Rachel Summers (Earth-811)/Quotes

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No... I can't deny it any longer! I've made a terrible mistake. Somehow, I'm stuck in the wrong past. And because of my stupidity... the world is doomed!

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 184

...and I claim the power and the name of Phoenix... that are mine by right!

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 199

My dreams are nightmares.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 207

The X-Men thought enough of Professor Xavier's dream to offer up their lives. Is it so much to ask that we fight to preserve it?

—Excalibur Special Edition Vol 1 1

Sometimes, kiddo, the choices aren't clear-cut, or easy. And the victories aren't absolute. Sometimes, you have to settle for a draw.

—Excalibur Vol 1 10

You're kidding, right? Disguising me as Shadowcat?!

—Excalibur Vol 1 24

You may have tapped into the power -- But I am the power! How dare you toy with me?! How dare you display such contempt for my feelings -- For my very life?! I could kill you right now! No... Instead, you will feel the pain -- The horror you fear most! Otce you have tasted the power -- How will you deal with the emptiness that is left behind?

—Excalibur Vol 1 26

I'm afraid, Captain, that is Meggan--only...She is possessed!

—Excalibur: The Possession Vol 1 1

Why is it that when I almost destroy the universe, everyone gets upset?

—Excalibur Air Apparent Vol 1 1

We're too late. The Anti-Phoenix has joined with Necrom. I can feel him in my mind. He's coming after me.

—Excalibur Vol 1 48

We should all live for the moment. It could be our last.

—Excalibur Vol 1 66

If you have a deity, Storm, now'sthe time to say your final prayers.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 458

So what?! Two seconds after my mother dies, Scott decides to move on to Emma Frost?!?

—X-Men Unlimited Vol 2 11

I wanted to kill them, Kurt. More than almost anything. But my family's got enough bad karma to balance already. So I made a choice. I will not kill. Yes, I'm my mother's daughter. And I mean to find my destiny in a way that brings us both honor.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 471

What I saw in that poor man's mind... The Shi'ar are monsters, Professor.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 476

Krakoa's talking to me now. He says he never wanted to attack us. The Hellfire Club made him do it. He says... He says he's a mutant just like us. He keeps apologizing. I think he's crying. You won't believe this... He's asking if he can be an X-Man now?

—Wolverine & the X-Men Vol 1 3

I know your real name. I know you're lying to us about why you're here. Come clean or be burned.

—Spider-Man and the X-Men Vol 1 4

Whole attack took less than five minutes. They killed three security personnel and an off-duty NYPD detective. And they kidnapped the Mayor.

—X-Men: Gold Vol 2 2

We've got an anti-mutant serial killer loose in a home for mutants.

—X-Men: Gold Vol 2 7

Mesmero made us see what he wanted us to see.

—X-Men: Gold Vol 2 22

Mesmero. You're supposed to be in prison...

—X-Men: Gold Vol 2 31

I took the name "Prestige" to put the past behind me. No more "Phoenix." No more "Marvel Girl." No more past. No more future. Just me. Moving forward. And damn you to Hell for trying to pull me back in.

—X-Men: Gold Vol 2 32

Whatever it is you're up to, Stryfe, it's over.

—X-Force Vol 5 10

It's the Morrigan. It's the @#$% Morrigan! She's been passing as Siryn all along!

—X-Factor Vol 4 7

Xavier entrusted me with assembling the right team for this mission. I had, oh, a few thousand mutants to choose from...and I picked the five of you.

—Dead X-Men Vol 1 1

I'm calling it X-Force. Because it's X-Force.

—X-Force Vol 7 1

Brian Grey. Grampa's kid brother, mom's favorite uncle. Master carpenter, little league coach, soccer dad.

—Brian Grey (Earth-616)

Derry Campbell. Mom-side cousin, red-state and proud of it. Lifelong texican, big laugh, salty language, slinky skirt and cowboy boots, perfect hair, better makeup and a diamond nose-chip.

—Derry Campbell (Earth-616)

Aunt Julia was a chef. No cookbooks, no TV Show, no franchise, just the one restaurant - serving the best homefood in five states.

—Julia Grey (Earth-616)

Julian didn't like crowds. He loved South Park, even if he wasn't supposed to watch it. He came into the world with this little scar on his forehead, so of course he totally bonded with Harry Potter. Hooked me, too. We read the books together.

—Julian Grey (Earth-616)

Mary-Margaret and Kindra. Cousins. My age. We talked boys and fashion and music and scandal, and concluded I was woeful about them all.

—Kindra Grey (Earth-616)

Uncle Liam. Pastor Liam. He loved Keats and Dylan Thomas and James Joyce and had a voice like honey to read them aloud. His sermons were a celebration of language as well as faith.

—Liam Grey (Earth-616)

Terry Maguire... He was trying to save his kid brother.

—Maguire (Earth-616)

Mary-Margaret and Kindra. Cousins. My age. We talked boys and fashion and music and scandal, and concluded I was woeful about them all.

—Mary-Margaret Grey (Earth-616)

I'm not my mother. I'm not Phoenix. I'm my own woman... and before I'm done... they'll wish I were the Phoenix.

—Rachel Summers (Earth-811)

Uncle Roger. Played the jazz cornet. Session musician, good but not great. One of the "Hurricane Homeless".

—Roger Grey (Earth-616)

Terry Maguire. Eyes that sparkled and a smile to die for, when he looked at me. We had barely five minutes together, but for a telepath that can be a lifetime. He was going to call tomorrow, invite me to the movies. He wanted to kiss me. He was trying to save his kid brother.

—Terry Maguire (Earth-616)

The X-Men thought enough of Professor Xavier's dream to offer up their lives. Is it so much to ask that we fight to preserve it? The sword, Excalibur, represented hope. It was light in the darkness of fear and ignorance and hate. Do we want-- Have we the right-- to snuff it out?

—Excalibur (Earth-616)

The Beyonder	You have failed me. As all humans seem to.
Phoenix	Them's the breaks.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 203

Spider-Man	Please! Just tell me what you've seen here, Rachel!
Marvel Girl	I think your Aunt May's dead...

—Marvel Knights: Spider-Man Vol 1 6

Korvus	The blade... It's wrong... Weakened. You took some.
Rachel	No... It took to me... The Phoenix knows me, remember? It likes me.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 479

Askani	Sorry, are those... rainbow... butterflies?
Captain Britain	Bit on the nose, Rach--

—Knights of X Vol 1 4

Uncanny X-Men[]

There were those among us who wanted only vengeance. They wanted the scales balanced in fire and blood, life for life! But the X-Men stood for something better. They never lost hope, no matter what. Because of them, Professor Xavier's dream -- of a world where normal and mutant could live in peace and fellowship, where there wouldn't be any distinction between them -- we'd all just be human -- never died. If you turn away from that dream, Kurt, you'll do more damage than you know. We may be doomed -- ours may be a lost cause -- but sometimes the way we live and die are more important than the simple fact of it. Give up now, and all those sacrifices -- in my world as much as yours -- will have been for nothing!

—Rachel Summers (Earth-811)^[src]

Death and the X-Men seem to have this... problematic relationship.

—Rachel Summers (Earth-811)^[src]