quotes by Kurt Busiek

"And I saw in them a hope...A hope that it was possible to have secrets, to mask one's true nature...and yet still to walk among men. "
— Kurt Busiek (Astro City Vol. 2: Confession)

"And is that why we do what we do? For public approval, for fame? Do we help people because they will be appropriately grateful--or merely because they need help?"
— Kurt Busiek (Astro City Vol. 2: Confession)

"He was saving innocents and serving truth. And in the final judgement, what is more important? The burdens we bear -- or the way we bear them?"
— Kurt Busiek (Astro City Vol. 2: Confession)

"She said things that'd have sounded like cliches--but when they're said by the woman you love in the middle of the night, it's different.

I said things that sounded like cowboy-movie junk, even when they were coming out of my mouth. But I meant them."
— Kurt Busiek (Astro City Vol. 5: Local Heroes)