Claire Temple quotes from Daredevil

Claire Temple

I found a man who needed help, so I helped him.

Matt

Oh yeah? That simple?

Claire

[glances at unconscious Russian] Do you really want to get into this in front of him?

Matt

He's out.

Claire

Maybe he's faking.

Matt

[listens] He's not.

Claire

Okay, that right there? That's what I'm talking about. Okay, I find a guy in a dumpster who turns out to be some kind of blind vigilante who can do all of this really weird shit like smell cologne through walls and sense whether someone's unconscious or faking it. Slap on top of that, he can take an unbelievable amount of punishment without one damn complaint.

Matt

The last part's the Catholicism.

Claire

So, what? I'm supposed to take it on faith I'm on the right side of this?

Matt

You don't carry a masked man bleeding to death into your apartment on faith. You knew which side you were on the moment you found me. Why'd you help me, Claire?

Claire

I'm a nurse. Work the ER at Metro-General. A few weeks ago, cops bring in three men. Said they were robbing tourists, beating them up pretty bad. Apparently, a man in a black mask took issue with their activities and decided to step in. I counted nine broken bones between them. A few days after that, EMTs bring in a 19-year-old waitress, said some guy she knew waited for her after work in the parking lot, attacked her, tried to drag her in the alley. She said she screamed and screamed, and a man in a black mask heard her and he saved her life. So, yeah, word's getting around. And I want to believe in what you're doing.

Claire

You have X-ray fingers now?

Matt

I can hear your bones shift when you breathe. No grinding means nothing's broken.

Claire

What does a hairline fracture sound like?

Matt

[pause] An old ship?

Claire

How do you…I mean, I know that you're blind, but you see so much. How?

Matt

I guess you have to think of it as more than just five senses. I can't see, not like everyone else, but I can feel. Things like balance and direction. Micro-changes in air density, vibrations, blankets of temperature variations. Mix all that with what I hear, subtle smells. All of the fragments form a sort of impressionistic painting.

Claire

Okay, but what does that look like? Like, what do you actually see?

Matt

[pause] A world on fire.

Claire

If all I saw was fire, I'd probably want to hit people too.

Claire

Why don't you go to the police with all that you have on the Russians?

Matt

I wear a mask and beat on people. Doesn't exactly mesh with police policy.

Matt

I need your help. I found someone who has intel on what I've been looking for, but he's been shot.

Claire

So call 911!

Matt

Can't. Police are the ones that shot him. I'm thinking they'd like a crack at finishing the job.

Claire

Do you want me to come out to you? In all this?

Matt

No. I want you to walk me through stabilizing him.

Claire

It's not as easy as it looks in the movies, you know?

Matt

I don't really go to the movies. I like records, though.

Claire

You know, you're good with people.

Foggy

Yeah, I'm a real charmer.

Claire

I'm serious. The only thing I ever saw stop a thug mid-fight... was a bigger thug.

Foggy

Yeah, I like to keep it thuggish.

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.

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.