Shadow Boy/Quote

A collection of quotes from the Echo City (Massachusetts) vigilante **Sam Fakashami**, also known as **Shadow Boy**.

## Spoken by Shadow Boy

*"I am Shadow Boy, defender of Echo City!"*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I'll never turn evil because I have morality. No matter what, I'll always fight the evil in this world, no matter who it hides in."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"My shadows are endless."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I just wonder, is it worth being a "hero," or do I cause more damage than I prevent? And I don't know. Fighting bad guys is all I really know. I barely ever take off this suit, unless washing it counts."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"If we lose ourselves because of the villain getting into our heads, we have lost. We are heroes. If we get involved, people will get hurt, but in the big span of things, less people will get hurt."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I know I can die. People get hurt in war. People die in war. And if I'm a soldier, dying for a cause people believe in, the American way, then so be it. But I'm a patriot. Unlike the president, I will fight until every bullet has penetrated me. I will stand to hold the damn fucking flag off the ground."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I fight for the way of liberty and justice, and if you can't see that, then fine."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I don't care if I die. I don't kill. I pacify. I don't kill, I never have."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Today I realize that I'm a dick, and if I die, then hell yeah, I die."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I die because of me. I know that. That's why we work as a team."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I'd gladly take a bullet any day for anyone."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"If he doesn't want to fight for freedom, let him. If he wants to fight for blood first, we will defeat him."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"We fight for what's right."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Life is too short."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I promised to never stop, and I never will stop. I'm with you, Jason."*
—Sam Fakashami to Jason Kade
*"A brave warrior, if any. Ad victoriam. As a human being, a person with thoughts, feelings, same as any of us, powers or not, we all die naturally or by force. It's our job as humans to prevent that force from pounding on everyone else. We are the ground, the evil is the gravity. We will remember his sacrifice, people will remember his spirit, and god damn it, your death won't be in vain. If anyone wants to leave now, wants to leave the fight for what's right, speak now, leave now. No one will judge. Ad victoriam, forever."*
—Sam Fakashami's eulogy for Ben Jacobson
*"Heroes don't fall. We fall and get the hell back up to carry the weight. We get up to fight everyday. If we die, so be it. We don't die in vain. We die because we were fighting for what was right. We die as not only heroes, people and friends and family. Every time a soldier dies, some mother must hear of a death, and for Ben, we were his family. And it's hard on all of us."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"People who have no remorse... this is why I fight."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Have some remorse every once in a while. Have some morality."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"No one starts out being friends. Strangers are just friends you haven't made."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I just want to know why, besides the fact that I'm an asshole and arrogant, but, you can't be perfect. The sooner you accept that, the better off you will be. I've accepted that I'm not perfect."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"My keen eyesight and brutal attitude makes me deadly."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Anata wa ahadesu."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Anata wa nani o shitaidesu ka?"*
—Sam Fakashami to Amy
*"Here's my argument. People are idiots without the government."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"No one's dead until they're forgotten."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"War isn't about who's right. It's about who comes out on top. War... war never changes."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Puberty has been nice to me."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Don't try to get rid of me, it's useless."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Behind all that darkness, there is light. There must be remnants. Nothing is gone forever."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I sure as hell care for my teammates."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"This is my thing, I talk during battles. You guys are supposed to be serious, you know? Grunty, like, gruff."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Y'know, just because I fight battles, doesn't make me powerful."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I'm not an idiot, I'm stupid. There's a difference: idiot is a numbnuts, I'm dumb, meaning I do stupid things but I'm still smart about other things, such as civics, calculating outcomes and planning."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"If you keep your mind closed, then, fine, get lost in the past, but if you want to grow and see things differently, to grow like a tree, to breathe in intelligence, then that's the choice I make. I will grow like a tree."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"New ideas, innovation, we can't progress without it. If we walk through the same door, we don't learn anything except it's the same door. And that's my stance."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"If you want to fight for humanity, not for yourself, but for your friends, family, innocents, then do so not looking for pride, but for valor and honor. We are heroes not because it is our name, not because our powers, it is what we do that makes us this way. We are heroes because it is who we decide to be. We are heroes because it is our damn duty to serve not only our country, but this world, this Earth, our people!"*
—Sam Fakashami
*"To protect those who are innocent, we sacrifice our blood."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"In war, there is a reason why it is despised. There is no gray. War never changes."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"You fight for what you think is right."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"The greatest illusion is innocence."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Justice is helping those who can't help themselves, yes, but freedom is not justice. Complete freedom is bad. A balance is needed. Freedom leads to chaos, chaos leads to madness, madness leads to hysteria, and hysteria leads to evil. Power is danger, power is corruption."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"We all do our part."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I lost my sanity, or really Sam died."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Death is normal. Those who accept death as the price of freedom for others, that's a true cause."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Just remember, we stand for our Constitution and decency."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"I serve democracy, not the government."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"Whatever you do, do what your heart tells you."*
—Sam Fakashami
*"War... war never changes."*
—Sam Fakashami (2033)
*"Calm down. Shadows don't use their anger in such aggressive ways. We must learn co control that."*
—Sam Fakashami (2033)
*"If you are too aggressive with the shadows, they will turn on you, you will hear voices, and you will die."*
—Sam Fakashami (2033)
*"Let go, but don't fall, but hit the ground running and run to the next tree and pass on your advice to the next one. The light side is equally important. You must learn to control both your emotions and feelings."*
—Sam Fakashami (2033)
*"I will be here, but the world will always need a patrol."*
—Sam Fakashami (2033)
## Spoken about Shadow Boy

*"He just plays rough sometimes."*
—Clark Flat
*"You don't take no for an answer."*
—Autumn Stone
*"Exceptional character... enormous potential... someone I'd bet on."*
—Almanac
## Dialogue

### With John

*"At this point, why try?"
"Because good conquers evil no matter what. Because we are good people. We fight for the true American way, for justice, liberty, and democracy and freedom!"*
—John and Sam Fakashami
### With Sentinel

*"I s-swear, Shadow boy, d-do you ever shut the fuck up?!"
"No, never, and I never will."*
—Ben Jacobson and Sam Fakashami
### With Almanac

*"Jason, it means everything to me that you still trust me, so I thank you for the fact that you trust me as much as I trust you, so I thank you for that."
"I trust you a lot, Sam."*
—Sam Fakashami and Jason Kade
### With Doctor Rogue

*"Some things can't be fixed."
"That's why I fight."*
—Aranza and Sam Fakashami
### With Nadia

*"Calm down. Shadows don't use their anger in such aggressive ways. We must learn to control that."
"I am not stable."
"I wasn't either. I thought I was all powerful, but I learned that I wasn't. Humility is an important aspect."*
—Sam Fakashami and Nadia
*"What if I try and they still take over?"
"Then you must get up and try again. You must find peace with yourself. That is the only way."*
—Nadia and Sam Fakashami