“Fire From Olympus” quotes from Batman: The Animated Series

Please! It's not what you think. I wasn't going to say anything. Honest!

Silence! First, you transgress against me. Then, you force me to descend to the mortal plane. And now, you tell me I know not what I think?!

No!

To the depths of Tartarus with you!

You bore me with these tales of petty human concerns.

You're doing it again, Max.

You are Clio, my muse of history. Amuse me with tales of ancient times when mortals trembled at the name of Zeus.

You want a story? I got one. Seems there was this guy named Max who, because he'd been lucky so far in the smuggling racket, believed himself to be untouchable, superior, godlike...

There's a cynical edge to your voice I don't appreciate. Know you not, I am above mortal constraints of right and wrong?

No one is above the law, Max.

I make my own laws!

Begone, Lord Hades. Get thee back to thine own realm. Do not come again to Olympus until bidden!

Batman

I think I get the message.

[telling Batman about Zeus] He wasn't always this way, you know. But then business got bad and he started handling cargo for the mob. After a while, with the pressure, the tension... things got confused. He's not living in the real world anymore. Maybe you can relate to that?

Batman

[after a short silence] You're the only one who can get me close enough to help him - while some of the man you knew still exists.