When 'Watchmen' was published in 1986, the vast majority of comics readers deemed it a watershed in comics history. The 12-part serial comic book was widely acclaimed as a genius subversion of the superhero genre, and it did much to popularize comics to adults.


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They felt happy, because their voice was heard. Now that they know everyone is going to sit down tog...
LYDIA MUNOZ
They are concerned because of the management. They're very abusive.
LYDIA MUNOZ
[She was] feeling if she couldn't get through in the days to come, that she would have that, that sh...
LYDIA SARTAIN
I believe Jennifer committed no crime. I understand and respect [Gwinnett County] District Attorney ...
LYDIA SARTAIN
Jennifer asked that I convey her appreciation of the many prayers and statements of support she has ...
LYDIA SARTAIN
TPWD generally allows a one-year grace period and issues verbal warnings to help educate people abou...
LYDIA SALDANA
That's something we do with any new law any time there is a significant change. (Issuing a citation)...
LYDIA SALDANA
That's a human error. He should have colored the other side. It was the right side of the face and n...
LYDIA SALDANA
We left messages for those who weren't home. So, hopefully, they will call back later and donate.
LYDIA SMITH
Her daughter is very distraught. She's been trying to get online and see if she's in one of the shel...
LYDIA SMITH
We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend as...
LYDIA DAVIS
Heart weeps.
Head tries to help heart.
Head tells heart how it is, again:
You will lo...
LYDIA DAVIS
Maybe some people don't feel scared when they think about comets and supernovas. Maybe they think it...
LYDIA NETZER
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
LYDIA M. CHILD
That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters no...
LYDIA M. CHILD
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
LYDIA M CHILD
The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters no...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melanchol...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Thy treasures of gold
Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold;
Thy home may be lo...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theat...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angel...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Home -- that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and he...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. I...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Over the river and through the wood,
To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way LYDIA MARIA CHILD
Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it sligh...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
LYDIA M. CHILD
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
LYDIA M. CHILD
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as...
LYDIA M. CHILD
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as...
LYDIA M. CHILD
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to con...
LYDIA M. CHILD