Edward Nygma quotes from Gotham

Edward Nygma

Without fingers I point, without arms I strike, without feet I run. What am I?

Jim Gordon

You're a clock.

Jim Gordon

How did this happen to you? How did you become this?

Edward Nygma

You dummy. This is who I am. It was just finally admitting the truth to myself. Well, that and murdering some people.

Jim Gordon

I don't believe that.

Edward Nygma

You don't believe it? Why, Jim? Because it would make you incompetent to know I was under your nose the whole time? Or you don't want to admit there's a monster in all of us - because you of all people should know that! That's what made it so easy to frame you.

Jim Gordon

I was your friend.

Edward Nygma

Were you? Were you my friend, Jim? Or did you just pity me? "Oh, poor weird little Ed with his little silly word play and his riddles."

Jim Gordon

Completely insane.

Edward Nygma

Yeah, it's probably easier for you to think that. How about one last riddle for old time's sake? A nightmare for some, for others, a savior I come. My hands cold and bleak. It's the warm hearts they seek.

Jim Gordon

Death.

Edward Nygma

Right again. Goodbye, Jim.

Edward Nygma

Hello, Jimmy.

Jim Gordon

Go to hell, Ed.

Edward Nygma

Oh, you've already put me there - here. But not for long, my friend. I'll find my way out, 'cause this place is just one big puzzle, and puzzles are my forte. Nobody beats me.

Jim Gordon

I did. See ya never, Ed. [leaves]

Edward Nygma

That's what you think.

Selina Kyle

Forensics guy?

Edward Nygma

Street trash girl?

Selina Kyle

You framed Gordon!

Edward Nygma

And you tried to get a reward by turning him in.

Selina Kyle

[shrugs] Yeah, well...

Edward Nygma

Just between us, who does run Wayne Enterprises?

Hugo Strange

I could tell you, but then I would have to lobotomize you.

Edward Nygma

So, moving forward, sir, I would be more than happy to help you with any of your other cases.

Hugo Strange

You would be a wonderful addition to my staff, Ed, a wonderful addition, if you were only sane.

Edward Nygma

[about to open Strange's secret lab] What do I get if I do it?

Jim Gordon

You get to live.

Edward Nygma

...Fair enough.

Oswald Cobblepot

[about Mooney] Why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? I was powerless. She must have a larger goal. I-I need to know what she is doing.

Edward Nygma

Do you? When Alexander encountered the Gordian knot, a knot so complex no one had ever been able to untangle it... he just removed his sword and cut it in two. Details can be distracting. Sometimes, a simple solution is best. See, no matter what she is planning, just remember: Penguins... eat... fish.

Oswald Cobblepot

Butch?

Oswald Cobblepot

Give me one reason why I shouldn't let Butch kill you where you stand!

Edward Nygma

Well, there are about thirty witnesses...

Oswald Cobblepot

I DON'T CARE!

Edward Nygma

[nods to the television] And there's that.

In what can only be viewed as a seismic shift even by Gotham standards, former underworld kingpin Oswald Cobblepot has won the Mayor's office by a landslide...

Oswald Cobblepot

[tearing up] I still won... they really want me as mayor.

Oswald Cobblepot

I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm useless to one, but priceless to two. Love. They love me.

Edward Nygma

If you would have bought the election, you never would have known. Now you do. Feels good, doesn't it?

Oswald Cobblepot

How did you know I would win?

Edward Nygma

I believe in you, Oswald. Even when you don't believe in yourself.

Oswald Cobblepot

[to Butch] You. You never believed I could win this election on my own. I think maybe you're not cut out for this after all.

Butch Gilzean

What?!

Oswald Cobblepot

Oh, don't worry, I still need someone to crack skulls. [to Nygma] C'mon, Ed, we've got plans to make.

Edward Nygma

The people love you. Gangs fear you. And tomorrow, the cream of Gotham will be gathering to celebrate you. What more could someone ask for?

Oswald Cobblepot

Someone to share it with.

You struggle to regain me when I'm lost... you struggle to obtain me. What am I?

Edward Nygma

Time.

Tabitha Galavan

Tell me what you want.

Edward Nygma

I want to break Butch's heart before I end his life. Y'know, kind of an "eye for an eye" thing. [glances at Tabitha's bound wrist and smiles] Although, in this case, I'll take a hand.

Barbara Kean

(coughs) Penguin!

Edward Nygma

Did you just fake cough "Penguin?"

Oswald Cobblepot

[reading the front paper newspaper] "Chess Killer." How terrifying! How will anyone sleep knowing that the "Chess Killer's" on the loose?

Edward Nygma

It's just a name dreamed up by some hack. Today will change everything.

Oswald Cobblepot

This is a mistake what you're doing.

Edward Nygma

I don't recall asking you.

Oswald Cobblepot

I showed you how to be Ed Nygma, and then who can run the underworld and operate in plain sight, but what you are planning is madness!

Edward Nygma

No, it's a way forward. And the fact that it scares you gives me all the confirmation I need!

Oswald Cobblepot

Ed, you're not sleeping. You're taking drugs, you're having a conversation with your dead friend! JUST ADMIT you are lost without me or you will destroy everything!

Edward Nygma

I have to go.

Edward Nygma

[confused and disoriented] What are you doing?

Oswald Cobblepot

[singing seductively] He’s fierce in my dreams seizing my guts / He floats me with dread / Soaked in soul he swims in my eyes by the bed / Pour myself over him / Moon slipping in, and I wake up..alone...

Edward Nygma

ENOUGH! I admit killing you killed a part of me! But I will find a way forward no matter the cost! I will be born anew. And I will leave you behind!

Oswald Cobblepot

Penguin saw you, Ed. He was the only one, he made you! [Edward leaves; shouts] There is no Edward Nygma without the Penguin!