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“Who the hell is Warren Ellis again?��
Hardison gaped at the man. “Only one of the greatest comics writers in the past twenty years. Might as well ask who Alan Moore is, or Frank Miller, or Mark Waid, or Brian Michael Bendis, or Marv Wolfman, or Geoff Johns.��

Eliot gave Hardison a blank look as they wove their way through the hall. Parker took the lead, toting a printed sign with her. Eliot and Hardison trailed in her wake. They made a point of striding right past Patronus’s booth. They didn’t turn to see if he noticed them.

“No one?�� Hardison said. “Nothing? Not even Kurt Busiek? Neil Gaiman?��

“I have a life. I do things, active things. I date women.��
“Stan Lee?��

Eliot gave Hardison that one with a wag of his head. “Who hasn’t heard of Stan Lee?��

“All right,�� Hardison said with satisfaction. “You had me worried there, man.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“Spectre: Atrocitus? You wish to continue to fight?
Atrocitus: If I must. You were chained to a human soul to understand humanity, but it is clear you understand it no more than the guardians. This man... This man lost his daughter. You have no emotional component to your judgement. For you, vengeance is simply eye-for-an-eye. But that convict's life did not equal the life of Kim's daughter. His "eye" is worth nothing compared to hers. Eye-for-an-eye is a fallacy.
Spectre: You dare question my scripture?
Atrocitus: You may be objective and calm in your judgments, Spectre, but once you pass them you are no longer haunted by their victims. But the victims are our families. And the hauntings never stop. No matter what blood has spilled, there will never be enough to balance the scales. So if you wish to judge James Kim, you must first judge me.”
― Geoff Johns

“Do you know what people want most?

Something somebody else has.”
― Larfleeze

“Nicole: You're a funny looking creature.
Larfleeze: Pfft! I'm not the one without a snout!
Nicole: I can sense the empty void within you.
Larfleeze: You must mean my stomach! I haven't eaten in two hours!
Nicole: No. There is a pit inside you that you have been trying to fill for centuries. I am here to give you hope.
Larfleeze: You know where I can find my lantern?!
Nicole: Your parents are still alive. And they still miss you.
Larfleeze: They... do?”
― Larfleeze

“There is an ancient prophecy within the Book of Oa called the Blackest Night. It warns of the dangers of allowing others to harness the power of the emotional spectrum -- the coalescence of emotions given off by all sentient beings and transformed into power.

Cosmic Revelations, verse 6 reads-- "The light of the emotional spectrum will rise! The red throes of Rage, the orange light of Avarice, the yellow fire of Fear, the blue rays of Hope, the indigo glow of Compassion and the violet aura of Love-- and in the center of it all, the green might of Willpower. And as the light rises, so shall an unknown darkness! A darkness with no satiation. A darkness with no life."

I know what the coming darkness is. I speak to it. I worship it. I do as it tells me to do. Today, it demands that I open the Book of the Black. And take part in the birth of the first Black Lantern.”
― Scar, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“Flash: Last time we saw Black Hand he was obsessed with causing the death of every living thing, Hal. What the hell did they do to him?
Indigo-1: We gave him compassion, Flash.
Green Lantern: And how did you do that?
Black Hand: The ring. My life have been returned by the white light, Green Lantern, but it is this indigo ring that allowed me to truly be born again.
Green Lantern: Born again? You can't erase your crimes by putting on a ring. If you can feel any kind of compassion right now, you'd be haunted by the guilt for all the evil you've done and the people you've killed.
Black Hand: As you are because of Parallax? You are not the same man. I am not. William Hand no longer exists. He was without empathy. He was deeply disturbed. This ring has rid the universe of him. It is my salvation.
Green Lantern: You brainwashed him.
Indigo-1: No. The indigo light ignited a change within. He has converted to our way.”
― Geoff Johns

“Some things are worse than death... Some things... Like me.

My father said "everyone dies, William." He said "death is the only thing you can count on in this universe."

I killed him to prove his point.

Death compels us because powerful or weak, loved or hated -- no one escapes death.

That includes you.”
― Black Hand, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“In the beginning? In the beginning the universe belonged to the darkness -- And then there was light. For seven hundred years, the universe was nothing but blinding white light. Then the darkness fought back and the white light was splintered.
Every sentient being born from the light now contributes to its emotional spectrum. Our state of being adds to its respective light. And it can be condensed into power.
Today, the red rage all life feels is harnessed by an ancient enemy of the guardians of the universe -- Atrocitus and his pack of red lanterns.
The orange light of avarice has been claimed, like the lives of the orange lanterns, by the obsessive and gluttonous Larfleeze.
The blinding yellow terror is wielded by the renegade Green Lantern Sinestro and his self-named corps.
The balance of the spectrum and the essential light to destroying the Black Lanterns shines in the hands of the Green Lantern Corps.
The glow of blue hope is on the verge of extinction, kept alive only by the undying faith of Saint Walker and a handful of others.
And the violet throes of love empower the Star Sapphires, who attempt to convert all to their way of being.
My tribe maintains the indigo light of compassion, which sadly remains elusive to most beings. Today, the darkness fights back again. It's begun an assault on the corps. Their homeworlds are under attack by the Black Lanterns.”
― Indigo-1, Geoff Johns (Blackest Night)

“I don't know who the hell you are, hawk-woman, but if you think I'm going to let you destroy Zamaron with your army of birds in my first week on the job, you're mistaken.
Love is beautiful.
Love is inspiring.
But love is also lethal.”
― Carol Ferris, Geoff Johns (Brightest Day)

“Hawkgirl: Get your pet dragon's bony claws off us before I break them!
Carol: It's not a dragon, Hawgirl -- it's called the Predator. The "Entity of Love."
Hawkman: This thing's an "Entity of Love?"
Hawkgirl: I'd hate to see what the entity of hate looks like.
Carol: It's one of the oldest forces in the universe. It's motivated by love or, more important, the absence of love.”
― Carol Ferris, Geoff Johns (Brightest Day)