I got a short, one page letter in the mail on Wonder Woman stationery from someone in last year’s Taos writing Intensive that inspired me to scour the world for Wonder Woman quotes.
It made me wonder if they actually remembered that writing practice I read about carrying the Golden Lasso of Truth through Missoula, Montana on Halloween, 1975, dressed in powder blue, unribbed long underwear, navy wrist bracelets, a fire red breast plate, and yellow domed headgear.
Or do they just love Wonder Woman as much as I do?
Here are the best quotes I found from DC comic books and the 1975 television series The New Original Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter. I also found The Wonder Woman Pages to be an incredible archive of information.
I’m reminded that TV, screen, and comic book scribes are writers, too.
Tawanda!
[Oh, wait, that was Fried Green Tomatoes, one of my favorite films of all time. And, yes, I've even eaten them!]
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“This is the Golden Lasso. Besides being made from an indestructible material, it also carries with it the power to compel people to tell the truth. Use it well, and with compassion.” – Queen Hippolyte (played by Cloris Leachman)
“Go in peace my daughter. And remember that, in a world of ordinary mortals, you are a Wonder Woman.” Queen Hippolyte
“Please take my hand. I give it to you as a gesture of friendship and love, and of faith freely given. I give you my hand and welcome you into my dream.” -Wonder Woman #167
“If it means interfering in an ensconced, outdated system, to help just one woman, man or child…I’m willing to accept the consequences.” -Wonder Woman #170
“What was it that John Lennon said? ‘Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.’ Let it grow already, and quit trying to legislate it!” -Wonder Woman #200
“Of all people, you know who I am…who the world needs me to be. I’m Wonder Woman.” -Infinite Crisis #1
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And, finally, my personal favorite:
” A new journey to be started.
A new promise to be fulfilled.
A new page to be written.
Go forth unto this waiting world with pen in hand, all you young scribes,
the open book awaits.
Be creative.
Be adventurous.
Be original.
And above all else, be young.
For youth is your greatest weapon, your greatest tool.
Use it wisely.”
–Wonder Woman # 62 by George Perez
the scene where Vanessa Kapatelis graduates and Diana is hugging her
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
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I bet the person remembered your Wonder Woman costume and the piece you wrote about it and read in the zendo. I remember it!
This is sooo late, and just a tad off-topic, but I talked to my two best off-line guy friends, tonight. They’re raising a child together. She’s two years old, and this year, for Halloween, one of them made her a Wonder Woman costume; which, of course, made me think of both this post and “Taking Back Our Girls”.
Sorry for rambling. Just feeling a little bit proud of them, right now.
P.S. Her costume doesn’t include long underwear…
sam, your P.S. cracks me up. I had forgotten all about this post referencing that Wonder Woman Halloween costume with the long underwear I wore back in Montana one year. (Some days I wish I had a Golden Lasso of Truth!)
Wow, a 2-year-old Wonder Woman! I *am* impressed. Think of how incredible she’s going to be when she’s 18. Sounds like your friends are raising her right.
Imagine my surprise when Liz and I turned on Bones (LINK) last night (a Fox TV show loosely based on the works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who produces the show) and saw Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan dressed in a Wonder Woman costume! I nearly fell off my chair!
The costume was great. Though I think the actress who plays Bones, Emily Deschanel, is a bit too thin for my taste. What’s great about the show is the chemistry between Bones and F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth (portrayed by David Boreanaz). A lot of the scenes are just of them bantering back and forth in the car (and his fear of clowns) but they crack me up.
Anyway, Wonder Woman lives on! Dr. Camille Saroyan, the big boss, wore the Catwoman costume. Sexy, yes. But Wonder Woman reigns!
I also want to mention that Bones was mentioned in a more serious context in Comment 28 (LINK) on the Take Back Our Girls! post. There are strong and brainy women in Bones and also the same old, same old, stereotypes, as mariacristina points out in her comment. (You also can see the high heels Bones was probably running in at the link in Comment 4 of this post!)
I caught that episode of Bones Tuesday night, too! Loved the bit where she decided to spin around while Angel (sorry, the name is sticking) wasn’t looking.
Sam, the ending was the best part of the episode! When she spun around like Wonder Woman and then clinked her bulletproof bracelets together! And Booth goes, “What are you doing?!” Liz and I had to rewind and replay it a few times! We were cracking up. Ah, you have to love popular culture. The only thing I missed was her roping in some criminal with the Golden Lasso of Truth.
Does shooting Booth qualify for the Golden Bullet of Oops?
LOL. Shooting Booth was the icing on the cake. Yes, the Golden Bullet of Oops! I have to say, I didn’t see that one coming!
I can’t wait to see the movie!!
Angelica, me, too. It seems like it’s going to be a while though. Is it ever coming to the big screen! (Maybe in 2009?)
Justice League Movie Dead; Wonder Woman Still Alive! on FirstShowing.net - 4/18/8 (LINK)
Wonder Woman movie (2009) on IMDB (LINK)
Oh, hey, and on the DC Comic message boards, check out who readers would cast in the Wonder Woman movie.
DC Comics - Thread: Casting the Wonder Woman Movie - 4/8/8 (LINK)