Paul Cornell Quotes

John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. In the most ordinary of deeds.

~ Paul Cornell

Captain Midlands: I met the real you once.John (Lennon) the Skrull: You're meeting the real me now.Captain Midlands: I told him to get his bleedin' hair cut.

~ Paul Cornell

John the Skrull: (as Merlyn) Here, listen. It's me, Merlyn, the magic man. There's no need for all this conflict, like. I command you to--Tink: Suck my tits, you fairy fuckers!John the Skrull: I was going to say 'give peace a chance'...

~ Paul Cornell

The idea of parts of the body public fighting each other was like the idea of a man's punching himself in the face. It was a physical blasphemy that suited this era as an index of how far it had all gone.

~ Paul Cornell

You with the tentacles, you're nicked!

~ Paul Cornell

DI Cartwright: The cat is booby trapped? DI Quill: Welcome to my world.

~ Paul Cornell

John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism.Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health.

~ Paul Cornell

Monsters were one thing. She was used to monsters, she could deal with monsters. A noise in the darkness, with nothing attached to it, was another.

~ Paul Cornell