Cos: "Look at the stars." Gim: "What?" Cos: "I said /look/." Gim: "Thousands and /thousands/..." Cos: "That's right. Every one of them marks a turning point -- a step along the path that, hopefully, will take the Legion from dream to destiny. And every one of them also marks a mistake we're going to make as we go." Gim: "That many, huh?" Cos: "Well...let's hope not /quite/. But if we're going to fulfill that destiny, we have to find the courage to learn from those mistakes...and be better because of them. Don't run out on us. Don't let James's death be in vain, and don't forget it. Make it our first and most important lesson. The Legion is a /team/. And teams stick together." LSH #62

    "Are we still alive? ...then there's /hope/."

     "Be on your guard! We're obviously up against an entity capable of /great evil/... ...I mean, can this likeness of me be any more unflattering?" L* #75

    "I switched off my ears. Free speech gives a man the right to talk about the "psychology" of an amoeba, but I don't have to listen." Elihu Nevins in _The Puppet Masters_, Robert Heinlein

     by the blending of breath from the sun and the shade equilibrium comes to the world. lao-tzu

     "You have no idea how rare it is for us to encounter someone friendly by accident, instead of wandering across yet another plot to conquer the universe or destroy everything. It's so tiresome to have to deal with nutcases and megalomaniacs all the time. I swear, sometimes you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a would-be supervillain." -- Imra Ardeen to Kem-El, on Summer World

     Lyle, whispered: 'Cos! Do you know where we /are/?' Cos, whispered: 'Shh! The U.P. secret archive in the underground bunker! Those ridiculous rumors /are/ true!' President Chu, deathglare: 'I'm trusting you not to /confirm/ those "ridiculous rumors", Cosmic Boy.'

     "People aren't meant to be alone," says Cosmic Boy simply, spreading his hands. "I don't think any of us would have come out the other end of what Jan went through in any better shape, no matter how at peace with ourselves we may think we are. Here in the Legion, so many of us /do/ face tests of strength and character, so often -- each time we're proven, we come out stronger, but without a parallax for our viewpoints, it'd be nearly impossible to integrate each new experience with an unbiased eye." Cos is standing, now, and he reaches out to put a hand on Val's shoulder. "We're a team for a reason, and we take care of our own for a reason. Through no fault, the team /did/ fail Jan. The only way we can possibly make it up to the universe is by making sure we don't fail anyone else, and doing it in his memory."

    "It's never 'by halves' with you, is it?" - Lyle to Cos

     Cos: "Jo...? Want to talk about it?" Jo: "Not too sure I /can/. So... how'd you find me?" Cos: "I followed you, to make sure you were all right." Jo: "Look, Cos... about our argument earlier..." Cos: "Forget it. That wasn't /you/ talking. It was your pain, your frustration." Jo: "With my powers, I could /end/ those frustrations, Cos. Solve some of our problems..." Cos: "You could, but at what cost? When you decide to be a hero, it's not an easy road. You have to make hard choices every day." Jo: "Seems I made some bad ones today..." Cos: "It's not that easy. It's not about good or bad, right or wrong. We have to use our powers with decency and compassion, to fight for those who can't fight for themselves." Jo: "But I let those guys go, Cos, not because I /chose/ to, but because I couldn't decide." Cos: "Don't worry about it, I took care of them for you. It all boils down to accountability, Jo. At the end of the day, who are you going to answer to? What's that symbol on your finger mean to you? If it's just a /club/, then it's worthless. But if it stands for something more... we can be an example. An ideal for others. Not to lord over them, but to inspire them." -Showcase '96 #10

    Ralph Dibny on the Time Trapper: "He hangs out at the end of time and drinks space margaritas."