Bruce Wayne quotes from Gotham

Selina Kyle

I think Sonny is right. You do like pain.

Bruce Wayne

When it was happening... it was like nothing else existed. Everything I've been struggling with... emptiness... and confusion... it just vanished. For the first time, in a long time, I knew I was going to be okay. I knew that whatever Sonny did to me... I could take it. That he couldn't break me. That no one can.

Selina Kyle

[sighs] Nobody's unbreakable, Bruce.

Bruce Wayne

I'm going out there, with or without you.

Alfred Pennyworth

Imagine my surprise.

Your father started Pinewood, Bruce. His intentions were good, but the man in charge took advantage of him. He didn't realize the truth until it was too late. Pinewood was his burden, but it doesn't have to be yours.

Bruce Wayne

It's not a burden. It's who I am.

Bruce Wayne

Excuse me, captain. I find your flippant attitude to be inappropriate.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

I find you to be kind of a pain in the ass.

Bruce Wayne

Have you seen the news?

Selina Kyle

Walking zombies in Gotham? What's new?

Bruce Wayne

I have to do this, Alfred. I don't have a choice.

Alfred Pennyworth

Of course you've got a choice, in the same way that I can choose to let you go with my blessing and tell you to bring that little girl home safe, or I take you right now, I can stick you on an airplane and fly you somewhere very far away.

Bruce Wayne

You can't.

Alfred Pennyworth

Don't be such a cluck. Of course I can. But I won't. For the past two years, Master Bruce, all I've tried to do is protect you and keep you safe, thinking that's what your father wanted. But you're not the same boy he left behind, are you? So, I have to ask myself: What would Thomas Wayne do if he were here? Your father took responsibility for his actions. He fought very hard for what he believed in. And I will not stop you from doing the same thing.

Hugo Strange

You've been searching for the man who killed your parents, but the answer has always been right in front of you. Bruce, your father orphaned you. His actions fired the bullet that killed him and your mother. He knew what he was doing, and he did it anyway. I'm begging you not to follow his path.

Bruce Wayne

You want to know if I wish my parents were alive? Of course. Would I give anything to have them back? Yes. But my father fought and died for what he believed was right. And if necessary, so will I.

Bruce Wayne

How long do I have to stay?

Alfred Pennyworth

As long as takes for you to be seen out in the world, Master Bruce, being Bruce Wayne and smiling.

Bruce Wayne

So this is our life now. Fake smiles and mingling. I miss the old days.

Alfred Pennyworth

So do I.

Bruce Wayne

There's something between us. You have to see that.

Selina Kyle

Rule one: Don't ever tell me what I have to do.

Bruce Wayne

So you do have feelings for me? I'm confused.

Selina Kyle

Good. [leaves]

Oh my God, you guys are a couple?

Bruce Wayne

Yes.

Selina Kyle

No.

Bruce Wayne

Wait... we're not?

Selina Kyle

I'm not talking about this right now!

Bruce Wayne

You killed Alfred.

Jerome Valeska

Is that what this is about? Yeesh. Are all rich kids this close with their butlers?

Bruce Wayne

Is there a plan for all this madness?

Jerome Valeska

These people don't want a plan. They want an excuse. A mother who dreams of strangling her child. A husband who wants to stab his wife. All they want is someone to tell them, "Do it. Kill them. It doesn't matter." It doesn't. [turns to dunk tank game, where a hostage is suspended over a tank of piranhas] Ooh, I love this game!

Bruce Wayne

You won't get away with this.

Jerome Valeska

Already did. Now shush. Need to concentrate.

Bruce Wayne

A few dozen brainwashed maniacs can't take the city hostage forever.

Jerome Valeska

Well, duh!

Bruce Wayne

So what's the point?

Jerome Valeska

The point is that all these people out here looting, robbing, killing, they're the people who wash your car, who pour your coffee, who take out your trash. And what happened the minute the lights went out? They showed their true faces. They showed how quickly they wanna open up your rich boy veins and bathe in your blue blood. That is the point.

Bruce Wayne

That's not true. There are good people in Gotham.

Jerome Valeska

[laughs] Like who? The sheep who lock their doors and crawl under their beds? Face it, kid: Gotham has no heroes.

The Shaman

Over the centuries we tried to break the cycle of crime and violence that plagues Gotham, only for it to start up again. And do you know why it does? People are afraid, and fear breeds hopelessness.

Bruce Wayne

I'm supposed to believe you care about the people of Gotham?

The Shaman

I do. Very much. Which is where you come in. Gotham needs something I believe only you can provide.

Bruce Wayne

What?

The Shaman

A protector, Bruce.

Bruce Wayne

I can't protect Gotham, not all by myself. No one can.

The Shaman

Perhaps. But if you were to become a symbol, a symbol against fear, then Gotham can be reborn.

The Shaman

All that pain and anger. You think it's strength - it's not. You think you can harness it - you can't. You think it's a part of you, but it doesn't have to be. Do you know why you were defeated?

Bruce Wayne

No.

The Shaman

Your rage, Bruce. You seek to control it, but it controls you, and has ever since that night. Rage and pain are two sides of the same coin. I can release you from the pain of that night, and when I do, nothing will be able to stop you.

The Shaman

This detonator triggers the bomb. Thousands will be infected with the virus. The city will be torn apart, and out of the ashes, a dark hero will rise: you. When the time comes, you must press this button. Are you ready to embrace your destiny, Bruce?

Bruce Wayne

Yes. Gotham must fall.