quotes taken from the Marvel novel, Daredevil: The Cutting Edge (1999) by Madeleine E. Robins // adjust pronouns and lines as needed.

1. I'm just a business woman, I don't need the trouble...
2. I don't want to cause trouble. Maybe you could ask your patrons to cooperate?
3. Why do the bad guys go to the same bar?
4. Anyone got anything they want to share with the class?
5. Are you just a discipline problem in the making, or do you have something useful to contribute?
6. Naughty, naughty.
7. Look, I'm not in here looking for you, so why don't you just stop being an idiot.
8. Keep those ears to the ground.
9. You never know when Imight take it into my head to come back again.
10. No breakage, this time. They're learning.
11. No one knows anything! Least of all me!
12. That, I'll never believe. You always have the latest word.
13. A little judicious flattery can work wonders.
14. He's got no gig, he's a flipping wild card.
15. You're all flipping wild cards. That's partof your charm.
16. You'd think you and your playmates would be all over yourselves trying to help.
17. I don't like lawyers!
18. He gets like you out of jail after guys like me have put them away.
19. Call any hour of the day or night.
20. Don't throw the card away, I'll know.
21. Bad move, bringing this into my neighborhood.
22. You don't get to hurt one of my people and walk away.
23. Wherever you are, whoever you are, this ends.
24. It's hard to tell over the phone.
25. Don't worry, I have a lot of practice finding chairs.
26. Your face, are you okay?
27. This? I walked into a door. Nothing to worry about.
28. Okay, hero, play brave, competent, [disabled] person.
29. What's going on here? Keep your mind on the problms at hand.
30. That would be none of his business, now, wouldn't it?
31. I suppose the supply of peetty criminals has to come from somewhere.
32. If I get distracted by this now, it won't help anyone.
33. The smell is killing us, I can imagine what it's doing to you.
34. Nah, just stands to reason. Besides, you told me so yesterday.
35. The paint fumes are eating my brain cells. D'you think I have case if I sue?
36. Geez, most big-money people think that, but they won't say it out loud ⸺
37. It's hardly likely she'd be an humanitarian.
38. That guy is a piece of work, you're going to love this!
39. Oh, I already do, but make me love him more.
40. He sounds like the kind of guy who pulled the wings off butterflies and tortured puppy dogs.
41. Basically, your overprivileged sociopath.
42. I wasn't always the polished gem you see now.
43. He has the business ethics of a piranha.
44. Judiciously applied, the business ethics of a piranha can be very useful.
45. Time to use my power for good.
46. Make it good, boyo.
47. Hey, we're working on it.
48. In other words, hurry up and forget it!
49. Yer just jealous 'cause the department didn't issue you any tights!
50. Look, you cannot say or think anything nastier about those S.O.B.s than I have myself but that's not constuctive.
51. If you like it hot, but I gotta say, man, you oughtta use a little caution.
52. Could'a been a flippin' army on your tail, man, and you'd'a never known it 'til it was too late.
53. I'm touched by your concern, but I promise you I'm well armed.
54. It wouldn'ta done you any good for me to get taken in for questioning.
55. Nah. Onee of those Irish names. Shee-vahn.
56. It's frightening to have a madman on the loose.
57. Well, the only thing to do wwith a bully and a coward is face him straight on!
58. Now it's time for bed, close your weary eyes and dream of me.
59. You get to do this every night?
60. You're a darling, but I'm too tired to argue about it.
61. In five minutes, I'll be laughing at myself for an hysterical fool, and brushing my teeth and falling into bed.
62. In this weather? He must be so hot!
63. This is where I'm going to die.
64. I have to remember every detail. If I live, I'll tell someone his eyes are blue. If I live.
65. You have great bone structure.
66. My job isn't to punish, but, where the hell is he?
67. Well, look. The neighborhood avenger. Come on, you wanna play?
68. Can't aim for flesh, connect with the knife, disarm him. Then you can take him out.
69. Isn't as much fun when you're picking on someone your own size, is it?
70. Spread the word, sweetheart.
71. I couldn't... fight him...
72. You stayed alive, you did the right thing.
73. Bullies... never give in to... bullies.
74. You didn't give in, you were very brave.
75. You did good, remember that.
76. Oh my, really bad night.
77. I don't deserve you.
78. You roll in here looking like someone shot your dog, so I figure I can be self-absorbed and ill-tempered some other morning.
79. Oh, my god. Oh, god, how badly was she hurt?
80. It's my fault, I knew it was a mistake, oh my god.
81. My god, it must have been like waving a red flag at him.
82. Listen, sweetheart, whatever you did, it's not your fault.
83. If anyone's to blame, it' me.
84. She's one of the most arrogant, self-serving, insincere women I've ever met.
85. Physically, she made me feel like running in circles and baaying at the moon.
86. Mentally, I wanted to pitch her out the window.
87. That was the effect she had on me, physically.
88. Maybe that blow to the head I took the other night?
89. I've got tickets for Turandot tonight at the Met. Will you be my guest?
90. Voice-mail. Curse or blessing?
91. I find I'm old-fashioned enough to prefer talking to a live humaan being.
92. Old-fashioned is the last word I would apply to you.
93. Well, maybe old-fashioned in the right ways.
94. I can't tell you how much I look forward to evening. Seven o'clock.
95. Hey, counselor. Time to get up. You have places to go and things to do, yes?
96. Lies. All lies.
97. I don't think they're ever leaving. I think they like it here.
98. It's air conditioned, the coffee's free, they get to point and laugh at the poor people trying to work.

quotes taken from the Marvel novel, Daredevil: The Cutting Edge (1999) by Madeleine E. Robins // adjust pronouns and lines as needed.

1. Come on, let's go hide from the painters.
2. Let me have five to get a cup of coffee, then I'll start returning calls, okay? I promise.
3. Nothing more than crushing piles of work. The usual. What's up?
4. I always like to know what I'm up against.
5. I wanted to play. Get a really tough problem and come up with an elegant solution.
6. You'll have to make this the "For Dummies" version.
7. Heartbreaking. You expect setbacks, but we were so close!
8. I mean, it worked ⸺ it just had this damned baggage with it.
9. Well, I'm over it. Grieved, moved on.
10. Turnabout and all that. I mean, I think it would be poetic justice, don't you?
11. Made me feel like I was thirteen years old, watching the senior prom queen in the hall in high school.
12. So you think because she's a babe that she's capable of planning murder?
13. Ow! Be careful! You don't know your own strength!
14. If I were afraid of you, would I be sitting here?
15. Let me uncomplicate things.
16. Let's talk about it before you do anything more like that.
17. No one is going to challenge me and get off easily. He taught me that.
18. We're walking a very fine line, don't upset the balance.
19. I promised: nothing unless we consult.
20. I was in the middle of a major negotiation, something that had really gotten bollixed up.
21. I was still in Big, Tough [name] mode when we meet, and I'm afraid I really wasn't very civil.
22. No, actually, I felt so bad about the way the meeting ended, I wanted to see if we could meet again.
23. Somewhere neutral, so I won't be tempted to bring my baggage along with me.
24. How about a cup of coffee in the Village, about five-thirty? Do you know the Coffeteria on 12th and Broadway?
25. Thank you so much, I really look forard to proving I'm not the monster I'm sure I seemed the other day.
26. Reduces me to a screaming hormonal pulp?
27. Partner, this whole business is so convoluted, it makes my head hurt.
28. Oh, that's right. Make it all about you, why don't you?
29. Well, I did it, didn't I? Walking around in the middle of the night with no more sense than a tennis shoe.
30. I don't want to hear you fretting about me getting in trouble.
31. It's my fault for not using the brains God gave me and letting you drive me all the way home.
32. Normal? How can things ever be normal when someone has played tic-tac-toe on your face with a Bowie knife?
33. Don't you think you ought to relax a little?
34. You were kind'a attacked by a very big guy with a knife. He's what you have to worry about.
35. I might as well get right up there on the bandwagon with her.
36. Garbagey talk show. Ouch. A sign of his interest in talking to the press? Tact, tact.
37. You really don't like being challenged at all, do you?
38. If I had my knife, you'd be down on your knees parying, you nobody, you nothing...
39. I have to do something, and this is what I can do.
40. My point is, I love you, and I don't want to have to bring you flowers at St. Clare's.
41. Be careful. That shiner is just beginning to fade; you don't need another, and I do need you. Okay?
42. Once again, it's all the fault of the guy in the tights, jeez.
43. You and your delicate sense of humor!
44. Too tired, too much to carry. I'll come back tomorrow and get them.
45. It's as tired as I am.
46. A quiet evening, thank God.
47. Okay, genius, what now?
48. If you promise not to shoot me, I'll tell you who did it.
49. If you try running, I'll catch you and we'll just play harder when we get where we're going.
50. Just crack the window an inch, please. Or I'm going to be sick all over you and the upholstery, and you can deal with the stench.
51. What are you gonna do, kill me?
52. That's it, that counts as your last wish. If you want to make a statement ⸺ I don't want to hear it.
53. Come on, I'm doing the best I can.
54. God, if ever you could hear what I was thinking, now would be a good time.
55. Stay alive, [name]. I'm here.
56. What are you, Iron Man?
57. Okay, so I can find you, but you're still made of spun adamantium or something. Why didn't that punch flatten you?
58. No wonder you like it ⸺ a very "you" kind'a statement
59. Look, I'm going to close my eyes and rest for a while, don't let anything exciting happen while I'm out, okay?
60. Are you sure you're supposed to be scolding me in your weakened condition?
61. I was just trying to distract you from telling me you were right about it.
62. I hadn't planned on scolding you about that until you were strong enough to fight back.
63. A man without fear, huh? You looked a little edgy there, last night.
64. A man without fear can dive off the Condorde into a damp paper cup without blinking... but not the thought of life without you.
65. You say the absolutely perfect thing sometimes. You really do.
66. I never know whether you're as clumsy as you seem, or just playing a very, very crafty part. Well, you're not dead yet.
67. It must be tied to the chromosomes, some elusive girl thing about ties.
68. Don't antagonize the big guy right now.
69. And if you had a brain in your head and hadn't kept going off on your own ⸺
70. If I go in now, I'll only attract attention and endanger you.
71. That the way you treat all your dates?
72. I'm going to have to keep hurting him, damaging him, until he stops, until I've done so much damage he can't go on. Can I fight that way?
73. Gotta stop this now. Tired, and I think I broke a rib. Okay, big boy!
74. Who did they think they were, Dr. Jekyll or something? Cripes!
75. Cosmic irony: man with no sympathy has a heart that beats sympathetically.
76. Hey... I'm one of the good guys, right?
77. Look at me. I look like... the Hulk's baby sister. And it's going to get worse.
78. It was grotesque. He looks like a monster. He used to be so beautiful.
79. I'm not stupid. I played a risky game and I lost. I lost it big and I'm going to wind up a monster.
80. Tell me about the colors.
81. Tell me what you hear.
82. I think they want us front and center to be thanked.
83. Anyone here ever ask you what the most beautiful word in the English language is, you can tell'em: home.
84. That's a couple of bad guys down.
85. Hey you, having a good time?
86. With you? Always.
87. We could rent a movie, then curl up on the couch together and ignore it.
88. That sounds good. We could even forget the movie.
89. Even better, I love you a lot.
90. That is what keeps me going.

quotes taken from the Marvel novel, Daredevil: The Cutting Edge (1999) by Madeleine E. Robins // adjust pronouns and lines as needed.

1. Don't bother to buzz him, I've been summoned.
2. It couldn't happen to a more deserving victim.
3. I don't believe in fairy tales.
4. It's too nebulous, too pie-in-the-sky.
5. Not one of 'em understands the bottom line, I'll bet.
6. Can I bring you a cup of coffee? I'm already on number seven or eight... I forget which.
7. So now we talk about my coffee consumption?
8. We do need to talk about your health.
9. Who the hell's been telling you these lies?
10. Wouldn't you like a chance to go, I don't know, live on a beach somewhere, drinking rum punch or something?
11. I'd rather go to hell, I love this. This is what I do.
12. Everyone dies sooner or later.
13. This room would lok so much better with lighter color, less brass and leather. It's such an old money look. It's old fashioned.
14. I've given myself a little time. I've given myself almost a year. I don't want to wait any longer.
15. This room defintiely needs to go lighter. Get rid of those horrible dark drapes, all the leather.
16. Maybe it's better this way. It's really very graceful of you; I wouldn't have thought of it. You die, I get the insurance money, we save the cost of a gold watch, and I get your office.
17. Don't look at me that way; I'm not the one who drank a dozen cups of coffee a day and never got any exercise.
18. I think my work is done. Thanks for the chat, it's been lovely.
19. Boy, is he in a mood! He asked not to be disturbed, and I suree wouldn't go in there if I were you.
20. By day, lawyer, friend, even lover. By night, Daredevil.
21. Not bad for a skinny blindd kid from Hell's Kitchen.
22. Not as flashy as Spider-Man, maybe, but not too shabby.
23. Heads up, Charming!
24. Great, he likes to fight. Okay, pal, then party it is!
25. Heading this way; hope they brought an ambulance.
26. All right, longjohns, we'll do it without the blade.
27. I didn't kill him. Not with that blow, not this guy.
28. What is this guy, a zombie?
29. You moron, he's not the perp!
30. Okay, Mr. Off-the-Rack, what else did you leave behind?
31. How did you know ⸺ Oh. He told you.
32. He saved my life, did he tell you that?
33. Do you know how the attacker knew your name?
34. It's okay, you've been very brave.
35. It was a kind lie, kindly meant.
36. Don't ever let me lose you.
37. Pleading "blind man walked into the door" again, your honor.
38. It's impressive. What did you do?
39. Must have been one hell of a wall ⸺
40. Yaaaay for thee good guy!
41. So, he was the wall you ran into?
42. Yeesh, I don't have to worry about you.
43. The fumes play havoc with my sniffer.
44. Wht is that tune? You've been humming it for weeks.
45. Show off. I bet you even know what it means.
46. If I told you what it meant, that would be showing off.
47. Maybe it just works better when you've got a little life experience under your belt.
48. Triumph and hell, all at once. I wish you could have seen it.
49. Do you have time for coffee?
50. How about dinner tonight? In a real restaurant. Like grownups.
51. Off to Rykers. Another day in Fun City.
52. Have fun storming the castle!
53. Well, for the love a' ⸺
54. Maybe I should get Seeing Eye cat?
55. Seeing Eye gorilla, maybe!
56. Well, of the two, I guess the brain's more important.
57. Okay. Tell me the story the way you want to tell it.
58. They thought I'd be most... diplomatic.
59. Doesn't it seem a little too tidy? The pink ribbons and all?
60. Very good. Getting lots done. Very busy.
61. Does she have spies everywhere?
62. It's really lovely. I think you'll like it.
63. It should be lovely, for the amount of money it cost us.
64. Do we really need three playgrounds?
65. I presume that when you say "we are taking care of it" you mean you and ⸺
66. A problem? My dear, I trust you implicitly.
67. I don't care if you kill off a few of the local to drive the rest off, but don't taint the neighborhood.
68. He's playing golf! Who put this guy in a position where he can talk to the public?
69. Go away. You're interrupting my golf game.
70. Not me, I'm naturally susicious.
71. I was wondering if it was really any better in the lunch room than at your desk.
72. I just thought this might be more fun than what you were writing.
73. Tooth extraction would be more fun than what I'm writing.
74. Okay, hotshot, I'll take a stroll across the 'Net and see what turns up.
75. Does it look like they're going to be done with the painting anytime soon?
76. I don't like to leave you holding the bag, partner, but ⸺
77. Hey, I know what the fumes do to you.
78. The painters must be doing a brilliant job, because they're certainly taking their time. Only office is fully painted.
79. The chaos is too distracting.
80. Hang tough, partner. The painting can't go on forever.
81. The painting can't last forever, it'll only seem that way.
82. The paint fumes are probably eating my brain cells as we speak.
83. I can't smell anything, my food tastes funny...
84. I'm wasting away to a shadow of my former self.
85. I owe you one, when the painting'sdone and you can smell again, dinner's on me.
86. Two-bit mouthpieces! He actually said that? Who writes his dialouge?
87. At least he didn't call me shyster. I hate that.
88. So this guy deals with his problems by insulting you?
89. Why not just wave a big, huge red flag that says something susicious here?
90. Diplomacy is great for negotiation, but it makes lousy radio.
91. I will be the soul of discretion.
92. Is that what it says?
93. Nah, but I had you going for a minute, didn't I?
94. Geez, what a way to die.
95. Cripes, come down if you want to talk. I don't need a stiff neck.
96. You find anything out, share the wealth, will you?
97. Try not to break any of your well-informed friends too badly loking for information, okay?
98. Right, everytime you come in to chat, I wind up doing renovations. New plate glass, new tables, new ribcage...

ᴍᴀʀᴠᴇʟ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄs sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs - Daredevil 2019 issues 1 - 2 

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