Kryptonite Quotes

“Superman comics are a fable, not of strength, but of disintegration. They appeal to the preadolescent, (sic) mind not because they reiterate grandiose delusions, but because they reiterate a very deep cry for help.
Superman's two personalities can be integrated only in one thing: only in death. Only Kryptonite cuts through the disguises of both wimp and hero, and affects the man below the disguises.
And what is Kryptonite? Kryptonite is all that remains of his childhood home.
It is the remnants of that destroyed childhood home, and the fear of those remnants, which rule Superman's life. The possibility that the shards of that destroyed home might surface prevents him from being intimate- they prevent him from sharing the knowledge that the wimp and the hero are one. The fear of his childhood home prevents him from having pleasure.
He fears that to reveal his weakness, and confusion, is, perhaps indirectly, but certainly inevitably, to receive death from the person who received that information.
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Far from being invulnerable, Superman is the most vulnerable of beings, because his childhood was destroyed. He can never reintegrate himself by returning to that home- it is gone. It is gone and he is living among aliens to whom he cannot even reveal his rightful name.”
― David Mamet

“When inside of her, he’s beside himself.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading 2

“If I go crazy will you still call me superman? If i'm alive and well will you be there holding my hand?”
― 3 Doors Down, 3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun

“I've always felt Lex Luthor is intensely threatened by any status or distinction he can’t buy, hence the antipathy to Superman's powers and Bruce Wayne's status as old money. Money is Luthor's superpower, and anything he can’t obtain or control with it is his kryptonite. Unlike Superman, he takes a proactive view of his kryptonite. It shouldn’t exist and he’ll do all he can to eradicate it wherever he finds it.”
― Chris Dee

“Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“You don't want some tacky Vegas fly-by. You're serious. You're serious about friendships, about your work, your family. You're serious about Star Wars, and you active dislike of Jar Jar Binks---"
"Well, God. Come on, anyone who---"
"You're serious," she continued before he went on a Jar Jar rant, "about living your life on your terms, and being easygoing doesn't negate that one bit. You're serious about what kind of kryptonite is more lethal to Superman."
"You have to go with the classic green. I told you, the gold can strip Kryptonians' powers permanently, but---"...
..."Mkae all the lists you want, Cilla. Love? It's green kryptonite. it powers out all the rest.”
― Nora Roberts, Tribute

“What the famous big blue Boy Scout told to a green Kryptonite? What?? YOU rock!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, One Hundred One World Accounts in One Hundred One Word Count

“You can either learn to live with your Kryptonite or you can conquer it. Do what others don’t and you will have a distinct strategic advantage.”
― James Woosley, Conquer the Entrepreneur's Kryptonite: Simple Strategic Planning for You and Your Business

“Hally: – […] See, a smart woman tends to act on your typical eighteen-year-old male like instant kryptonite. But, not to worry – mother tells me something mystical happens at graduation and suddenly male people who never pulled a grade above a C in their lives automatically become smarter than anything that wears a skirt. Maybe after that happens, we can date who we want.”
― Kristen D. Randle, The Only Alien on the Planet

“Texting is like kryptonite to women's standards.”
― Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It

“Greed is the investor's kryptonite.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You