Emma Frost (Earth-616)/Quotes

Quotes by Emma Frost (Earth-616)

One more time, then. For the children.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

...You turned into such a wonderful little femme fatale in the end, didn't you? I'm ever so proud of all my girls. But you...You are the one I am the most proud of.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

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--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Jean-Paul Beaubier chose to be a great many things. Things we should all admire him for. He chose to be a hero. He chose to be a member of Alpha Flight. He chose to be an X-Man. He chose to be a role model. And recently he chose to be a teacher. He could have stayed on an X-Squad, but he knew that helping you was so important, it needed to be his full-time task. We honor him today for all those choices.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

'Jumbo Carnation? Let me guess...his parents didn't choose his name.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You know, Ororo, you really mustn't fight my psychic probes. The harder you resist, the more this will hurt. I don't want to hurt you, my dear. I want us to be... friends.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You'll all be guests of the Hellfire Club -- for the rest of your natural lives!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Do not even try it, Night Thrasher. Put the gun down, or Beef will pop the heads of your housekeeper, Tai, and your girlfriend, like unwanted acne. Decide which is more important to you... the lives of your loved ones -- or winning this fight.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Clumsy, child. Very clumsy. You do not bait the lioness in her den, nor the spider at the center of her web. This is the second time in as many weeks an attempt has been made on my life... though it would seem my would-be assassins are getting younger and younger. Welcome, X-Men. Doubtless you begin to guess why I invited you here tonight.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Appearances to the contrary... I didn't spend all my money on interior decorating.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

And you still are. Terrified. Knowing that could have been you. Every day spent fighting this ugly war could be your last. And you get by, convinced that you're just a heartbeat away from love and life. When the sad reality you refuse to admit -- is that you're much closer to being a simple heartbeat away... from misery and death.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

My salad...did you see it? It attacked me!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Of course I'm a threat. Why? Did you think for a moment that I wasn't?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I love Christmas Eve. Maybe even more so than Christmas itself. It's the one night of the year when the entire world just...stops. In those few hours before the dawn - human, mutant, everyone, just sort of holds their breath in sweet anticipation...waiting to see how badly they're going to be disappointed in the morning. In its own tragic way...it's kind of romantic. That's why I love Christmas Eve.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I remember what death tastes like. Trust me. They're alive.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Sean, hush! Paige is diamond-hard. Do you have any idea how long it's been... since this child has been hugged?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I'd die for those children! And if you've endangered them -- so will you!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

So that just leaves the question of what we're going to do about -- that. Without the twins, the Penance body is just an empty shell...right?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Hate. ... That's what I sense from them, Sean...hate and fear!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

May I remind you, Storm, you no longer have official standing here at Xavier's -- by your own choice. And surprise, we manage quite well without you. Should you, or Bishop, or Sage choose to interfere further -- well, as we've just seen, that's how accidents happen.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Wouldn't miss it, Mr. Kendall. Umm... hey... ...can I call you Ian...?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

That's impossible! What's happening to me? I can hear what she's thinking!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Sorry, Christian, I had no choice. I can't hide who I am anymore.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

All good and fine. But what about you, Daddy?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You're only loyal to your interests, Adrienne.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

No--I thought you were going to send Christian to rehab, not a mental institution!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Stupid mental powers. They're useless unless I stay clam.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

It's up to you, Emma. Take a deep breath. And remember... Stay. Calm.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Come on, Emma. Picture it in your mind. Focus.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

My...my father and I aren't exactly on speaking terms.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I wasn't talking about my father, dirtbag----I was talking about me!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Sowing seeds of distrust is all fine and dandy, Emma......but now it's time......to get......drastic.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Ian? M-my old teacher!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Ian... but... he's not alone... he's with Christie! I should have known.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I never imagined I'd find someone who can do the same things I can. But Astrid somehow does. With style.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Ian, I need you to tell me.....is something going on between you and Christie?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Ian is genuinely in love with me. Besides......I barely have a handle on my mind control. Right?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The games are immaterial. What matters are the stakes.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The Danger Room is angry.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Spare me, gentlemen. You all want me to take care of you. A girl needn't be a mind reader to know that.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I know who Golgotha is. Or more to the point… I know where Golgotha is…

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

It's just...it's nice to know you're not alone in the world......to know you have people who will look out for you...no matter what the dangers may be.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

House of Magnus!! House of Magnus??!! Logan, we're -- we're going to find Magneto, and, oh! That is it!! This is it!! We're going to kill him! And his kids!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Logan has regained his memory.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The news is out, Scott...The mutant population has been decimated...and sooner or later, our enemies will come for us. If you want blood on your hands, so be it. But I'm going to protect these children at any cost...Jay? Oh my God!

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You know exactly why I'm doing this... because you're a weapon. A cold-blooded killing machine who knows nothing but death and murder. You're a threat to every life within this school. But that's all about to change... because one way or another, you're leaving.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Emma. Your game is first.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Hank is a genius, and terribly good with people. Warren looked like a god. And Xavier picks you? To lead. Why? Because you had nothing else.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I had a thousand daughters. A thousand bright lights, a thousand little minds...slowly awakening, blinking and shining...and you snuffed them out. Maybe you're just Jean Grey, gone insane. Or maybe you're the Phoenix. Obeying cosmic laws we'll never understand. All I know for sure is that when you come back...you're going to have to deal with me.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

This wasn't a teenage manifestation...this was a mutant birth.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Welcome to the summer of love, Scott Summers. And let's hope we survive this fashion faux pas.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Wake up Mr. Summers. Your dreams are deafening.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

And, yes, I am a massive snob, and there was no need for you all to think it at once.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You possess one of the greatest mutant powers on the planet, Shan. The ability to possess people's minds is not one to be taken lightly. ... I would expect someone with the power to control the minds of others to have better control over her own emotions. Over her own life.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

It's a brave new world, Shaw. And I finally get to be the queen you trained me to be.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

That's how I survived. Time and time again. That's my secret. I survived because I willed it to be. ... How did I survive apocalyptic fire? I simply refused to feel the flames.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

My team. My way. "Mutant problems, mutant solutions."

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The whole world is watching, children. Be amazing.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The darkness of how you feel about the word 'mutant' -- is only your own uncertainty about being one. About whether you can explore that unknown safely.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I don't care about Charles Xavier, or Magneto, or even Hope. I am looking at the savior of mutantkind, right here, right now.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I want her stopped. ... Let me make this as clear as I can, Logan. You need to kill her. Her and everyone that attacked us...even Kevin. That's the only way this will end.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Scott was trying to be sweet and all I felt was cold and alone because so many wonderful lights have gone out and I'm so tired from fighting against all this darkness. And I thought, !I'll name them Jaye and Kurt." I name my gray hairs after dead friends. Dead friends and X-Men.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

My god, Scott... All they did was look at me and it was like... like a pack of dogs ran wild in my brain. They're not letting go. And they're not letting anyone else in. They've just made that abundantly clear. God, I think I threw up inside my head.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Yes, we've all had our share of persecution, but we're fighters. We're strong. This youth and those like him are weak. And it's the sort of weakness predators can scent a mile away. It is the sort of weakness that makes its victims stew and fester in their own helplessness and rage. Until finally something like Columbine happens.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

No, I can tell by what I'm seeing.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

You are still so young. You still believe and trust people... And you wish to be loved. It is of course a character flaw, but a tolerable one. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of pathetically selfish people who will exploit that. Especially boys. One might even consider you first heartbreak / betrayal / eternal virtual imprisonment of the opposite sex to be a rite of passage. So, congratulations. You're one step closer to knowing what it is to be human.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

About that, Namor. I can sense her, you know. I can feel her. I know where she is. They're hiding her in Wakanda. And I haven't told Scott.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I should have guessed that a boy who takes such girlish effort with his long locks would hit like one. Tell me, have you ever wished a woman to put you on all fours and grab hold of that mane? It's all right. I can keep a secret. Even a god of thunder could use a little whipping now and then. I have such pretty things to dress you in--

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Oh #$%&! We're not ready. We're nowhere near ready for this.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Oh, Scott, don't be so dramatic... You called us.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

That's enough, Red! I called you future X-Men over here to come get them and send them home. Because Cyclops is wrong and that is that. But no one said anything about a metal-masked Jean Grey from the future and no one said anything about you beating the hell out of yourself. You want to psychically battle someone. Pick on someone who absolutely despises you. Too bad no one's watching. Black Queen versus White Queen. The message boards would love this.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I think our world got a lot more complicated.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

He'll come back. Where else is he going to go?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

This -- your actions -- this affects all of us. And no matter how this turns out, this is something very important that needs to be taught... and for the life of me I don't think there's ever been a better way to teach it. And that this is embarrassing you? Good. It should. That means part of you is still spinning the right way.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Emma and I will not sit by and let the Inhumans destroy us. We have a plan. We've been reaching out, gathering allies. Powerful Mutants who agree with our position, with more to come. You can step back, or you can help. But either way... it is time to act.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

...ideas never die.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Well, don't worry, darling. Emma's here to save the day.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Always so smug, Captain Hydra. Forcing mutants into a makeshift "Kingdom"... trying to bar us from our inheritance. You think it's all under control. Just you wait... I'm full of surprises.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Don't worry, Henry. I follow Xorn's leadership. As should we all. But the X-Men are taking the idea of youthful rebellion a step too far. We've accomplished something here. Mutants and humans are living together... in peace. The Sovereign Republic of New Tian is working.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

All right, you lot. It'll be our job to corral this thing. Link up and follow my lead. We'll hold it steady so bangs n' bob can strike her blow.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

If we control these mutants... if we take away their free will... how can we hold ourselves in a different regard than those who would enslave us?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

To me, my heroes.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I want the X-Men to help me destroy the Hellfire Club. For good.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

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--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

I know it's cold comfort, but... I am afraid to die too, Katherine. Which nose would I return with?

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

The wind was at my back for so long that I nearly forgot the taste... of utter defeat. Oh, darling. We planned it all so well, but God knows what to do with plans, don't they? Now my queen is off the board, and I'm back on my heels. I feel the call of my... darker designs. Would I be the White Queen without them? I covet what I cannot have, I take pleasure in pain, but you inspire me to... rise above all that. Now our enemies from without and within smell the faintest whiff of blood. I will hold fast until the winds shift. I need you back, Kate.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Frankly, I expect a certain amount of tackiness from some of my girls -- but not all of them. And I expect your son to be a gentleman. Do not let him break their hearts... except Esme. She needs it, Scott. So help me -- she needs it.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Yes, of course. Her husk never stirs. We've been waiting for her body to break into the world. But Kate doesn't smash barriers... she ignores them.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Shinobi, a rising tide lifts all boats. If our enemies are improved this evening, then... so are we.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

If anybody learns what we've done... we'd be done.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

And we won. We took over the Hellfire Club, we took over an island, a world, and this morning... a solar system. I despise you, Sebastian... but I don't know if we could have accomplished everything as quickly as we did without you. In the end, Krakoa is worth almost any sacrifice.

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Conversations with Emma Frost (Earth-616)

White Queen	Now that I've taken a moment to regain my temper, shall I make you an offer you can't refuse?
Ariel	Only if you want a real rude suggestion about what you can do with it.

— New Mutants #15

Hemingway	Doesn't look like much up close, Marrow. Kind of... Soft and squishy looking.
Emma Frost	There are people who would argue those are two of my best characteristics, Hemingway.

— Generation X #6

Emma Frost	I'll understand if you want me to go.
Sean Cassidy	NOW?! After ye are showin' the first signs of a conscience? Not on my life, Ms. Frost.

— Generation X #7

Host	Uh... bride or groom?
Emma Frost	Either one -- I'm an omnivore.

— X-Men Unlimited Vol 2 #4

Astrid Bloom	Y-you're t-too powerful!
Emma Frost	Of course, "darling." I'm a Frost.

— Emma Frost #18

Emma Frost	This was never meant to... not you.
Kitty Pryde	Yeah, I was supposed to take you out, as I recall. Disappointed Ms. Frost?
Emma Frost	Astonished, Ms. Pryde.

— Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1

Cyclops	Emma? Apparently I said "****ing" to Abigail Brand. Does that sound like me?
Emma Frost	Well done, Darling. That snot-haired cow had it coming. I'm very proud.
Cyclops	God, I love you.
Wolverine	You say anything like that again, I'm gonna puke right in your visor.

— Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #27

Skrulls	Did you think you could hide from us, woman? In your own mindscape?
Emma	No. I just wanted to spread you out a little. If you need to dismantle a wall-- the easiest way is one brick at a time.

— Secret Invasion: X-Men #3

Storm	I was once shot with an inhibitor gun that Forge built during a more... confused phase of his life.
Emma Frost	Clever little sod.
Storm	Yes. Compelled to solve problems, and yet somehow never fixing the right ones.

— Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #28

Vanisher	What was that all about? Who were those #@$%^&*@?!
Emma Frost	Those were my students, Mister Porter. They came to kill me.
Vanisher	...Well, you must have been one hell of a teacher.

— X-Force Vol 3 #21

Hope Summers	Why are you so scared of me?
Emma Frost	I've been breaking little girls beneath my will for longer than you've been talking, Miss Summers. Do not think of crossing me.
Hope Summers	As I said: Scared. Don't get in my way, stay out of my mind. And if you don't, I'll leave you as a cinder.
Gabriel Cohuelo	'I'll leave you as a cinder.' What was that about?
Hope Summers	I dunno. It's just what came to mind.

— Generation Hope #5

Cyclops	We go our separate ways with as few hard feelings as we can manage. And deal with whatever's out there.
Emma Frost	Oh, Scott, you really are delightful. Do you really believe that? Scott? Do you really believe that? Scott?

— X-Men: Regenesis #1

Cyclops	They're going to be fine.
Emma Frost	What makes you so sure?
Cyclops	They're X-Men. We're all X-Men.

— Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #47

Phoenix / Emma Frost	All right, robot. This might be petty of me, but you might well be the last Sentinel left on Earth, and you had the audacity to hurt me. So I'm going to enjoy this.
Juston Seyfert	No! Please! Don't do this! I love him.
X-23 (Laura Kinney)	No. Leave him alone!

— Avengers Academy #32

Emma Frost	A new era for Mutants is beginning. You belong with your people.
X-23 (Laura Kinney)	If I see you again... I will kill you. Or you will kill me. I would prefer either to going anywhere with you.
Emma Frost	Yes, well. You can't save the world without upsetting someone. For your own sake... I hope I have no further reason to return here.

— Avengers Academy #33

Emma Frost	You blame us? God, I despise self-hating mutants. Are you even a mutant? I understand there's some doubt.
Mimic	You know what I am? I'm the Mimic! I'm as powerful as all of you put together!

— X-Men: Legacy #300

Emma Frost	What the hell does that mean? Make some sense, dammit! You said we were working for Nick Fury!
Nick Fury	You were, Emma dear. And you still are.

— Original Sin #4