Fables, Vol. 18 Quotes

“Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is the price. One hundred lives for each we took. That seems fair. That's how we get whole again and that's our work, from now until as long as it takes.”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland

“Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do.”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland

“Only silly Dorothys arrive in a magical land and want to go home. You don't want to be a silly stinking Dorothy, do you? They're reviled throughout every wondrous land. Did you know the name Dorothy translates as "squandered opportunity"?”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland

“We live through the belief of children...Regicide is suicide, citizens. Inscribe that in your hearts. The Great Pretend is a fragile construct.”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland

“We have to harden our hearts and think of the greater good."
"The plan is, our exposure to her is supposed to purify us. But it seems more like her exposure to us is diminishing her.”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland

“Remember what dad said. You're still alive-- you still fight.”
― Bill Willingham, Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland