Quotes by Sam J. Miller

Silence was my sisters weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like me. Silence was how she fought back. It wasnt passive, or an act of helplessness: it was a cold cruel withering blade, lasting far longer than my mothers rage or my own antagonism, strong enough to make us practically beg for forgiveness every time. Except now her weapon had gone haywire, turned on herself, driven her from her home and her support system and into what-knew-what kind of danger.

Every superhero, every Chosen One, goes through a painful and difficult process of Becoming. On this, all the relevant literature is in agreement. Ask any comic book aficionado, any movie buff. The heroes doubt themselves, even when confronted with irrefutable evidence. Theyve spent their whole lives listening to weak and powerless people who hate and fear anything that is different, who say that superhuman abilities simply dont exist, and they believe it.