Wesley Dodds (New Earth)/Quotes

Midnight favors the weary… and the wary. Midnight heralds the path of the sleepless… and marks the scheming of villainy! Midnight is the domain… of The Sandman!

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)

The Sands of Time run swift.

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The Thing that had first impressed me about Dian was her strongly developed Sense of Self. What ultimately captivated me was her gradually growing Sense of others.

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Your Mind is that of a Child, and your Structure that of a Monster. But true Monsters are marked by their Intentions. Pleasant Dreams, gentle Brute.

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Perhaps it's the company I keep. Brings out the "wild" side in me.

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To sing so sweetly and yet be so evil.

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People starving on the Streets and we sit here like Kings of the World, throwing around imaginary Money like it was Newsprint. I'll not be Part of it.

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)

Hubert Klein. You are an Observer of the Dead and I have need of their Secrets.

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Your clinic of murder has been closed, Dr. Death. License revoked.

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That's what I find so insidious about the underworld... it's carelessness in its cruelty, accidental victims, and blanket destruction for specific targets...

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The dreams have always led me to places I had never been. To mysteries I might never've explored. The sands of time drift over my Life and my desires. Burying me in a world of corruption. A world I wouldn't have known otherwise.

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)

So simple to fool you Mr. Tarantula - Alias Mr. Crossart - My hat and cape on a pillow - a string to topple it when you shot -

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When heroes are clowns who jump, run and hop – no honour in service ne'er doctor nor cop.

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A spider will prey, its web taut with schemes but cannot escape the Sandman's dark dream.

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I dream in the dark tidals - pools of greed. Where unquenchable appetites shape the churning endless waves. Into a vortex of delirium and hatred.

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I am the Sandman. And none can escape my dark dreams.

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And so - till another time - adieu to the Sandman.

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)

Think you can make it through today without creating an international incident?

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One last thing, Professor Hazzard. You've walked the corridors of dream, have you not? When you go back there again, would you tell them I miss the old dreams, the ones I had when I was younger... the ones that made me what I was?

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God... Oh, god, what have I done? All the years... So many years of Sandy's life... Wasted... Because I jumped to conclusions... Because I was too proud... Too ashamed... To admit what I had caused! Sandy, please... I beg of you... Forgive me!

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A pot of sulphur lead! The same constituents of my gas that hold off the power of that globe -- that's how I escaped being killed.

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Yes, we may be of different nationalities and religions- Protestant, Catholic or Jewish - but together we're all red-blooded, clean, healthy free Americans! You can't beat that combination, Adolf… It's too strong!!

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And now, young fellow, you've proved such a swell comrade-in-arms, suppose we make it a team from now on, fighting against crime and evil.

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Three Sandmen are we! One for all and all for one -- and ALL for Justice!

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This is a queer errand, to-night's. If I were only more sure.

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He's getting away! I wish I had a gun!

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This hammer is an electrical masterpiece! It can send enough voltage into the strongest steel to blow it to pieces!

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I wouldn't swear to it ... Those doodles may be a coincidence! But Sandman and Sandy are going to find out for certain.

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I'll put on my gas mask and limp around like an old fool. Perhaps I'll get lucky... I love you, Dian.

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)

However, an old adventure I shared with your father... one I recently recalled... reminded me never to be surprised by a criminal's stupidity.

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I've had Dian with me for fifty years. And because of that I've had happiness for all of them. Great sex, too, I might add.

--Wesley Dodds (New Earth)