Black Lightning (TV Series)

LaWanda: The Book of Hope (2018)

Cress Williams: Jefferson Pierce, Black Lightning

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Quotes 

• Jefferson Pierce : Don't mistake my patience for weakness, boy.

• [Black Lightning walks up to Lala's apartment building] 

  Doorman : Black Lightning, my man!

  Black Lightning : Lala. What floor?

  Doorman : Penthouse.

  [opens the door] 

  Black Lightning : Thanks, bruh.

• [Black Lightning has just taken down some of Lala's thugs] 

  Elevator Operator : I got you.

  Black Lightning : Nah, I'ma take the stairs.

  [knees a thug in the face] 

  Black Lightning : I'm just gettin' back into this. Brother needs all the exercise he can get.

• Jefferson Pierce : [upon watching a news report on Lawanda's death]  What good did it do, Lynn? She was my student!

  [Jeff shuts off the TV and throws the remote onto the bed] 

  Jefferson Pierce : I-I had a fantasy that, when they leave me, their lives are better, they they could transcend this neighborhood, city, world. Yeah. "I saved more lives as the principal of Garfield High than I ever did as Black Lightning."

  Lynn Pierce : It's true, Jeff.

  Jefferson Pierce : It's a lie! Lawanda is dead!

  Lynn Pierce : She is, I know. I know, and it hurts. I understand and I can feel it, too...

  Jefferson Pierce : But I could have saved her. I could see so many. I've lived a lie. Living in the hopes that you and me and the girls could somehow live behind a white picket fence! A normal life! I'm not normal! Never have been, never will be!

  Lynn Pierce : Jeff, listen to me! This is the addiction talking! It's the addiction

  Jefferson Pierce : There is no damn addiction! Do you remember what you said when we discovered my powers? You said it was a gift, a blessing from God. It's still a gift. It's my blessing from God and I intend to use it, not just for the girls, but for all the other people out there who need me.

  Lynn Pierce : Jefferson, please. We are so close to putting the pieces of out lives together.

  Jefferson Pierce : Yeah, we are. Maybe. No more maybes for me, Lynn. It is time that people know that Black Lightning is back.

• Jefferson Pierce : You know, I heard someone say that, if there's a war for the streets of Freeland, the 100 are winning. But, here at Garfield, we are not fighting for the streets. No, we are fighting for the minds, the hopes and the dreams of our children.

  Father : Them's some real pretty words, Mr. Pierce, but pretty words ain't gonna stop the 100!

  Jefferson Pierce : Dr. King said that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. And I believe...

  Father : And they shot Dr. King in the head, Mr. Pierce!