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Quotes by James Howlett (Earth-616)
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-koff- As Mark...Twain said...-koff- I forget what the hell Twain said, but I ain't dead. 
- There ain't no sense to it, babe. There's never any sense to dyin'. There's just death.
- I'm the best at what I do. And what I do...is so terribly pretty!
- He already got it. This was a test.
- Emma? Think ya oughtta take a look through my eyes fer a bit. And no... I ain't started drinkin' yet
- I really like beer.
- Were it up to me, Lucas, I'd gut you right now, and stuff that metal arm up somewhere nice and cozy.
- Incidentally, I like your new look Cap. You should keep it!
- Chump called the tune. Now he pays the piper!
- You ain't done makin' mistakes, bub, not be a long shot.
- You ain't seen a kill-frenzy until you've seen me get mad!
- Daredevil, right?
- I admire you, Daredevil. I admire your relentless concern for the rights of scum. But I ain't you!
- Vacation's over, Petey. Time to go to work.
- Then it's settled. Deadpool dies.
- We're on our way to rescue a queen, overthrow an evil wizard, and win back a country. Care to join us?
- All I'm sayin' is -- this ain't the first time we all thought Captain America was gone.
- A death isn't like losing a job or getting divorced. You don't 'get over it.' You have to integrate it into your life. Learn to live with it. But...life does get better.
- We take one of these *$%&# alive. The rest? Open season.
- Osborn. Even buried deep in prison that nutjob is still giving us grief.
- This is bad, people! Cyke, you know that help I said we might be getting? Forget it! 'Cause Ghost Rider has been infected by the Brood!
- She's gotta be one of the five... maybe three... top thieves in the whole world.
- I remember. My whole life. I remember all of it.
- X-Force -- kill whoever you want. But Big Red is mine.
- All right, you freaks -- just hold it! If you really want to tangle with someone -- why not try your luck against -- the Wolverine!
- I been a lot of things in a lot of places -- a sickly kid named James Howlett, a killing machine called Weapon X, a "hero" goes by Wolverine -- but this...this is where I became a man.
- Go ahead. Pull the trigger. But after you do, bub... then you're mine.
- Now all we have to do is cross the desolate plane...scale the mountain...and rescue the girl! ... I never said it was going to be easy!
- I AM -- LOGAN! LOGAN! I AM A MAN! And YOU -- are the ANIMAL!
- First Spider-Man trashes us... Now the Wasp?! I've had it with gettin' dumped on my butt!
- A talkin' truck? Are you KIDDIN' me?
- No one is talking because no one TRUSTS each other anymore. ... Because any one of US could be a Skrull.
- Hey, I'm an X-Man and on two Avengers teams. ... Multitasking. It's my mutant power. Don't tell anybody.
- Hey Stevie, you got anything stronger'n cider? I could use a cold brew!
- $#%^ING UNICORNS!
- What's your game, Cable? And how many more people are going to die before it's over?
- Matsu'o's not done paying. So he doesn't get to die. Ever.
- Only 198 mutants left on the stinkin' planet, and that girl's gotta be one of 'em.
- Even the Devil can bleed.
- I did what I was told. That's what you do in war. I went where he said to go. I killed who he said to kill. I watched my friend die. She better be worth it.
- First rule about the "Fastball Special"...you don't talk about the "Fastball Special."
- All right, you freaks -- just hold it! If you really want to tangle with someone -- why not try your luck against -- the Wolverine!
- How come my futures always stink?
- Betsy insists this Creed is a good man. May even be true. Don't lessen the instinct to cut 'im in half. Hate like that runs deep -- reason don't turn it off. Same as reason don't turn off my feelings for the elf. His voice -- takes me back to good times. Reminds me how far away they are now. Hurts like almost nothin' else. Only one other person could team me up this bad... ...Jean.
- I'll... kill them all. My friends. Then, it'll be the sleazoids' turn.
- An' because they are my friends, I owe them life... or a quick, clean death.
- Fat man had his faults... but he made his exit with style.
- Like Ben Franklin said, bub... only two things certain in life... an' this ain't taxes.
- By all I hold holy, I swear... I'm gonna bring this flamin' country down!
- Don't go beatin' yourself up over Marrow. She was twisted. Ya had to stop her. Ya did. Sometimes, 'Ro, it's that simple.
- Things change. People change. You. Me. Every one of us... Every day of our lives. The day ya' stop changin'... is the day ya' die.
- I'm your worst nightmare...I'm a self righteous mutant who ain't afraid to take out anyone who gets in the way of what I want.
- Let's start that thought over. My healing factor can handle your best shot. Wanna bet your life you can survive my claws?
- Kurt was the only guy that ever looked me in the eyes like a man, and spoke to me like one, and treated me like one. No matter what I did or where I was or how I felt. He was my best friend and he never treated me like a damn animal. And now he's -- he's gone, and -- and for what?!? You better be worth this, I swear to god.
- Santa
- I used to think that I was the best there is. Turns out, I'm the worst. I can't change that. So I'm gonna use it. I'm gonna use it to make 'em pay for what they did to me.
- What's been done to me an' mine has got to be paid for in blood. I know you wouldn't have wanted me to do the same for you... so I'm gonna respect that. It's the least I could do. Goodbye, Steve.
- I guess every father hopes that his son turns out, in some way, like himself. In my case... well, I got more than I ever could've hoped for--
- I was lookin' so hard for a hidden connection...I missed the most obvious one.
- What are you...asking of me?
- If you value your ability to sit comfortably, bub, then best drop that gun. 'Cause if I have to come over there and take it away from you...I'll give you one good guess just where I'm gonna stick it.
- This is what happens to women who get involved with me, Melita. I want you to understand that.
- I know this great little Viking place in Iceland. Thor took me there once. They serve mead made from the fermented blood of Frost Giants. Got quite a kick. You'll love it.
- He taught everyone around him how to enjoy life. And how to believe in something greater than themselves.
- Sometimes I remember liking it. That killing.
- I'm Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice.
- SNIKT! He didn't make a sound. Not even a whimper. I've heard a lot of awful stuff in the past day or so. The cries. The screams. The roar. But you know what? The silence is the worst.
- I'm Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do isn't very nice.
- If you wish Mariko-chan's life... you'll have to get past me to take it.
- I'm Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do. I used t' be a secret agent. I used t' be a hero. Now, I'm drunk. An' lovin' ever minute of it!
- During the best times, Dunwich Sanitorium churned out hitmen and assassins for gangsters and corrupt government officials. Then, new management took over and it went from bad to nightmarish. I spent a few weeks in residence after the whole operation went south. They used psychic munitions to incapacitate me. They strip-mined my brain, tried to turn me into their plaything. That didn't work out so well for them. I spent my whole life playing this game of hide-and-seek with my past. Trying to remember...forcing myself to forget...but this place haunts me.
- I'm Wolverine. If you're smart. You don't want me for an enemy.
- My name is Logan -- But most people know me as Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do best... Isn't very nice.
- I'm called Wolverine. Or Logan. Or Patch. Or motherless scum. Depends who I'm with and whether we're trying to kill each other.
- I refuse to die... upside down... It's too stupid...
- I make him mad. But I figure that's okay... I wrote the book on mad.
- You'll recover. But if you have kids, they'll be stupid.
- Real deadly mutant power...inspiration. Can't undo havin' used it, kid. Just run from the results...or try t'make 'em mean somethin'.
- I ain't killin' you bub -- I'm not makin' it that easy on you! I've decided that for what you did, you're gonna pay for a long time! I'm gonna keep comin' back, see? An' each time, I come back I'm gonna cut just a little more offa you! An' between visits, you're gonna sit and wonder which part I'm gonna slice off next! I'll be seein' you around, bub!
- You ever try to remember something and just couldn't? Ya know, ya wrack yer brains for hours and it's just out of reach, like an itch in the middle o' your back? Half my life is like that, Charlie... gimme a break.
- Some basement ya got there, bub -- must have some heck of a heatin' bill, huh?
- To paraphrase an old army buddy: I do so love it when a plan comes together.
- You should talk about being defective, lady -- you're all over the place!
- Ol' Mr. Creed wouldn't spit in yer face if yer nose was on fire... he just ain't no team player.
- Listen, Native! We're not animals...I know what it's like to be alone.
- There's something really wrong with me right now. Something isn't right here--
- Ninety percent of accidents happen at home, bub.
- Doesn't matter how many we take out... as long as Hydra got we came for.
- Oh Matt, Matt, Matty-Matt. Don't you understand? You were just the friggin' bait kiddo.
- S'funny ... I've been an Avenger for a couple'a months now and I finally have something to avenge.
- Before setting out on revenge, first dig ten graves. Saves time later.
- My name is Logan. Most call me Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do best...isn't shopping
- Black Panther's house. His rules.
- Let's try a little drinking game. Every time I say "What the @#$%?" take a drink.
- So you're saying I killed the angel of death and now I get a second bite at the apple whenever I die?
- Would it violate some kinda rule for you to speak English?
- Well, I love mysteries. No, really, I do. 'Cause I can usually solve a mystery by beating the snot outta somebody.
- Hiya, Raven, how 'bout I buy ya a drink?
- While you're crawling around out here, slowly bleeding out, you just think about who you are and what you've done with your life.
- I am afraid to be alone with my own thoughts. I'm afraid of my own memories.
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Wolverine (Logan)Tell everyone. Tell them not to look for me. Tell them...just let me go. 
Melita GarnerLogan wait, don't--
- You work for the X-Men long enough and you learn all kinds of things. Like Emma doesn't like it when you stand on the back of her cape. Nightcrawler's two-fingered poker technique could be very distracting. And there actually is a temperature below which it is not safe to put your tongue on Colossus.
- Telepath. Feel him in my brain. Like worms. Hurts. Burns. Worms tunneling. Find him. Kill him. Kill Quire.
- It's okay sweetie... whatever those things are, they ain't real. So they can't be your brother. Do you hear me? I 'm not saying it doesn't hurt, and doesn't seriously mess with your head. And doesn't kinda fly in the face of all logic and reality. BUT IT'S NOT REAL. We'll sort all this out... I promise
- Leave Petey alone, Hulk. It always comes down to me and you anyway.
- It's about as far from 'okay' as you can get, boss man. I told you to wait!! You signed their death warrants without batting an eye! If either one of those kids dies, it's on you.
- Rahne Sinclair has two things we'll never get back... hope and innocence. She's who we save -- she's why we risk our lives. She's who we die for!
- Seeing all of the enemies I thought we'd beaten and buried back in the flesh is something I won't forget anytime soon. Just like seeing Warren lying on top of a bloody pile of murder he committed. These are things I just never contemplated. But it's the image of Rahne, soaked in the blood of her father, praying for forgiveness, that I can't shake. She won't talk about what happened...hell, she won't talk at all. But we didn't find a body...just a lot of blood an the old bastard's clothes. God help her once the shock wears off...and she remembers what she did.
- You've got an inoperable brain tumor. You're gonna die unless you help us. The only choice you have to make...is how bad we hurt you before you do. Now where is the $@%&ing virus?!
- The end of the world is coming. I don't think I can face it. I know I can.
- Yeah, sure. Treat me like a kid again. I have got to get my Adamantium back.
- A man comes at me with his fists, I'll meet him with fists. But if he pulls a gun - or threatens people I'm protectin' - then I got no sympathy for him.
- You told me the Phoenix has a purpose, Jeannie. It burns away what doesn't work. So what'd you come to burn?
- 'Attaboy, Warren -- that's the avengin' Angel we all know and love!
- Just give it all you got, Beast!
- Not bad folks, I've seen some heavy stompin' in my time...but this takes the cake. Hey one-eye, we got what we came for, right? That princess chick? How 'bout we head on home while we got the chance?
- Like my name-sake, I'm fast an' I'm mean, an' when I get mad -- people get hurt!!
- What I am, Vindicator, is free. An' I'm gonna stay free -- or die!
- There's a time fer scrappin' an' a time fer bein' sneaky. Either way, Wolverine's the best there is.
- You ain't done makin' mistakes, bub, not by a long shot.
- A man comes at me with his fists, I'll meet him with fists. But if he pulls a gun - or threatens people I'm protectin' - then I got no sympathy for him.
- Hurt you? Baby, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
- I'm the best there is at what I do... And what I do best is... cower.
- Maybe the dream is dead. Maybe we should all stop pretendin' it ain't -- an' accept the fact we're livin' in a nightmare.
- The Marauders don't have the baby. One of OUR side has her. An X-Man took her from Cooperstown.
- Hardest lesson to learn, girl...sometimes the bad guys win!
- When this is over, Slim, you me need to have a little talk. But right now...I want these bloodsuckers off our island!
Conversations with James Howlett (Earth-616)
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Wolverine (to Hisako)Quit whining, kid. I got eaten today. 
BeastYes, about that... Wolverine Forget it. Beast I can't begin to apologize. Wolverine Pfft! That's what friends are for. Beast I'm fairly certain it's not. 
CyclopsEmma? Apparently I said "****ing" to Abigail Brand. Does that sound like me? 
Emma FrostWell done, Darling. That snot-haired cow had it coming. I'm very proud.
CyclopsGod, I love you.
WolverineYou say anything like that again, I'm gonna puke right in your visor.
WolverineWhat're you doing here?
ArmorStanding. With my family. 
Doctor Doom...I can raise the dead. I can give you everything you've ever wished for... ...or nothing at all. It's up to you. 
Cyclops (Scott Summers)And all we'd have to do to receive these miracles is...?
Doctor DoomAccept them.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)You mean surrender.
Doctor DoomYou may resist, if you wish. If your pride demands it. But you won't win. Even the power of the Beyonder was nothing compared to that of the Life Force. And those who resist it will surely perish. So will you accept my offer...? 
RogueOh no... 
Wolverine (Logan)Not again... I guess this time its a not-so-Secret War.
WolverineWe're takin' back The Avengers. Even if it means we gotta kill Cable to do it! 
Spider-ManYeah! Wait...what...?!
WolverineThe X-Men are here, and we're down to kick butt and take names!
BeastI wouldn't put it so crudely!
WolverineOkay, Beastie – let us pummel these louts severely about the head and shoulders!
WolverineMakes me wonder what we're doin' here. When we stop a man from doin' what needs to be done. 
HawkeyeYou felt Cletus in your head. Just like I did. He wanted to take the entire world. We did enough. We kept him from having his way.
WolverineYou think so, huh? Look at this place... I'm not so sure. 
Cyclops (Scott Summers)So what's the general consensus? 
Iron Man (Tony Stark)As far as I'm concerned, Stamford was our wake-up call. What alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. Becoming public employees makes perfect sense if it helps people sleep a little easier 
Falcon (Sam Wilson)I can't believe I'm hearing this. The masks are a tradition. We can't just let them turn us into super-cops. 
Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)Are you kidding? We're lucky people have tolerated this for as long as they have, Sam. Why should we be allowed to hide behind these things? 
Wolverine (James Howlett)Because the world ain't so nice outside your ivory tower, bub. 
StormWolverine, truly there is more to you than meets the eye.
WolverineAt my size babe, that ain't hard. 
DeadpoolIs that my apology?!
WolverineIt's as close as yer gonna get.
Deadpool
Deadpool shoots WolverineOkay. Well, this is as close as I'm gonna get to accept it. 
Spider-ManBut, more importantly really... the answer to both of my questions is you don't know any more about this than I do.
WolverineAgreed
Spider-ManAnd yet you talked trash when I showed up late. Wolverine'At's what I do, Sunshine. 
WolverineNo! I won't let you die again! I'm not going to abandon you, Jeanie! 
Jean GreyYou are going to abandon me because I'm not your Jeanie. I'm his. 
LilandraFrom this moment on, wherever, whenever I find them [the Brood] -- be they high-born or low, adult or child -- their lives are mine!
WolverineSounds good ta me, darlin'.
CyclopsAnd... to me. God help us all. 
RogueIf we can't trust ourselves anymore...
Wolverine...then the time's come to pack things up and go our separate ways... because in all the ways that really matter... the X-Men are through!
WolverineWhassa-matta fellas? Look like you're seein' a ghost. 
Captain AmericaBut -- we saw you shot!
WolverineI got better.
WolverineYou remind me of an old road. The idea of going down it again has me worried going on scared. It'd be better if we weren't close. 
Hope SummersIs this whatever scares Frost and Cyclops and --
WolverineYeah, that. Cyclops told me what they've seen. Gotta at least consider the worst case scenario.
Hope SummersIt's that bad? Everyone just skirts around it. What I could become scares you that much?
WolverineIt's not what you could become. It's what happens then. That's what scares me. Someone would have to step in. Guess whose temperament and talents tends to make him that someone? A man can get awfully tired of wiping friends off knuckles.
WolverineHeh Heh Heh.
DeadpoolAh, Crap. I really needed those.
FlipI am one of "these people"! Winsor gave me this infection so I could cure him!
Wolverine (Logan)Cure for him is I kill him.
FlipNo.
Wolverine (Logan)Now who's got Stockholm Syndrome?
FlipIt's not Stockholm when you're sympathizing with your dad.
WolverineI was just wondering' if either of us'll find a woman to settle down with. 
GambitI t'ink mebbe people like us aren't meant for dat.
Wolverine... I used to be a man. 
ElektraYou still are, Logan.
LoganI wish this could be forever, darlin'... You an' me, an' the sunset, the wildflowers, an' the breeze carryin' the tang o' mountain laurel -- 
Silver FoxDon't be silly Logan! Nothing's forever. Everything has it's time... And our time is now!
WolverineYa know, you remind me of someone -- 
ElenaI do? Maybe it's the wings?
WolverineWhat is this, a bingo game? What're all those numbers?
JubileeHey, Wolvie, aren't numbers... what Sentinels use for names?
WolverineLet me go into that wonderful warmth! Hear that music? It's all the voices o' everyone I ever loved, singin' the end to loneliness and sorrow! It's the brilliant, shinin' chord o' redemption! 
Professor XLogan! It's death!!
WolverineAww, Charlie... don't ya think I know that?
Wolverine (Logan)You must be crazy, coming all the way out here on your own.
Melita GarnerWell...
Wolverine (Logan)You ain't on your own, are you?
Melita GarnerNope. Believe it or not...I'm not the only person in the world who cares about you.
SoulstrikerArrrgghh!!! How...how is this possible?
Wolverine (Logan)You might say I've been...working out a bit since last we tangled.
Wolverine (Logan)I got a girlfriend, buried one of my closet buddies, went to hell and back, had a buncha demons run wild in my head, was tricked into killing my own damn kids, had my face blown off by another of my friends and became headmaster to a school full of mutant teenagers.
Wolverine (Logan)After all that, you really think some one-armed joker who punches like a girl is gonna do me any damage?
SoulstrikerRRRRRRRGGHH!!
Wolverine (Logan)Keep it up, pal. It's starting to tickle.
SatanThis ends now. You end now, little man.
WolverineTalk is cheap, bub. Show me.
Melita GarnerHappy birthday, Logan. It's the first real one you've had in a hundred years. Please, just enjoy it. You deserve it. Still mad at me?
Wolverine (Logan)Terrence? You sleep on the couch tonight. C'mere.
-- (Logan & Melita kiss)
ExodusThe child... Hope is the prophesied saviour of our people, and Cyclops risks her in battle?
WolverineAll the kids. If you ask me we can't afford to lose any of 'em. But yeah... her especially
ExodusMy apologies. I was wrong. You were entirely justified in your actions. I have sworn to save mutantkind. My course is clear
RogueUm... Did we just get Cyclops killed?
WolverineDamn it 
OyaIt's because we're monsters. ... That's why they want to kill us. You can't blame them really. They have every right to be afraid.
WolverineLook at me, Idie...you are not a monster, you hear me?
OyaIt's okay. It doesn't bother me anymore. I've made my peace with what I am.
CyclopsYou think this is noble, what you're doing here? I assure you, it's not. Even if you manage to blow up with one Sentinel, there are still thousands more out there, and you'll be casting us right into their midst. Tell me... How is that helping those children?
WolverineWe went off track, Scott. Somewhere along the way. Whenever we started expecting kids to be our combat troops.
CyclopsI never imagined you of all people could be so naive, Logan.
OyaThis is all my fault, isn't it? I'm the girl who broke up the X-Men.
WolverineNo, darlin'. Not at all. You helped lead us home. 
MagnetoIf you want me madman, here I am. I defy you to do your worst.
WolverineBub, that's music to my ears.
StormWolverine, truly there is more to you than meets the eye.
WolverineAt my size babe, that ain't hard.
FrankieIs that the Wolverine? Or some kind of...actor? You never know in this town. ... It's just that he looks so short in real life!
WolverineThink you're confusing me with Tom Cruise.
WolverineI thought for sure you were gonna tell us it was clobberin' time. 
ThingYou got the picture. 
ShadowcatI'm as hard to kill as you are, old man. Just not as hard a killer. Not now -- and if I'm lucky, not ever.
WolverineI'm glad, darlin'. What happened down there?
ShadowcatWe all learned -- maybe there is a God. Uncanny X-Men
Edit- Kurt, in my life, I've been two things: a wartime soldier and a secret agent. As one, my government paid me to kill: as the other, they licensed me to kill. I was very good at both jobs. They liked that - an' I got the medals and commendations to prove it.
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