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Quotes by Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

The Ravenous creature has surpassed the limits of my indulgence. Let his downfall serve as warning. Galactus is and ever will be.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I am not a god. I have never created life...but I have lived. That is enough. So I will fight to preserve that same opportunity -- to love, to dream, to soar among the stars -- for all those yet to come. Many lives will be lost in the battle ahead -- but their efforts will ensure that some remain to remember their deeds. And, like the gods, the will truly live forever...even after they are gone.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

My one desire is for peace -- peace for everyone.

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I am trapped like a rat on this insane planet!

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The Silver Surfer will fight with his friends!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

You've shown me that we make wider ripples in the celestial ocean than we know.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Perhaps for the first time within memory... I have found something... something worth protecting!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Reed is a wise man, willing to make hard choices. Like the choices you often make. Like the choice I have made.

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I have seen men build... and destroy. I have seen this world, which could be a paradise, reduced to a planet of greed, and fear, and hatred! I have seen humanity with its heritage betrayed! I can stomach no more!

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Master? Galactus had been my master! You -- are but -- a flea!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Even within the smallest bit of matter, an endless cosmos may exist! For size is ever-changing, ever-relative -- and the sun and planets I see before me prove, beyond all doubt, that there have always been -- and will always be -- worlds within worlds!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I bring a dire warning, Defenders. The fell energies at work upon Earth threaten to surpass even the Power Cosmic. To confront the enemies before you, you will need all the help you can muster. You will need the aid of the Silver Surfer!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Galactus is and ever will be.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I know you have struggled mightily to bring life to the galaxy... I am proud to see you atone for our shared legacy of destruction, but now all life as we know it is imperiled by a heinous evil, armed with the Soul Gem. I was almost... devoured by power wielded by Ultron. I would not ask if it were not a last resort. What say you, Galactus the Lifebringer? Will you consume one world... to save the entire galaxy?

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

His arrival... could herald... the end of the universe... Thanos is coming!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Perhaps for the first time within memory... I have found something... something worth protecting!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I have seen men build... and destroy. I have seen this world, which could be a paradise, reduced to a planet of greed, and fear, and hatred! I have seen humanity with its heritage betrayed! I can stomach no more!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Galactus is coming. I have heard the lamentations of worlds -- yet if there are three more horrifying words in any corner of the cosmos, I've not heard them.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I am not a god. I have never created life... but I have lived. That is enough. So I will fight to preserve that same opportunity -- to love, to dream, to soar among the stars -- for all those yet to come. Many lives will be lost in the battle ahead -- but their efforts will ensure that some remain to remember their deeds. And, like the gods, they will truly live forever... even after they are gone.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

That is his way! Empathically sensing the secrets of those around him, using duplicity and flattery, Ru'ach cripples a planet's defense system from inside to make it vulnerable!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Power without reason! Malice without constraint! Festering with the acidic bile of pure, unadulterated corruption! A primal embodiment of mankind's darkest nightmares!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Even though he bared his Spirit to me by means of his Soul Gem and was twice instrumental in saving the Universe I still do NOT completely TRUST the Man. Perhaps it is because of the Confidence he exudese from having returned from beyond the Grave. More likely it is because Good and Evil mean nothing to him. His only Goal is protecting this Reality from his precious and powerful Infinity Gems and safeguarding them from a Universe that fears and craves them. So focused is he upon this Intent that all other Considerations become secondary. No, I am definitely NOT in the Mood for Adam Warlock.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

My choices are difficult, sometimes terrible. But I keep the balance.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Paradise unearned is but a land of shadow!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Threats! Threats! Must all men threaten? Is it anti-human to appeal to reason?

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Even now... an agonizing weakness overcomes me! In my effort to save another's life... I expended too much of my own vital energy!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Humans! Fortunately, their incomprehensible behavior no longer startles me!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

They long for peace, yet gird for war! They search for love, yet harbor hate! If man is sane... then the universe is steeped in madness!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

When, if ever, they learn to live in peace...As brothers? When will they learn...That love is the power supreme?

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Though not even I have the power to slay you...Still I can make you feel pain! Still I can cause you to suffer--to fear...To pay for your acts of evil!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

From this time forth, the Silver Surfer will battle them on their own savage terms! Let mankind beware! From this time forth...The Surfer will be the deadliest one of all!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I did not choose to serve him! I chose to save my world, and serving him was the Price!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Then you have no room for me here, as citizen or lover and all because of your rank!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

How is a Wanderer to know the Truth in those whose lives he crosses? How is a Wanderer to know anything for a Certainty? In the Dark Days to come, I must learn!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

The Kree will never believe I helped Skrulls defeat their allies without evil intent! Zenn-La is in peril -- you did know!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Completely mad. But perhaps he did have a point. Sure, at the top of his head. Was that a joke?

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The battle rages, Warlock! We must join the pray before our comrades fall.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

There must be an error. This is not how I see myself. My life cannot culminate in ultimate failure.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Those whom I wronged have forgiven me. They have shown me the path I must follow. To be truly free, I must forgive myself.

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The Past is past. Whatever was between us... or wasn't... no longer matters. I bear you no malice, Nova. Tell me what troubles you. Please.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I have no wish to harm Firelord... but I cannot allow this battle to be prolonged.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

The Goddess... the Goddess is a false deity. You worship her because she clouds your minds. I, too, was in her thrall... but I wrested free; I know her for the tyrannical creature she is. Now you must throw off her shackles as well, please... you must see the truth in what I say.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Beta Ray Bill is safe from your blood-lust Asgardian. Only you and I remain. I challenge you to stand and fight, if you do not fear me.Your mystic hammer... against the Power Cosmic!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I, too, once wished to die. But the heart is strong. It struggles to keep beating even when the will fails. I think if you were meant to die, you would have. Destiny calls you else-where. Consider what Ellie would want.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

My beloved believed in destiny. I was, in those days, a man of reason, and she often chided me for my lack of faith. I know what she would have me do now. Very well, Denise. I will defy augury, and bring you Ellie, If I can.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

It wouldn't have worked, Ellie. Even in dreams, we can't escape who we are. Or what we've done.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I will redeem myself. I no longer fear Death, Marduk. You have no power over me.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

All that happens, happens for a reason. Ellie was chosen. She was meant to be here. She was not meant to die on Earth with her mother.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Your gift is love, Ellie. Your grace protects you better than I ever could. I am old, and my soul know too much of the dark to guide one born so light.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Those who sent me on my mission would not have the Earth fall into lasting darkness. They would see men evolve not regress. You and the other children will lead a new world.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I am death's angel. I am not death. Death comes unbidden, with or without my consent. To run from this truth is to give in to darkness. By remaining present, by fulfilling my task, I am reborn in light. To you, Aman, it may burn cold--but it is all I have.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

We are here to ensure the survival of the Earthling line. That is our mission, Amnel. I expect neither their forgiveness, nor their love.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Earth. It's always someone from Earth.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

For the longest time, I was only going to places I had been before. Kree space. The Negative Zone. The Milky Way. Thanks to you, I have ventured into new frontiers again. I have traveled so far in your company, sometimes it is hard to imagine the person I was before I met you.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

And here, on this Street of Yancy, there is only one thing to say at this juncture... IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I sought advice from a friend, but was given it by a stranger.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Once again I have done more harm than good. So many years on this planet, and still its people remain a mystery to me.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

We've arrived. Welcome, Dawn Greenwood, to the riskiest place in all of creation.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Now forget you ever saw me.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

I'm not the Sakaarson...but I'll see what I can do.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Return to your master and tell him I don't like him.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Though they hate me -- The humans must not be destroyed!

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Stay your hand, Thunder God, or risk the anger of -- the Silver Surfer.

--Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Conversations with Norrin Radd (Earth-616)

Silver Surfer

It is made of solidified air molecules... Hardened to an unbelievable degree!

Thor

My uru hammer barely chips the surface!

Iron Man

Magnetic repulsor rays have no effect!

Captain America

The edge of my super-hard shield doesn't even dent it!

Tigra (trying to get through a shield made by the Molecule Man)

If you guys think I'm going to break my pretty claws trying to scratch my way in... go fish!

— Avengers #215

Silver Surfer

Why do you rule other human beings? What quality of leadership do you possess that so sets you apart?

Doctor Doom

I? I am but a humble servant of my people!

— Fantastic Four #57

Silver Surfer

Truly, there is a spark of divinity in all who live, and think... and strive!

Mister Fantastic

A spark that will one day ignite... and illuminate the universe!

The Thing

Sheeesh! Billy Graham's got nothin' on you!

— Fantastic Four #72

Alicia Masters

There must be some way -- to save you!

Silver Surfer

No! It is truly -- hopeless!

— Fantastic Four #74

Tyrak

You mean nothing to me, spaceman! I have single-handedly defeated the Avengers!

Silver Surfer

Who hasn't?

— Fear Itself: The Deep #3

Groot

I am Groot.

Dawn Greenwood

Hi, Groot. I'm Dawn Greenwood.

Groot

I am Groot.

Dawn Greenwood

Oh no... Did we... Is he okay?

Silver Surfer

He is Groot. That is what he says.

— Groot #3

Silver Surfer

We were too late, weren't we? I'm sorry, old friend.

Groot

I am Groot.

— Guardians Team-Up #8

Silver Savage

I must return to the stars. Will you come?

Hulk

Huh. Back when we first met, that's all I wanted. I hated the stupid humans. They never left me alone. Then I saw you in the sky, thought you were a flying saucer. I wanted to catch you, make you take me away to another world.

Silver Savage

I'm sorry. If I had known... Let me take you now.

Hulk

You don't get it. I'm finally here.

— Incredible Hulk Vol 2 #95