Matt Murdock quotes from Daredevil

Matt

I wanna know how you found me.

Elektra

I know who you are because I watch the news. "The successful apprehension of Wilson Fisk."

Matt

I wear a mask.

Elektra

Well, you can't mask that ass. I'd know it anywhere.

Elektra

I have a rule of my own.

Matt

Shoot.

Elektra

No sex.

Matt

Oh, my God. You have a pair on you. This may come as a surprise to you, but I've actually moved on in the ten years since you left. I'm seeing someone now, which is only part of the reason why I have zero interest in ever starting anything up with you ever again.

Elektra

Of course you do. Check, please.

Matt

You're still so arrogant.

Elektra

Just realistic.

Matt

What makes you think every man you meet wants to sleep with you?

Elektra

Because so far, they have.

Foggy

Is this about saving a man or saving a vigilante?

Matt

He's a person. Like you, Foggy. Like me. And he shouldn't have to die.

Matt

After last night, the Yakuza know they've been compromised, which means security's gonna be tight.

Elektra

There was a time when you trusted me.

Matt

When was that?

Matt

Your Honor, New York hasn't seen a trial this divisive and this public in years.

Foggy

Finding an impartial jury is not easy. Everybody has an opinion about Frank Castle.

It's New York, Mr. Nelson. Everybody has an opinion about everything.

Elektra

What do you tell people? About? Where you got your scars?

Matt

Um... Lucky me, I wear suits to work, so... rarely comes up.

Elektra

What do you tell the women you bring home?

Matt

Well, they're enjoying themselves too much.

Elektra

We live on the front lines. Like it or not.

Matt

It doesn't mean we have to fight Stick's way. He kills his enemies, and we don't have to.

Elektra

You make that choice sound so easy.

Matt

No, it's not easy. It's impossible. But it's a choice and it's a choice that I remake every single day. Every second, sometimes. And you can, too.

Stick

They found the secret.

Matt

What secret?

Stick

Immortality. Bringing the dead back to life.

Matt

Come on, Stick.

Stick

I thought you were a Catholic, Matty. Doesn't your whole belief system hinge on one guy pulling that off?

Elektra

Why are you so good?

Matt

I'm not.

Elektra

Yes. There's a light inside you. I tried to snuff it out in college. I'm so lucky I failed.

Claire

Always the last place you look. But you knew I was coming, huh?

Matt

I heard you. Three stories down.

Claire

You do know that sounds creepy, right?

Matt

Yeah, I've been told.

Claire

I brought you coffee.

Matt

No, thanks.

Claire

Right. Forgot, you like to suffer. Well, the joke's on you... 'cause our vending machine coffee really sucks.

Matt

I know where to start.

Foggy

You always know where to start. You just never know when to stop, Matt.

Fisk

Sometimes I'm glad I'm in here. The fate of New York City is out of my hands, for once.

Matt

[slams his hand on the table] That's bullshit!

Fisk

I don't know what you expect from me. But we're finished here. Mr. Donovan? [Donovan clicks off the tape recorder]

Matt

Vanessa. [This gets Fisk's attention] You asked me if I remembered the art gallery. I do. I remember her very well. She's out of the country; she....wants to come back.

Fisk

[to Donovan] Leave us. [Donovan steps out]

Matt

So listen to me very closely: I will use every legal loophole and footnote to make certain that never happens. You see, unlike your other adversaries, Mr. Fisk, I can break you without breaking a single law. You may have expensive lawyers, but with one envelope and $6 postage, I can make sure Vanessa never sets foot on American soil again. One letter to the right office, and I get her visa pulled. I can prove she was an accomplice to every one of your crimes. And now you're thinking you can serve your sentence, hop on a jet, go to her whenever you like. Live somewhere like Monaco, or…I don't know, wherever the hell you fat cats go to sun yourselves. But you can't. You can visit her, but you'll never live with her. Because this is New York, Wilson. You live here. This is your jungle. This is your blood, like it is mine. She will never come... and you'll never leave. You screw with me now, just a little bit…and you'll never really be with your one and only Vanessa ever again.

Fisk

SPEAK HER NAME AGAIN! GO AHEAD! [Matt punches him, and Fisk slams him into the table again] Yes, the son of a boxer!

Matt

You... You are running this place! Yeah, you did set him free...

Fisk

You ask such small questions, Mr. Murdock.

Matt

I know you're regaining power in here-

Fisk

Yes, ask my lawyer. He'll deny it. Ask the guards, they'll deny it! Ask the inmates here. They'll cut their tongues out before they talk! But I have something to say to you: When I finally get out of this cage, I will dismantle the lives of the two amateurs THAT PUT ME IN HERE!! You, Mr. Murdock, and Franklin Percy Nelson!

Matt

No, I-- I put you here! Not Nelson! I did!

Fisk

The two of you took the laurels. You'll both take the blame. I'll chop both the heads off that snake, and I'll spend more than $6 on postage to bring you down! You see, I've had a lot of time to reflect on my journey here, Mr. Murdock! My mistakes, everything I took for granted. While I try and sleep in this bleak place, the one thing that keeps me warm is the thought that I will look down upon this city, the city that birthed me, with the woman that I love, whom I love with everything that I am! If you're worried that Frank Castle will wreak havoc on Hell's Kitchen, [throws Matt back into his seat]...just wait.

Claire

That candle that you're burning at both ends? Sooner or later, it's gonna fizzle out.

Matt

I'm fine. Really.

Claire

You know the problem with martyrs? The good ones end up dead.

Matt

So, what if... What if... from now on, if... if we make it... wherever you run, I... I run with you?

Elektra

You're not serious.

Matt

I've never been more serious. This... Elektra, this is a part of me that I need. And you're the only one who gets it. Without this, I'm not alive. I'm not. Not really. And I know that now, thanks to you. I don't know what we are together, and if we have any chance in the future... But I... I do know that I'm free with you. Like with no one else.

Elektra

You hide from yourself. You don't let anyone in.

Matt

You. I let you in. Think about it. What if this isn't the end? What if it's just the beginning?

Elektra

No... They'll find us.

Matt

No, we'll keep moving. We'll change identities. We'll... we'll hide. They'll never catch us. What do you say?

Elektra

Uh, I say... let's go to London. Yeah? Madrid. Tunisia. There are sexy places to hide.

Matt

Hey, I've never been further north than 116th Street, so...

Elektra

Because you love New York.

Matt

And I'd give my life for it, but... there's one thing in this world that makes me feel more alive. And that's you.

Elektra

I'm the Black Sky, Matthew.

Matt

Yeah, and I'm the Devil of Hell's Kitchen.

Stick

Was it worth it?

Matt

What?

Stick

Loving her.

Matt

You taught me to cut all my ties to humanity... to other people. I had only a few moments with her... amidst all the... noise, chaos, and the violence. We were together only for moments. That was all. Orchids. She likes orchids. And, yeah, Stick... it was worth it.

Stick

Matt, you are the toughest son of a bitch I have ever met. Let's go home.