Sidekicks Quotes

“Okay, fine. But just so you know, following me into hell means you're all definitely the sidekicks.”
― Rachel Hawkins, Spell Bound

“I am lost without my Boswell.

[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia

“The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.”
― Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

“Kid Flash: Have all four sidekicks ever been in the same place at the same time?Speedy: Don’t call us sidekicks. Not after today.Kid Flash: First time at the Hall. I’m a little overwhelmed.
Robin: You’re overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed-why isn’t anyone ever just whelmed?
[They enter the Hall]
Robin: Oh, maybe that’s why.”
― Young Justice

“Literary works are not democracies. We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. We may, but the country of Novels, Etc., doesn't. In that faraway place, no character is created equal. One or two of them get all the breaks; the rest exist to get them to the finish line.”
― Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

“I thought on it and Cane can roll with us . . . . but he definitely gotta be a sidekick. . . . That’s the rule, people. Sicka white dudes being all primary in shit. He can be the sidekick or the nosey neighbor. That’s it.”
― Daniel José Older, Salsa Nocturna: Stories

“Tanaquil gently toed the peeve. "I'll unfasten the window. Jump out to the lower roof and run."
"Stay and bite," said the peeve.”
― Tanith Lee, Black Unicorn