Linderman quotes from Heroes

People think I collect art. What I really collect are lives fixed in paint. A perfect moment capturing an entire existence, made immortal. A monster's fight to survive, and live to kill again. A mother willing to fracture her own soul to protect her child. Youth's struggle for innocence, despite life's cruelty. The double-edged lies needed to sustain a double-edged life. A wandering hero's pure joy at success, and his darkest hour, when all the world seems lost. All perfect moments, frozen in time. Alone, each tells a single story. Together, they can tell the future.

It was beautiful. And then some of my friends, they lost their way. They used their powers for personal gain and all the good that we'd done had amounted to nothing.

People need hope, Nathan.

This tragedy will be a catalyst for good.

We all have our roles to play in the events to come. You know, this isn't just a collection of art. This is a road map. These artists envisioned a brighter future. Peace. Prosperity.

I said people needed hope, but people trust fear.

There comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.

Nathan

I'd like to have both.

Can't be done. Two very different paths. To be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, no thought of what's gone before and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life with meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.

Nathan

If you know all this, then you also know the exploding man is my brother.

As I said, we all have our roles to play.

Nathan

Japanese Feudalism. Renaissance. Rome. Mayan. Peruvian. 20th Century. You must bring all your first dates here. What do you do with all this stuff?

I protect it. I shield it from a selfish and greedy world.

When my day of judgment comes, Nathan, I'll be remembered as a humanitarian. I care about the world, I just want to save it. To heal it. And for that, I need you.

Nathan

What could you possibly know about healing? (Linderman looks over at a dead plant and heals it.)

A few things.

So, Nathan, are the rumors true?

Nathan

Excuse me?

I heard your office is about to launch a full-scale investigation into all things Linderman. Care to comment?

Nathan

I'd shave my wrists. Handcuffs chafe.