were going to be, the people they promised they were going to be. And you can't control them. Hell, you can't even control your own body anymore. You just want to have control of your life again. I get it. I get it more than you can even imagine.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #6

“Letting go seems like the most powerful thing I could do.

And so I do.

I just let it all go.

And it feels glorious.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“So, me versus the dragon. Except-- Except she's not a dragon. She's just a girl. Like me.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #6

“I wish my powers were good for things like picking out asparagus. Is there a way to divine where the asparagus came from? Why are some of them thick and some thin, and over there, there’s white ones. How will they taste? Do they all taste different? Which are the freshest? Oh my god, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“We turn a blind eye to the horror around us because it's convenient, because it happens to someone else.”
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“Corporations rise up and grow too powerful. There is nobody to keep their corruption in check so that we must rely on corporations having a conscience... a truly bizarre and untenable position to be in.”
― Kelly Thompson

“Uważam, że nad ranem jest mniej strasznie niż w środku nocy. Ale to głupota. Światło nic nie zmienia. Za dnia również dzieją się straszne rzeczy. Dzieją się cały czas.”
― Kelly Thompson, Jessica Jones: Blind Spot

“When someone finally breathes your greatest fear out loud, giving it sharp corners that you can feel in your mouth...Well, it's hard to know what to say after that.”
― Kelly Thompson, Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter

“Get a license, Bishop. Make it a priority." "Sure, do you have 200 bucks I can borrow?" "Kill me now.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #4

“You have got to be the most irritating person I've ever met." "Yeah, I get that a lot.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #4

“You should check to see if anyone else is using that, because let me tell you, me and another guy are both called Hawkeye, and it's a real pain.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #4

“Oh, you've got to be kidding me. It's frat-cute Greg. I continue to have the literal worst taste in men.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #4

“That's right, follow little Kate, you third-rate Hulk. Follow Kate away from your little "people batteries".”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #4

“C'mon, what is it, my first day super-heroing?”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #7

“The poor get poorer, the rich get richer, the gap widens and fear and hatred fester and grow.”
― Kelly Thompson

“I feel like America would enjoy this pun about me... and closets.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #5

“Ever consider you're doing it wrong?" "Only every day." "Good." "What?" "No, I... That cam out wrong. I just meant that I feel like I'm doing it wrong all the time... So that must mean I'm doing it right... Right?" "There is no right or wrong with this in my experience.”
― Kelly Thompson, Hawkeye #5

“And my chest swells with an emotion I'm not familiar with . . . happiness? Pride? I'm not sure what it is, but I suddenly feel compelled to do things that will make me feel this way all the time, which gives me pause, since that seems dangerous too.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Once in my room I don't have a goddamn clue what to do.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“So strange. Possibly that old woman was also... a ninja?”
― Kelly Thompson