Sebastian Shaw (Earth-616)/Quotes

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We'll contact those mutants, just as Xavier plans to – only the Hellfire Club will get there first, and recruit them – by hook or by crook. And if, along the way, we manage to acquire – or eliminate – some of the X-Men, so much the better.

—X-Men Vol 1 129

I think Ororo would make an exquisite White Queen.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 152

Fear. Of what we are, and what we represent. Now, I'll give him cause.

—Classic X-Men Vol 1 7

Welcome then, Magneto and Storm, jointly to the throne of the White King...

—New Mutants Vol 1 51

What is mine... is mine. And what is theirs... is mine.

—X-Force Vol 1 49

Ah...I miss the days when I could openly hire decent bodyguards.

—Excalibur Vol 1 96

That's right, X-Men. Your worst nightmare is once more horrific reality... Sebastian Shaw lives!

—X-Men Vol 2 63

Upon analysis, it would appear that X-51's capacities have been dramatically improved, making it perhaps the most powerful cybernetic construct on the planet. And if that is true... then I, and I alone, must have complete control of its systems.

—X-51 Vol 1 0

I don't think so. My darling Tessa... you have no idea how eagerly I've looked forward to our reunion. And hearing firsthand both how and why you betrayed me.

—X-Treme X-Men Vol 1 6

I've decided it's time for a change. To take the course I should have taken when Charles Xavier and I first met. The one Tessa recommended.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 453

Ah, Emma. Good to see -- No, don't do that. Diamond form, I think. Without your bothersome telepathy. Stay like that, if you will. I don't like it when you change.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 532

I-- I don't know who you are, but I'm sorry. You weren't supposed to be here. I only meant to do this to them.

—Generation Hope Vol 1 13

I'm back at zero. The only things I thought I learned about myself were lies. No, actually, I now know one thing I am...a murderer.

—Generation Hope Vol 1 14

It's you, Erik! You are my offering to Mothervine! You are my sacrifice!

—X-Men: Blue Vol 1 24

She needs a captain and I need an ally. I need you to be the Black Bishop... with more accolades to come.

—Marauders Vol 1 3

Obviously my body has been hurt, but my spirit has not dimmed. Fear not. In any state, I remain Krakoa's humble servant.

—Marauders Vol 1 16

I underestimated them^[1] once too. Whatever your quarrel, it's over.

—Marauders Vol 1 24

What is mine... is mine. And what is theirs... is mine.

—Sebastian Shaw (Earth-616)

Welcome to Blackstone. The crown jewel of Hellfire Bay.

—Blackstone (Krakoa)

The Red Keep. Blackstone. The White Palace. Three separate strongholds that are one. We ask much of Krakoa, and in return Krakoa asks much of us. This is Hellfire Bay, and I... am her Black King.

—Hellfire Bay

"Tessa"

Sebastian... I suggest you look again. Closer, this time. Deeper. Past the facade of her flesh - to the flame of her heart, real and raging. Do you see what I see..? The slow, smoldering fire in her eyes...