X-Men Quotes

“(The Skrull Beatles discuss their future.)

"So when this is all over, are we still gonna be the Skrull Beatles then?"
"I quite fancy being the Skrull Monkees for a bit."
"The dialogue's easier."
"As long as I get to be Peter Tork.”
― Paul Cornell, X-Men: Wisdom - Rudiments of Wisdom

“Wisdom: "Oh, fantastic. We've got an army made up of fairies and Beatles, and we're fighting H. G. Wells' martians and bloody Jack the Rippers. Who's next? Dick Van Dyke? Mr Bean? John Cleese and his dead parrot?”
― Paul Cornell, X-Men: Wisdom - Rudiments of Wisdom

“(On Captain Britain) "Every British person thinks he's got the same accent as them. The air around him is warm like a summer meadow. He smells of honey. I've seen grown men weep at the sight of him.”
― Paul Cornell, X-Men: Wisdom - Rudiments of Wisdom

“Captain Midlands: "I met the real you once."
John (Lennon) the Skrull: "You're meeting the real me now."
Captain Midlands: "I told him to get his bleedin' hair cut.”
― Paul Cornell, X-Men: Wisdom - Rudiments of Wisdom

“John the Skrull: (as Merlyn) "Here, listen. It's me, Merlyn, the magic man. There's no need for all this conflict, like. I command you to--"
Tink: "Suck my tits, you fairy fuckers!"
John the Skrull: "I was going to say 'give peace a chance'...”
― Paul Cornell, X-Men: Wisdom - Rudiments of Wisdom