I don't want you to get hurt, but you have to understand... The more you annoy me the more I can't help thinking about deconstructing you, molecule by molecule, memory by memory... until there's nothing left but screaming, traumatized atoms. --Jean Grey (Earth-616) This is my mind -- my soul -- my life -- and I mean to keep them to myself! Fools! You dare to trifle with the Phoenix? He taught us to care for each other -- as people first! That's the most important lesson of all! Human or mutant -- no matter how many mistakes we make along the way -- we must learn to care for one another! It’s not a Place. It’s how it feels to be the last hope ….. And to know you’ll win against all the odds. It’s the wing of the Phoenix touching your heart with flame.. --The Phoenix force manifesting through Jean Grey. the Phoenix burns and disinfects … and dies to return… "Did I have to fix something that as dying?" - Jean Grey "You were always here; waiting for yourself to arrive." - Jean Grey "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content." - Helen Keller "Against an army, you would have at least the hope of survival. Against me, you have none." - Rachel Grey