Phrases and thoughts from Rachel over time.
"Goodbyes are always tough...
especially if you think there's still
a lot to be said before parting."
~X-Men #30
"I don’t know who you are...
or how you know who I am...
or why you think I can’t do what I can do--!
But I know this! I’m the Phoenix--
and my power speaks for itself!"
~X-Factor Annual #5
"You look good, Rachel."
"You too, Scrapper."
"You’re not ever gonna let me live that nickname down, are you?"
"Worked hard enough to earn it."
~X-Men Annual #14
Franklin & Rachel
"You could hide anything from me."
"It's trust then, pure and simple. A leap of faith."
"Yeah, headlong into the abyss. Why should I?"
"Because the Phoenix has no choice but to follow the dictates of her heart."
~X-Men Annual #14
Rachel & Franklin
"All my life, I’ve dreamed of a moment like this.
Lazing away a sunny summer afternoon with my sweeties."
"'Sweeties?' You mean, I got a rival?"
"Darn straight, I got a baby brother!"
~X-Men Annual #14
Rachel & Franklin
"I know it couldn’t have been easy for anyone
to meet a daughter from a possible future.
I was pretty angry when I first came here.
I didn’t give a thought how other people might feel.
I’m just glad we’re friends now."
~X-men #30
"Dreams are sometimes windows... to other realities.
And waking doesn't always make things better."
~Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn
"When the reality no longer exists...
exploiters can take the legend... and
make it whatever they want, good or bad."
~Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn
"I'm Phoenix. If I die, it's only to be reborn--
hopefully better and brighter than before."
~Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn
"Phoenix-- some telepathic 'Friendly Persuasion,' if you please?"
"My pleasure."
"Ray-- stop! I meant interrogate the creep-- not incinerate him!"
"Trust me Kitty. I really do know... what I’m doing."
~Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem
Kitty & Rachel
"Why is it when I almost destroy the universe, everyone gets upset?"
"I hardly destroyed the universe!"
"But not for lack of trying."
~Excalibur: Air Apparent
Rachel & Brian & Kurt
"How dare you toy with me?!
How dare you display such contempt for my feelings--
for my very life?! I could kill you right here and now!"
~Excalibur #26
"Ah, the smell of testosterone in the air! An entire dimension
full of demons, and you two opt to slug it out between yourselves!"
~Excalibur #38
"I'm a quick learner.
Eat solar flare, O mighty teacher."
~Excalibur #50
"The war is over. But the peace still has to be won."
~Excalibur #67
"And then, me alone-- cast back into the past, into this present where so much seems the same,
yet so much is totally different. And maybe I'm supposed to change things and try to stop what's
to come only I don't know if I'm actually making things better or worse... and I'm afraid, Kitty,
I'm going to have to live through that nightmare all over again! Curse you, Kate Pryde!
Couldn't you have left well enough alone-- and let me die with you?!"
~X-Men: True Friends #1
They barely listen to me.
If only I’d inherited my father’s gift of leadership.
No one could mobilize a disparate group of stubborn
individuals like Scott Summers.
~X-Men: Phoenix #2
"You know more than you imagine. Remember."
"You did not return to this era by accident. You chose this time. Remember."
"You have greater purpose than to end Apocalypse's reign.
When the time comes-- and you will know it-- protect the
child born on the day of spring. Now go. Be reborn
once more. And remember."
~X-Men: Phoenix #2
Rachel: past, present & future
"You’ve taken a friend from me.
My father always told me not to let my
emotions rule my decisions in battle.
Too bad I take after my mother."
~X-Men: Phoenix #3
"In another time, I would fight you till my very last breath--
but not today. Death no longer frightens me,
for I have seen the future. Our future."
~X-Men: Phoenix #3
"Judge? Jury? And executioner? Goodgolly- goodgosh,
Cable-- where would the world be without you?"
"Trust me... you don't want to know."
~Excalibur #71
Rachel & Cable
"So, believe it or not, that would make you--"
"...Your sister? Sort of. But you’re older than Scott--
who’s both our father. Sort of."
~Cable #9
Cable & Rachel
"Would you like to see the scars I bear for having
been branded a mutant-hunting hound in the future?"
"No. Let’s not get into swapping childhood
horror stories, Rachel, or we’ll be here all day."
~Cable #9
Rachel & Cable
"How can we feel such an... intimate... affinity
for each other when we're not even really related?"
"But there's something wonderful about it all at the
same time, isn't there? We finally get to start asking
questions about why we belong with this family of people-- instead of why we were always apart."
~Cable #9
Cable & Rachel
"I’m perfectly normal.
Underneath all this cosmic smoke and flame...
beneath my polished veneer as a primal force of the universe,
as intergalactic avatar... I’m just a good, old-fashioned,
chronologically displaced American woman."
~Excalibur #75
"Kitty, promise me you’ll say 'Hello.'"
"I- I don’t understand."
"When I’m born, to Scott and Jean.
Promise me you’ll hold me in your arms...
keep me safe and warm...
and give me a kiss 'Hello.'"
"I... promise."
"Thank you."
~Excalibur #75
Rachel & Kitty
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