"Victory's price is sometimes painfully expensive. Especially when that price is the death of your best friend. But life goes on, for those who study and catalog the space/time continuum-- there are numerous new mysteries-- from time's beginning to its very end-- where similar matters will be pondered. But the Universe is consistent and whole. And those answers will unfold-- in time."
"Ground zero. Raw energy, expanding itself at an immesurable rate, surges out of control, this is-- the beginning. Time and the Universe are born as one. Fifteen billions years ago, there is only blinding, white light. Quarks form out of hydrogen. Minutes later, the Universe is totally opaque. Form and substance are irrelevant. In the opacity light is unable to travel-- electrons are unable to stay in orbits, and super-hot temperatures drop drastically. Hours later, though, a rift forms... and entropy floods the Universe."
"I used to be the errand boy for the guardians of the universe. It was a thankless job. I knew that. I had never asked for anything. The one time that I did, I was denied. It dawned on me then just how unfair the universe really was... How much in need of a makeover. But now it's gone. As are the guardians. I say we need a new start. A fresh beginning. Done right. I tried this before. You know. But I was limiting myself when I tried to remake Coast City. Fixing one city doesn't help when the whole world... the whole universe... is messed up. This is my blank page for creation. My chance to remake everything-- the way it should be."
"Death is everywhere! An evil unlike anyother is taking us all! This is the time-- we need your brand of justice! We need you! -Fear not, Jay Garrick. -Corrigan. -It is The Spectre who joins you now! The man I once was... Jim Corrigan... died decades ago! -I know... but I always feel compelled to appel to the human in you. -I know that a mortal hand is controlling this crisis-- and used the fury of chaos for murder! Looking into the shadow of time is difficult even for one such as I. Worry not, Jay Garrick... your death will be avenged. -My... death? What are you talk-- ...My god."
"You tried to take advantage of what I started. Tried to build your own vision of the future... order you would control. Well, your way is wrong. I won't stand for any interference in making things right again. These multiple fisures are caused by an obstruction in the timestream. I'll remove it-- as easily as I'll remove you if you get in my way again."
"The torch held with nobility and honor by the first generation-- has been passed. There's no applause, no words of congratulations. The silence screams respect."
"Natural disasters do not concern me. My mission is directed only against evil... Your struggles with the laws of nature are of little matter to me, Metron. Begone!"
"Shouldn't we have plucked a more experienced Hal Jordan out of the past to serve as our great champion Pol Manning? -No. We need Jordan while he is young and pure. After all... we know his final, malevolent fate."