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Marvel's Luke Cage Quotes

“I'll enforce the unwritten rules while you enforce the written ones.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: They Reminisce Over You
Tagged: Unwritten, Rules, Enforcement, Written, Law
“Harlem's gonna need a king. I'm glad it's you.”
— Mariah Dillard, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: They Reminisce Over You
Tagged: Harlem, king, Happy, Queen
“Harlem doesn't need a hero; it needs a queen.”
— Mariah Dillard, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: For Pete's Sake
Tagged: Queen, Harlem, Hero, Heroic
“Because I love you, I was blinded by that shit. I didn't see the snitch in you. What the hell does that say about me?”
— Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: If It Ain't Rough, it Ain't Right
Tagged: Love, Blinded by love, Say About Me, Snitch
“Luke: I'm not in the market for a sidekick.

Misty: Who says you're not my sidekick?

Luke: Me? It's my show.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: On and On
Tagged: Sidekick, main character, show, Comeback
“That's Charles Darwin, not Mobb Deep you ignorant bastard.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: All Souled Out
Tagged: ignorant, Stupid, Charles Darwin, Mobb Deep
“You wanna hire this hero? The price just doubled.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: All Souled Out
Tagged: Hire, Hero, Price, Money, expensive
“Mariah: Let me make one thing crystal clear, 'Che.' You bust up in my office like that ever again, I will cut your balls off and roll them like dice.

Comanche: You gonna blow on 'em first?”
— Mariah Dillard, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: I Get Physical
Tagged: Euphomism, Threat, balls, dice
“Just because you're a woke superhero doesn't mean you have to be a broke superhero.”
— Bobby Fish, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 2: Soul Brother #1
Tagged: Woke, broke, Superhero, Money
“Who would have thought a black man in a hoodie would be a hero?”
— Aisha Axton, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: You Know My Steez
Tagged: Appearance, Hoodie, surprise, Hero
“This burden is bigger than you. Or me. People are scared but they can't be paralyzed by that fear. You have to fight for what's right every single day, bulletproof skin or not. You can't just not snitch, or turn away or take money under the table because life has turned you sour.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: You Know My Steez
Tagged: Burden, Fear, heroic deeds, Fight For What's Right, Action
“I should've kept my coat on, hell just froze over.”
— Bobby Fish, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Soliloquy of Chaos
Tagged: Coat, Hell Froze Over, realization
“Luke: What if this is a one-way trip?

Claire: Hey, hey, you are gonna make it. You hear me? You're gonna make it just fine. We're gonna fix this. Don't even. You're not dying in my mom's car.”
— Claire Temple, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: DWYCK
Tagged: Hope, Make It, Fix this, Death
“Ah. Nothing like an aged Scotch. You know there was a time you'd cross a Scotsman and he wouldn't think twice about cutting your head off with a sword. I like a drink that encourages such decisiveness.”
— Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Now You're Mine
Tagged: Scotch, Alcohol, Drink, Decisiveness
“I apply foot to ass. And match lead for lead. I put murderers in handcuffs. I don't just seek justice. I stalk it.”
— Misty Knight, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: DWYCK
Tagged: Lead for Lead, Murder, Justice, Obsessed with Justice
“I gave you wings! I sent you to hell, and you come back with superpowers! Ain't that a bitch?”
— Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Blowin' Up the Spot
Tagged: Wings, Superpowers, Sent You To Hell
“People fear what they can't see. And that's what makes you different. They see you. It makes them trust you.”
— Claire Temple, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Manifest
Tagged: Trust, Transparency, What Makes You Different, Fear
“Swiss cheese shirt, car bounces off of you, punching through steel and concrete. Just another day, right?”
— Claire Temple, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Suckas Need Bodyguards
Tagged: Extraordinary, Cheesy Shirt, Just Another Day, Strong
“Lieutenant Perez: Oh, uh... the ex-wife. Took all my money and she still needs the dick.

Misty: Glad to see chivalry isn't dead.”
— Misty Knight, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Suckas Need Bodyguards
Tagged: ex-wife, Money, Chivalry, Sex, Chivalry Isn't Dead
“I believe in Harlem. You know, my Harlem is saturated with jazz and good food and the pure genius that permeates the streets. Harlem is rising like a phoenix out of the ashes. I mean, that's what all of my various complexes are about, it's restoring that luster.”
— Mariah Dillard, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Suckas Need Bodyguards
Tagged: Harlem, Jazz, Good Food, Genius, Phoenix, Luster
“Blue: Yo, I plead the eighth.

Luke: You mean the fifth.

Blue: Yeah, that shit. I plead the fifth.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Just to Get a Rep
Tagged: Law, Plead The Fifth, mistake
“Pop never forgot his people. Where some people saw hard rock kids, he saw precious jewels. He reminded me that diamonds are formed by pressure, covered in dirt, but when you polish them, they shine. Pop saw the shine in everyone that walked in his barbershop, he cut their hair, he listened to their problems, and he made them feel better about the world, themselves.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Just to Get a Rep
Tagged: People, jewels, Best In Everyone, Diamonds, Shine
“Yeah, well there was beauty in that beast. You can't control what people say. Just be the best man that you can be.”
— Bobby Fish, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Just to Get a Rep
Tagged: Beast, beauty, Control, Good Person
“He used to say, one way or the other I would regret the life that I led. He used to say 'The Spirit of the Lord is on me because I have been anointed to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, and recovery of sight for the blind to release the oppressed.'”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Step in the Arena
Tagged: Regret, Life, Lord, Freedom, Bible, Preaching
“Slavery was always a good offer to a master.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Step in the Arena
Tagged: Slavery, Master, Perspective
“As long as you follow the rules, you'll be fine. Rule number one: You will obey every rule I say after rule number one. Rule number two: None but the righteous shall see God. And since we ain't got no righteous people in here, God ain't gonna have to worry about your shitty prayers. So that means I'm His mean, shitty substitute.”
— Albert Rackham, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Step in the Arena
Tagged: Rules, God, Righteous, Prayers, Substitute
“You're absolutely right. I'm not gonna touch him. Not the way I should. Since I can't touch the king, I'm gonna take his queen, his knights... his rooks... I'm knocking all his pieces off the board.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
Tagged: Chess, king, Queen, Winning, Outsmart, Outmatch
“I ain't guilty. But I ain't innocent either.”
— Luke Cage, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Code of the Streets
Tagged: guilty, innocent, Contradiction
“No, bro, I lit that shit up like the Fourth of July. It was all so Django Candieland shit for real. Lights, camera, action, baby! Somebody call Quentin!”
— Tone, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Code of the Streets
Tagged: Fourth Of July, Lights Camera Action, Explosions, lights
“I'm all about the old school. You know that eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth kind of thing. Fire and brimstone. See back then do someone wrong, wasn't no beggin' and pleadin'. Just took care of it. Handled your business.”
— Cornell Cottonmouth, Marvel's Luke Cage, Season 1: Code of the Streets
Tagged: Old School, Eye for An Eye, Fire, brimstone, Handled Your Business
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