"We're not big on luck in the Green Lanterns. Our power comes from will." He glanced down to his hand, where his ring - wasn't. Ought to be. "What some people call luck, I'd call - being too damned stubborn to kick the bucket. To the point where the rest of the universe just has to deal with it and work around you."

But he knew perfectly well that sometimes, that wasn't enough.

Sometimes, it just came down to whose will was stronger, and that didn't always have a thing to do with who was on the right side.