Shadowcat Quotes

“Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain...you keep waiting for the dust to settle and then you realize this is it; the dust is your life going on. If happy comes along--that weird, unbearable delight that's actual happy--I think you have to grab it while you can. You take what you can get, 'cause it's here, and then...gone.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable

“I'm totally cool. I'm totally calm, and I'm totally cool. My calm is exceeded only by my cool. Which is total. Here we go.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn

“Lockheed! You found me! You are the best X-Dragon ever.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted

“That all you got...Bub?”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2: Dangerous

“Are you all right?"

"Oh my god! I phased!"

"Are you all right?"

"Are you?"

"It was strange."

"I can't believe I phased just then! That's never...it was totally your fault."

"I like to think so, yes."

"Tee hee.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn

“I've Got Him! You've got to keep at her. Forget all your training--she's fought you a thousand times."


"Don't presume to run my team, you little tart-"

(Colossus throws Emma at Danger)

"Yes. I see how it works. Normally, I wouldn't have done that.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2: Dangerous

“Okay. So...serious wedgie...”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2: Dangerous

“If happy comes along - that weird unbearable delight that's actually happy - I think you have to grab it while you can. You take what you can get, 'cause it's here, and then... gone.”
― Katherine Pryde Shadowcat

“All right, Emma. You brought me in. You made your move. Just like I knew you would. A nice move. Now it's my turn.”
― Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn

“Was it the fact that it happened on the far side of the world, to strangers? Or is it that I'm searching Desperately for excuses so I don't have to face the truth: We really are different. They really do hate us.”
― Chris Claremont, X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1