Black Widow, Vol. 1 Quotes

“I might have enjoyed company. But that would mean letting someone get close. And if I let someone get close, they might find out who I really am. And no one will ever know my full story. No one.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“It's the warmest I've been in a long time. Up here it's warm. Like the summertime. Like the summertimes with my parents. Good times. That's how it could have been, anyway.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“I am exceptional. I am the exception. I do not belong. Not in S.H.I.E.L.D, not in the Avengers. The world may not have a place for me. I can only trust myself.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“Autumn evokes nostalgia. Leaves like fire and blood. I don't like nostalgia. But the past doesn't feel far away.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“My instinct is to run away. To flee to the shadows, out of sight, out of the public eye. I'm a Black Widow after all. But people depend on me now. That's why I can't simply flee.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“I've only ever been good at one thing. Lots of skills but one thing. I did that thing for bad. I do that thing for good. There's nothing I'm afraid of, save that one thing. That someone might take the good away. If you take that away, I don't know what I will do. I don't know who I will become. That's why I have to stay alone. That's why I stay in the shadows.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“Lately, I've felt more like a soldier than a spy. And if that's what the world is asking for, I'm happy to oblige.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“I want answers. I'm sick of swimming in the ink. Sick of feeling like there's this avalanche about to crush me and I can't even see the mountain.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“That's the sort of predator I am. A conflicted one, a deadly one, one alone. And you can't change my nature.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“But who can I trust? Because I don't know if I can do this by myself.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“I don't have a home. A home is a distraction. In my work, one cannot have distractions. I wouldn't necessarily know a home if I had one, though.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread

“I don't know if I can do it. Even if I can forgive myself, this is what I am now. And you'll never know who I was before.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow, Vol. 1: The Finely Woven Thread