People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I’m flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol…as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.
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Bruce Wayne / Batman
The first time I stole so that I wouldn’t starve, yes. I lost many assumptions about the simple nature of right and wrong. And when I traveled, I learned the fear before a crime and the thrill of success. But I never became one of them.
I won’t kill you…but I won’t have to save you.
We’re criminals, Alfred. We’ve always been criminals, nothing’s changed.
Twenty years in Gotham, Alfred. We’ve seen what promises are worth. How many good guys are left. How many stay that way.
I’ve failed him in life. I won’t fail him in death.
Man is still good. We fight. We kill. We betray one another. But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to.
Criminals are like weeds, Alfred. Pull one up, another grows in its place.
You’re not brave. Men are brave.
I bet your parents taught you that you mean something, that you’re here for a reason. My parents taught me a different lesson, dying in the gutter for no reason at all. They taught me the world only makes sense if you force it to.
Tell me. Do you bleed? You will.