Melinda Gebbie Quotes

“Monsters always make more trouble before they die.”

“Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.”

“Self-expression has to come out pure. It has to have an environment waiting for it. It has to have a garden it can plant itself in.”

“Living your life on your own terms is utterly glorious. It makes perfect sense to you, but you have to be willing to let go of everything else. It has to be okay if nobody else likes that, but then when other people see that you are brave, you don’t mind. They’re fascinated by that because we all love brave people. We all love it when people are heroic.”

“I think, honestly, the film industry is eating up comics characters at such a fast pace, and spewing them out as so much unspeakable, stench-y, crap. I mean, I think people are going to get pretty sick of the comics product of superhero, per se. Super-heroism seems to be so visceral for these times. Nobody needs a big clunky guy to throw cars about. You know, we’ve got drunks in town here that can do that. We don’t need that kind of superhero. What we need is a super-sage. We need a genuine group of wise people. We need to become wise. That’s the job of tomorrow; becoming wise, and integrated, and understanding.”

“With your brain you will be smart, with your heart you will be wise but with both of them you'll be something Awesome for Other peoples”

“How can you fall in love at first sight when you can't even see?”

“After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.”

“But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.”

“She was so exhausted. She slept. She was unaware of Tyler stifling his own grief.”