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Watchmen Freedom and Confinement Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter in Roman Numerals.Page #.Panel #) or if the excerpt is from an interstitial section, then: (Chapter A-K.Page #)

Quote #7

“You’re alone in the valley of the shadow, Rorschach, where your past has a long reach, and between you and it there’s one crummy lock” (VIII.7.6).

So here we have a Biblical reference linked to a not-so-veiled threat, and it’s delivered by a crime boss.

Quote #8

My mother left me a lot of money when she died, but I gave it to charity when I was seventeen. I wanted to prove that I could accomplish anything I wanted starting from absolutely nothing (Chapter K.9).

Looks like Biggie was right: mo money, mo problems. Can a little poverty ever be liberating?

Quote #9

“I’m leaving this galaxy for one less complicated” (XII.27.3).

That’s Dr. Manhattan for you: ultimate confinement (trapped in a time-lock test vault, a slave to the CIA) leads to ultimate freedom (the entire universe is up for grabs).