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The Dark Knight Quotes

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
— Harvey Dent / Two-Face, The Dark Knight
Tagged: Hero, Villains, Public Opinion
“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger.”
— Joker, The Dark Knight
Tagged: strength, Stranger, Belief
“ I had this fantasy, that I would look across the tables and I'd see you there, with a wife and maybe a couple of kids. You wouldn't say anything to me, nor me to you. But we'd both know that you'd made it, that you were happy. I never wanted you to come back to Gotham. I always knew there was nothing here for you, except pain and tragedy. And I wanted something more for you than that. I still do.”
— Alfred, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Dear Bruce. I need to be honest and clear. I'm going to marry Harvey Dent. I love him, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together, I meant it. But now I'm sure the day won't come when *you* no longer need Batman. I hope it does; and if it does I will be there, but as your friend. I'm sorry to let you down. If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people. Love, now and always, Rachel.”
— Rachel, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“You thought we could be decent men, in an indecent time! But you were wrong. The world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced... fair.”
— Two Face, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“In their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?”
— The Joker, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to pick ourselves up.

Bruce Wayne: You still haven't given up on me?

Alfred Pennyworth: Never.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Henri Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.

Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.”
— Henri Decard, Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“It's not just your name, sir! It's your father's name! And it's all that's left of him. Don't destroy it.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Selina Kyle: There's a storm coming.

Bruce Wayne: You sound like you're looking forward to it.

Selina Kyle: I'm adaptable.”
— Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.”
— The Joker, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“You are as precious to me as you were to your own mother and father. I swore to them that I would protect you, and I haven't.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“I knew Harvey Dent. I was his friend. And it will be a very long time before someone... Inspires us the way he did. I believed in Harvey Dent.”
— Jim Gordon, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Batman
“The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.”
— Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
Tagged: Batman, Dark Knight
“When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.”
— Bane, The Dark Knight
Tagged: The Dark Knight, Gotham
“Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.”
— Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Tagged: Dark Knight, Batman
“He's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.”
— Jim Gordon, The Dark Knight
Tagged: Hero, Dark Knight, Batman
“Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying.”
— The Joker, The Dark Knight
Tagged: Chaos, Insights, Notes to self, Perception
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