Blackest Night Quotes

“Do you hate?

The most powerful hate is not born out of ignorance or prejudice or a perceived threat. Those three are fear in disguise.

The fury that fuels my corps ignites from personal pain. Those whose lives were ravaged by greed, lust and control wield the crimson light.

The rings replace our damaged hearts. They beat for them. And they keep us alive only to hate.

-Atrocitus”
― Geoff Johns (Blackest Night, Green Lantern)

“Do you hate?

The most powerful hate is not born out of ignorance or prejudice or a perceived threat. Those three are fear in disguise.

The fury that fuels my corps ignites from personal pain. Those whose lives were ravaged by greed, lust and control wield the crimson light.

The rings replace our damaged hearts. They beat for them. And they keep us alive only to hate.”
― Atrocitus

“Do you know what people want most?

Something somebody else has.”
― Larfleeze

“There is an ancient prophecy within the Book of Oa called the Blackest Night. It warns of the dangers of allowing others to harness the power of the emotional spectrum -- the coalescence of emotions given off by all sentient beings and transformed into power.

Cosmic Revelations, verse 6 reads-- "The light of the emotional spectrum will rise! The red throes of Rage, the orange light of Avarice, the yellow fire of Fear, the blue rays of Hope, the indigo glow of Compassion and the violet aura of Love-- and in the center of it all, the green might of Willpower. And as the light rises, so shall an unknown darkness! A darkness with no satiation. A darkness with no life."

I know what the coming darkness is. I speak to it. I worship it. I do as it tells me to do. Today, it demands that I open the Book of the Black. And take part in the birth of the first Black Lantern.”
― Scar, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“I see your birth. Your violent entrance into the barren and endless space. Sent here by accident or with purpose, Krona does not even know.
Casting your presence across the entire universe. Light fighting back darkness by creating the stars and planets.
Creating your shelter, earth, at the very spot you were thrust into the universe. The planet in which you made your home under molten rock -- and primordial waters.
I see you touch the oceans, transforming them into seas of spontaneous life. Overflowing with evolution. Gaining complexity. Conjuring thought.
I watch the first sentient creature in the universe to ever will itself to move...do just that. And it is the origin of Willpower itself. The creature ignites with emerald light and transforms, elevated above the others.
It is Ion.
Thousands of years fly before my eyes as the creature escapes earth's oceans and crawl to land. Some take to the air. Fleeing for survival, this thing transforms into the emotional power it emits. Fear is born.
And thus Parallax.
As Love ignites into existence, so does the Predator.
As a creature eats what it does not need, Avarice consumes all it touches.
Rage grows from murder.
Hope from prayer.
And at last, Compassion is offered to us all.”
― Thaal Sinestro, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“Some things are worse than death... Some things... Like me.

My father said "everyone dies, William." He said "death is the only thing you can count on in this universe."

I killed him to prove his point.

Death compels us because powerful or weak, loved or hated -- no one escapes death.

That includes you.”
― Black Hand, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“In the beginning? In the beginning the universe belonged to the darkness -- And then there was light. For seven hundred years, the universe was nothing but blinding white light. Then the darkness fought back and the white light was splintered.
Every sentient being born from the light now contributes to its emotional spectrum. Our state of being adds to its respective light. And it can be condensed into power.
Today, the red rage all life feels is harnessed by an ancient enemy of the guardians of the universe -- Atrocitus and his pack of red lanterns.
The orange light of avarice has been claimed, like the lives of the orange lanterns, by the obsessive and gluttonous Larfleeze.
The blinding yellow terror is wielded by the renegade Green Lantern Sinestro and his self-named corps.
The balance of the spectrum and the essential light to destroying the Black Lanterns shines in the hands of the Green Lantern Corps.
The glow of blue hope is on the verge of extinction, kept alive only by the undying faith of Saint Walker and a handful of others.
And the violet throes of love empower the Star Sapphires, who attempt to convert all to their way of being.
My tribe maintains the indigo light of compassion, which sadly remains elusive to most beings. Today, the darkness fights back again. It's begun an assault on the corps. Their homeworlds are under attack by the Black Lanterns.”
― Indigo-1, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)