Daredevil quotes from Daredevil

Daredevil

I didn't blow the hell out of the Russians. And I didn't shoot those cops.

Ben

So, what? You want me to write your side of this?

Daredevil

No, I want you to expose the man responsible. The man who's tearing this city apart, piece by piece.

Ben

You got a name?

Daredevil

Wilson Fisk.

Ben

Never heard of him.

Daredevil

Because he doesn't want you to. That's what makes him dangerous. Living in the shadows, no one knowing who he is.

Ben

Said the man in the mask.

Fisk

I wanted to make this city... something better than it is. Something beautiful. YOU TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

Daredevil

Take your shot.

Fisk

[as he thrashes Daredevil] This city doesn't deserve a better tomorrow! It deserves to drown in its filth! It deserves people like my father! People like you!

Daredevil

[suddenly blocking his attack] This is my city! My family!

Daredevil

I'm just saying, I know it can be hard.

Castle

Do you? You know it can be hard? You run around this city in a pair of little boy's pajamas and a mask. You go home at night, right? Take that mask off, maybe you think…it wasn't you who did those things, maybe it was somebody else. Well, see, soldiers... we don't wear masks, yeah? We don't get that privilege.

Castle

I gotta say, sometimes... sometimes I think you really just might be the Devil.

Daredevil

Sometimes I think I might be, too.

Castle

It's... One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime, you know? It was her favorite book. You gotta cross the ocean, and go fight. You see, whole time you're thinking you're gonna be scared, right? But then you're not. See, that part of it was always easy for me. Killing. Even watching my buddies die, it just didn't mean nothing. The first time I got scared was on a plane on the way home. I kept thinking God was gonna pull the rug out from under us, you know? Shit, that's his kind of funny, you know. But the plane landed safe and we were home. Driving through traffic. Yeah, you pass fast food and donut shops and all that greasy shit, the shit you fought to protect, and then the car stops. We were outside her school. I get to her classroom, right? She's in there, but she's got no idea. She's got no idea Daddy's home. I walk in, these kids, they're not even studying, they're-they're doing some kind of yoga. Yeah. You know? She's there. She's doing her poses, you know, she's bending and, you know, she's moving. She looks like a flower. Yeah. And you know, you can't even understand it, you know, how does something like that have... How does something that beautiful have... How does that... how does that come from me, you know? And she looks up and she sees me. I see her. By God, that's real. That's real, Red. Boom. In an instant, she's across that classroom floor, she's in my arms. She's squeezing me so tight, I swear I was gonna bust a rib, you know? We just stayed there like that, we're holding each other. Teacher's filming the whole thing on her phone, you know, she's gonna put it on YouTube or some shit. She can't hold the thing steady, because, you know, she's... she's bawling so hard, and the kids are all wailing, you know, they're screaming. And me? Shit, I'm the worst of all. I'm a... I'm a rubber-faced clown, you know? I cried so hard. But not my baby. Not my girl. You know, she's my girl. She's... she's not crying, she's holding me up. My girl, she's keeping me on my feet. She says, "I knew it, Daddy. I knew it." And then we go home. To the wife, the boy. Place is the exact same, it's like it was just holding its breath waiting for me to get back, you know? Then it hit me. All of it, you know? The first time I felt how tired I was, you know, I was just tired, you know? You ever been tired, Red?

Daredevil

Yeah.

Castle

So, you know. It's just, I couldn't do nothing, you know? All the things. I couldn't take my wife to bed. Ball with the boy. Shit... I was too tired, I couldn't even drink a goddamn beer, you know? But not her. My girl was up. See, she wanted to, uh, she wanted me to tuck her in. She... she outgrew it, she knew it, but she didn't care. She wanted it. She had that book. Her favorite book was out on the pillows. One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime, you know? I read her that book every night before this shit. I read it every single night, but, see, that was over now, because Daddy's home now. She looked at me and she begged me, Red. She begged. She begged. I said, "No. Daddy's too tired, see. But I'll... I'll read to you tomorrow night. I promise." Yeah. Never think that for her there was not gonna be any tomorrow, see? The last time I'd see her, I'd be holding her lifeless body in my arms. Meat was spilling out of her, Red. The place where her face used to be. I think I'm done, Red. I think I'm done.

Castle

I guess, uh... I guess I was wrong.

Daredevil

About?

Castle

About you being a pussy.

Daredevil

Don't get all sweet on me now, Frank.

Elektra

I was only following your rules.

Daredevil

What rules?

Elektra

You don't get what you want by day. You take it by force at night. This is who you are, Matthew. And don't fool yourself into thinking it's anything else.

Daredevil

Wait... You're dead.

Nobu

There is no such thing.

Daredevil

I can't let you start a war for the wrong reasons.

Castle

Maybe a war is what I need. Maybe I need that. These people, they took my children from me! They killed my kids! Don't you get that?!

Daredevil

We do right by them! Help me. Work with me to find the men who gave the order!

Castle

And then what, Red? We gonna-- We gonna bring 'em in for justice, is that what we're gonna do? Your way's bullshit, Red, it doesn't work! I need 'em... I need 'em gone, it's gotta be permanent, it's gotta be finished!

Daredevil

I-- I understand. You're right; my way isn't working. So maybe just this once... Maybe... Y'know... Your way's what it's gonna take.

Castle

Wait, "just this once". No, no, no, Red, that's... that's not how it works. It's just... You cross over on my side of the line, you don't get to come back from that. Not ever.

Gao

I see from the uniform you've taken the Devil's name to heart.

Daredevil

Yeah, I had to... 'cause of people like you.

Daredevil

Thanks, Madame Gao.

Gao

But I fear that the path you've chosen... isn't going to be an easy one.

Daredevil

Yeah, it never is.

Elektra

You want me to help you save the man who ordered my death?

Daredevil

Yes.

Elektra

You really do hate me.

Daredevil

You're done, Nobu. Your army will crumble. And you will leave my city alone.

Nobu

Your city belongs to no one. And she... belongs to us!

You. [gasps]

Daredevil

Your father... he's in a coma.

He's alive. Why did you help us?

Daredevil

The men who did this are in police custody for another crime. You head down to the 15th Precinct right now, you can identify them.

You caught them?

Daredevil

You should go.

Thank God for you.

Daredevil

He didn't help you. I did.