GLIMPSES --- those quick, incomplete insights regarding our mysterious Lady Luck....
This archive of quotes hope to capture some of these memorable lines and moments,
for you to be able to take a leisurely look in search for precious clues....

Many thanks to BJ Carlson, for giving me the inspiration to begin this section.
In fact, she was the one who suggested a most wonderful way to organise these quotes,
which I have used, with some modifications,
after wringing those issues I own dry of any possible useful thing....

Date created: 8th May 99

I hereby give you:

DOMINO, the

=========================================================

DANEROUS

"Grizzly, you are such a beer-soaked useless bag of MEAT! Cover me while I reload!"
~X-Force #23

" You said I could KILL her!!"
~X-Force #24

"That's it. I'm KILLING her NOW!!"
~Cable #4

" You poor thing. You should've blown your brains out."
~Cable #37

" ...I can tell you this:
No matter how many times you set me -- or the people I care for -- up...
No matter how many times you try to knock us down --
there's always gonna be one Domino left standing!"
~Domino Ltd Series #3

" You know there's a fine line between interrogation and torture.
Don't make me CROSS it."
~X-Force #86

=========================================================

COO OPERATOR

On defining mortality:
" Just because he's dead doesn't mean it's fatal!"
~X-Force #9
( Technically this is Vanessa, but Nessa has literally become Dom, so I'll count this one in. 'Cos this is one of my FAV one-liners...^_*)

On handling a date with Nate:
" ...I'm a grown woman right? We're both adults right?
Nate could only get the wrong impression -- if I give him the wrong impression."
~Cable #15

" You and I have been in the field long enough to know --
NEVER SAY DIE! "
~Cable #24

" Since Meltdown's not here, someone has to blow something up."
~X-Force #68

" Remember, I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
That's my gift -- I walk away from everything."
~X-Force #68

" The problem with guys like you, SnakeSkin, is you're all talk and no action.
You're such a tease."
~X-Force #76 ( whilst she gave the chain a squeeze around the latter's neck)

" Don't sweat it 'Star.
Arcade loves pitting friend against friend. It's one of his favorite games.
Do what you have to do. I won't take it personally. And neither should you!! "
~X-Force #76

=========================================================

GULELESS

On the arrival of Nathan outside her door,
"Ulp. He's here."
~Cable #15 ( Dom's so cute when she's nervous ^_^)

On the merits of moving into MurderWorld:
"....Okay,okay, forgetting the funky life-sized pinball we can play...."
~X-Force # 40

Before the End,
" Look, I'm not gonna pretend I understand what a M'Kraan Crystal is."
~Cable #20

When aliens are landing in the backyard,
" The neighbours are going to love this."
~X-Force And Cable '96

=========================================================

EMORABLES

=========================================================

SHOW STOPERS

"... We've all lost control at sometime in our lives
-- it's part of this insane business we're in --
where life and death are so close
you could barely put a straight-edged razor between them..."
~ Cable #24

"Look, any way you slice it this isn't easy for me.
I think...I think some of the anger I had at you -- was really directed at myself.
That....Man, this is hard.
By keeping myself such a mystery to Cable and the X-Force kids
-- they had no basis to determine that I'd been replaced."
~ Cable #39

"Ever wish we could be two ordinary people with ordinary problems?
I know it's silly because we are not ordinary....
and our lives are complicated by extraordinary circumstance."
~ X-Force #70

"Look at me, I'm shaking. Whatever they did to me on that operating table has thrown me off-centre....and until I regain my sense of balance, I'm no good to anyone.
Not in the field. Not in a relationship."
~ X-Force #70

" Sometimes, having a conscience can be a royal pain."
~ X-Force #72

"...Me, I spent my life trying to get as far away as possible from my immediate family."
~ X-Force #87

=========================================================

ARCASTIC

"Wonderful. I'm sitting here waiting to become a fried albino and the two of you are arguing over whose decision it was to incinerate me!! "
~ X-Force #36

" Looks. Charm. And self-confidence. I can't imagine why you don't have a date tonight."
~ X-Force #40, in reference to the Blob

"Terrific. This is exactly what I had in mind when I put on this dress."
........

"When I agreed to a night in New York, I didn't mean in the sewers."
~Cable #15, when the duo went to the sewers with Thornn.

"Gee, back in the sewers again. How does a girl get so lucky?"
~Cable #17

" 'Domino', Caliban. For the nineteenth time, it's NOT 'PatchEye'."
"Caliban likes you, Patch Eye. Thinks you are funny."
"Swell."
~Cable #18

" Look Nate, don't take this the wrong way --
but if you ever try a stunt like like that again,
I'll KILL you!! "
~Cable #20, masking her concern with a threat..^_^

" I love it when people act like I'm not even in the room."
~Cable #21

" Lovely. I'll add this to the list of vacation hot spots you've dragged me off to, Nate."
~Cable #38

=========================================================

PUSHR of Nathan's Buttons

"You know, those X-Force kids of yours -- they need to know where they stand.
Especially after what happened with Sunspot."
Result: " Look, I don't know, okay? I don't know. I don't know!"
~Cable #21

"I've seen how you look at Jenskot.
Can you tell me there isn't some part of you that wants to change what happened?"
Result: "Domino..."
~Cable #25

"You were awfully quiet at the funeral. Wanna talk about it?..."
"Ssshhh"
"I think we ought to talk about it."
~Cable #32

"So...now you want to talk?"
"There's nothing to talk about...."
"Nothing? No anger? Just the same old stoic Cable?
Even though you promised his mother -- Jenskot -- you'd look after the boy?"
"...What is it you want me to say?!"
"I want to know you've got a heart in there."
~Cable #32

=========================================================

OTHER

On DOM:

LifeForce ( Amazonian) psionic-vampire:
" You flatter yourself, Domino.
Consorting with mutants when you have no powers of your own."
~Cable #17, casting doubt as to whether Dom is really a mutant or not.

Jenskot, telepathic wife of Nathan DaySpring 2000 years in the future, thinks:
"The concern in her voice. Is it over the success of the mission -- or...?"
~Cable #25

Cable:
"*SIGH* You're not going to let go of this, are you? Why doesn't that surprise me?"
~Cable #32

Cable:
" Dom. I know you. If Grizzly put you in a no-win situation, you did the best you could.
The best that anyone could've done."
~Cable #32

'Berto: " Is there nothing of your life that you would want to KEEP??!!"
~Onslaught phase

"I don't mean to pry, sweetheart, but you're obviously in some kind of trouble...
and like my first wife Angie, you're too darned stubborn to ask for help."
~X-Force #70: Spencer, the trucker who didn't run Dom down

Rictor: "Get real, Theresa, not even Cable can keep Domino from doing what she wants."
Cable: " That's for certain."
~X-Force #70

Arcade:
"You don't have any problem with the fact that the young lady's a mutant, do you?"
 One of Interpol's most wanted, the infamous Etienne Rousseau:
"Mais non, monsieur. I am -- how you say -- an equal opportunity employer.
I was quite pleased to learn that she was available. Her resume is tres formidable."
Arcade:
"Fortunately for everyone, she's apparently gone freelance after ending her affiliation with the self-righteous mutant soldier Cable."
~X-Force #76

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Marvelly Yours on Dom:
Fabien Nicieza and Art Thibert [ Cable #4 ] called Dom
"...perhaps the most dangerous of them all..."
(in regards to the members of the Six Pack.)

Jeph Loeb [ Cable #25 ]:
"She has been a friend, confidante, and soldier-in-arms with Cable for more years than either would like to admit..."

Jeph Loeb [ Cable #32 ]:
" Shrouded in a world of secrets, she trusts but one man. This man."
( Cable. Like there could be someone else?! )

Jeph Loeb [ Cable #37 ]:
" She is a woman of mystery who is in battle is every way his equal
-- and in matters of the heart, as singularly closed off.

=========================================================

Back to Character 1