Quotes from Saga, Vol. 1

“Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid.

Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed.

Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep.

No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way.

They all end the same, too.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Forgive me if I don't take relationship advice from a dead teenager missing her vagina.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“What kind of assholes bring a kid into worlds like these?”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“If there's an opposite of a honeymoon, it's the week after a couple's first child is born.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“They can't hurt us, you big babies! We're intangible! Why are you guys acting like you just died yesterday?”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Trust me, this whole freakout is probably just hormonal. You only gave birth, what, a week ago? Your body's still, like, a wasteland of chemical imbalance.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all important savior... but thanks to these two, at least I get to grow old.

Not everybody does.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“You know, for a pacifist, you sure beg to get stabbed a lot”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Dude, your husband is gonna die!”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“So what? He’s good to you and Hazel now, isn’t he? Who cares if he’s got history with some other broad?”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Have you ever been shot by one? Because I have and it hurt like the day my dog died...”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all-important savior...”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“Oh, fuck you, you self-righteous piece of...BALD”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

“I thought so. Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do”
― Brian K. Vaughan, quote from Saga, Vol. 1

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