Winter Widow/Quotes

MCU
"Going after him is a dead end. I know. I’ve tried."

- Natasha to Steve in The Winter Soldier.

"(In Russian) I have her."

- Bucky about Natasha.

Comics
"Bucky and Natasha together... they're already like a well-oiled machine. Like any good partnership should be."

- Steve about Bucky and Nat in Captain America: WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD? "I might have put a bullet in my brain to quiet the ghosts... if not for Natasha..."

- Bucky, Captain America & Bucky #624

"I was their secret weapon in the Cold War...or at least I was one of them. The Black Widow was another. Something about her touched what was left of my humanity. Buried under all that programming."

- Bucky, Captain America & Bucky #624

"Shhh.. I've got you."

- Bucky holding Natasha.

"I think I love you, James Buchanan Barnes."

- Natasha to Bucky.

"James..you found me."

- Black Widow (2010) Issue #4

"Never even realized how lost I was without her. But I always was. Just some lost soldier who forgot he ever had a home… until she gave me one."

- Bucky in THE WINTER SOLDIER (2012)

"I try to imagine my life without her, and all I see is pain, and heartbreak. But at least I'll be the only one feeling it. I take solace in that thought… and hold on to it for as long as I can. But it won’t be long enough."

- Bucky about Natasha.

"And at that moment... I'm praying that I KILLED Leo."

- Bucky after Leo Novokov erases him out of Natasha's mind.

"Natasha, please. It’s me, Bucky… it’s James."

- Bucky when he sees Natasha again after her memories of him are wiped.

"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.."

- Bucky as he holds a "dying" Natasha in his arms.

"No-- NO! Do something, damn it! He's DYING, Nick... He's... I'm watching him die.. I just got him back.. It's not fair.."

- Nat about Bucky as he "dies."

"You think she belongs to anyone? Then you’re as foolish as the others."

- Bucky about Natasha in Captain America #624

"The kid Steve remembers never even existed. No one’s ever been able to see that. No one but Natasha."

- Bucky to Nick Fury.

"You shot at Natasha. That was your last act on earth, pal."

- Bucky, Black Widow (2014)

"Man, do I love my girlfriend."

- Bucky about Natasha.

"I could use some moral support, James. Because what I'm going to do is this... find everyone I love. --You included, don't argue and don't ask-- ..see they're protected."

- Natasha to Bucky.

"I'm a soldier, so I can sleep through practically anything, almost at will. but I haven't slept since Natasha was taken."

- Bucky, (Winter Soldier) 2012

"If this is what I have to do to get Natasha back .. or to keep her alive... if Leo wants me to be the old Winter Soldier again.. then I'll do it."

- Bucky when Leo Novokov takes Natasha.

"Like I said, she always amazes me."

- James "Buchanan" Barnes.

"Anything for you, James. As always."

- Natalia "Alianovna" Romanova.

Avengers Academy
"I like your hair, but I'm in love with Black Widow."

- Bucky to Pepper Potts.

"Maybe it's destiny."

- Bucky to Natasha.

"It's too bright out here for spiders. Come chill in the darkness of my heart.."

- Bucky's song about Natasha, "A Buck for a Widow."

Black Widow: Bad Blood
(NOTE: Black Widow: Bad Blood is an official Marvel audio book). "She remembered his last words to her before she left for VECTOR: “You deserve better than a damaged monster.” Barnes carried as many regrets as she did, possibly more. But he had never been a monster."

- Natasha's thoughts about Bucky. "A small curtained cubicle took up the back corner of the shop, and Romanoff slipped inside to change. She came out to check the fit in the work shop's full-length mirror, but Barnes' expression gave her a pretty good idea of the effect." "I can still appreciate good advice."

- Bucky to Natasha. "Barnes offered Romanoff an arm as they left the shop."