14 Quotes by Ed Brubaker

Wealth wants to be able to do whatever the fuck it wants to...And it's winning the war.

The world went insane before I did, I'm just adapting to the new reality.

Sometimes when I'm writing a superhero story I wonder if they really have to punch each other in the face. Is that really going to solve anything? I feel the same way sometimes when I watch episodes of Law & Order. I'm like, "Yeah, right. You found the sex offender and now everything is fine." TV is big on closure, but I think closure is horseshit in real life. I'm still haunted by stuff I did in my teen years when I think about it too much.

I loved you, you know... It's not my fault the world is what it is.

He was broken from the start. And this stupid world took what was left of him and ground it into sand.

I guess you only know your home when you come back to it.

Charlie had always been a sucker for this part... the first days. The days when you let yourself believe the lies... Not just that there's someone who truly sees you... truly understands you... to your soul... but that you even want them to. That's the sweetest lie, the one you tell yourself.

Revenge. That's what he had come for... But it didn't really exist, did it?Just empty regret and bitter heartbreak, wandering the streets.The city around him, white and grey and cold, felt suddenly so small.Hyde had been right about family, there was no escaping it...Even when there was no one left to run from.

I've never been much for tears, anyway.