“Can't be part of the rat race when you're one of the rats who knows you're in a cage.”
“Despite our tiffs, despite her nastiness, despite all the fuss and faces she made, and the vulgarity, and the danger, and the horrible hopelessness of it all, I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise - a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames - but still a paradise.”
“Luke Cage: "It's my house! I paid for it with my own money!" Iron Fist: "My money." Luke Cage: "His money, but it's still my house!”
“Don't ever forget the words on a postcard that my father sent me last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.”
“Despite all my efforts, I still can't honestly say that I feel closer to God and to myself.”