Rick Remender Quotes

“Fuck 'em. Call it whatever you want. Maybe it's just two people clinging to each other to stay alive. Maybe sometimes that's all love gets to be. And, maybe, if they hold onto each other long enough . . . maybe something good finally happens.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden

“Samurai are born to die.

Death is not a curse to be avoided -- but the natural end of all life. Death is not eternal . . . dishonor is.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden

“I'm just a broken thing you're familiar with.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“People want to feel good, be entertained, eat salty shit, and cum twice a week, and provided they do they'll stay quiet.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Shit, man, democracy failed before it started.

Who thought it was a good idea to let the masses of fucktards decide anything?

[Guess I've got more faith in people.]

People? The election of 2044 -- Curls Bellberry, a boy band presidency on the platform that the Earth is flat and that he'd nuke New York to save Social Security. There's a good reason he was the last president.

Problem with letting people pick a leader is they gravitate towards confident sociopaths no matter how stupid they are.

It's the perception of qualification that fools people.

At least by having corporate executives rule us we get folks who are good at business.

Life hurts, the world is fucked, and that's not going to change. . .”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Some irony. The girl who couldn't face her own bullshit . . . suddenly forcing everyone else to.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Oh, to see what they did to you. It would break your Captain’s heart.”
― Rick Remender, Winter Soldier: The Bitter March

“It might be harder than you imagined it to be -- it might take longer -- but you can change things, Marik. Your life is significant. As low as you are . . . there is only room to rise. But you have to let go.”
― Rick Remender (Author)

“Baby, your rhymes get me going.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Go ahead, kill me! But live with this: All those people die!

For the rest of your life, somewhere behind the feeds, that human part of you hiding down deep will always wonder how much pain you could have prevented if you hadn't been so weak!”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Sam Wilson continuously stood up. Giving everything he had to try and shape the world into the one that his father dreamed of. He dedicated himself to the service of those in need. As the Falcon he’s been right at my side–fighting on the front lines–for all these years. No magic hammer. No super-soldier serum. Just a man. A man dedicated to showing what one person could accomplish after a lifetime of misfortune. Sam Wilson’s always been a hero… Today, he became something more.”
― Rick Remender, Captain America, Vol. 5: The Tomorrow Soldier

“Once upon a time there was a girl named Debbie Jacobs and a boy named Teddy Dennis.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden

“How does it feel to be helpless, Led?

To depend on something that fails you?

There's no more running from who you are; no one to hold you together anymore.

You're alone now--

The ghost of Tokyo has come for you all.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Enough rationalization. They simply had what you wanted, so you took it.

[My chair-- I shit on my good chair!]

You shit more than just your chair.

You shit the world. All you ever cared about was winning -- And you did.

The last man standing on a mountain of filth [. . .]

Kazumi taught forgiveness. She accepted all refugees looking for a better life. And you turned that against her.

Kazumi would show mercy.

I'm not Kazumi.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Check your privilege, Hitler! I'm a nut job, not an asshole.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“Patriotism taken too far is fanaticism. No matter who you are or where you're from.'
'These filthy foreigners made us look bad.'
'Foreigners aren't your enemy, son. I'm the son of immigrants.'
'W-what?'
'When I was a kid it was my father's people, the Irish, who were looked down on. Called filthy foreigners. Discriminated against. Is that the xenophobic America you want? All religions, all nationalities, we all want the same thing. To see our children grow strong. To provide safety for our families. To live in quiet times. Peace, son. Isn't that why we became soldiers? To fight for a peaceful world?”
― Rick Remender, Captain America, Vol. 3: Loose Nuke

“What the hell do you know about what we lost?! You think we had it easy? That we had it better than you? That our war was somehow easier? War is hell! You think you're honoring your troops by reopening these wounds?! By murdering these people?! All you've done is perpetuate the cycle! Leaving a new generation of broken families! You came here, where you didn't belong-- You bomb their homes-- You murder their children-- And you wonder why they hate us?!”
― Rick Remender, Captain America, Vol. 3: Loose Nuke