Superman Quotes

“We can’t be spectators our whole lives, right? At some point we have to take a risk. Step into the action.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“So, he was breathing ice now? Great. He couldn’t even have dinner with friends without some random new power messing everything up.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“Unfortunately, her mother and her tutors were more focused on what Diana referred to as the Dire Warnings: War. Torture. Genocide. Pollution. Bad Grammar.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“Life, he realized, was a profoundly complicated thing. It was filled with awe and wonder and beauty, but it was also filled with heartbreak and loneliness. Maybe that was what made it so precious. You could never know what to expect next, or who might step into or out of your world. And the truth was that we were all navigating the mystery together.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“When you’re flying,” Bryan went on, “you look down at your city or your town, and you see how small everything looks. And you realize maybe your problems are small, too. And all the important people, like my dad—they’re small, too, you know? And it sort of puts everything into perspective.” Bryan looked at Clark with a pained smile. “Because the world is a really, really big place. And it existed for billions of years before we came along. And it may exist a billion more after we’re gone. And up there…you get that.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“I think things will always be okay between us, Clark. That’s what I’m beginning to realize. Until they’re not. Know what I mean? And even then they’ll probably still be okay.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“But maybe that’s what getting older is all about, right, Clark? You start to realize just how much of the world is unfair. And how few people care. It’s not about justice, right? It’s about power. And the people where I live…we don’t have any. Not yet.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker

“Lana had a cocky grin. “You never get answers if you don’t ask questions.”
― Matt de la Pena, Superman: Dawnbreaker