The Dark Knight Rises Quotes

“Suffering builds character. - Miranda Tate”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization

“One man"s tool is another man's weapon. - Bruce Wayne”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization

“You have a practiced apathy, Mr. Wayne. But a man who doesn’t care about the world doesn’t spend half his fortune on a plan to save it—and isn’t so wounded when it fails that he goes into hiding.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Sorry? You expect to destroy my world, then shake hands? - Bruce Wayne”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization

“Our crimes always catch up with us. - Alfred Pennyworth”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Novelization

“You can fail as Bruce Wayne,” he said. “As Batman, you can’t afford to.” “Is that what you’re afraid of?” Bruce asked indignantly. “That if I go back out there, I’ll fail?” “No,” Alfred said. “I’m afraid you want to.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“There is a prison,” Alfred began grimly, “in a more ancient part of the world. A pit where men are thrown to suffer and die. But sometimes a man rises from that darkness. Sometimes the pit sends something back.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“How can you move faster than possible,” the other man asked, “fight longer than possible, if not from the most powerful impulse of the spirit? The fear of death. The will to survive.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“The shadows betray you, because they belong to me…”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“You think darkness is your ally,” Bane said. “But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Formed by it…”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“How dare you use Rachel to stop me?” he growled. “I’m using the truth, Master Bruce. Maybe it’s time we all stopped trying to outsmart the truth, and just let it have its day.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“My mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men.” “This isn’t a car,” he pointed out.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“But once you’ve done what you had to, they’ll never let you do what you want to.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“You see, it’s the slow knife…the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips between the bones. That’s the knife—” With her other hand, she armed the trigger device. “—that cuts deepest.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Machine guns, missile launchers, grappling hooks and cables—what more could a girl want?”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“A child born in hell,” the white-haired prisoner said. “A child forged by suffering. Hardened by pain.” He shook his head sadly at Bruce. “Not a child of privilege.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“You yourself fought the decadence of Gotham for years—with all your strength and resources, all your moral authority. And the only victory you could achieve was a lie.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Don’t apologize for believing the world is in better shape than it is,” the commissioner told him. “Just fight to make it true.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Peace has cost you your strength,” Bane declared. “Victory has defeated you.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“There are always people you care about,” he said. “You just don’t realize how much until a bad man points a gun at them. Or until they leave…”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“The Batman must come back.” Does he know what he’s asking? Bruce wondered. “What if he doesn’t exist anymore?” he replied aloud. “He must,” Gordon murmured, gasping for breath. “He must.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Now you’re trying to set me up with a jewel thief?” “At this point, sir, I would set you up with a chimpanzee if I thought it would bring you back to the world.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization

“Have we started the fire?” the man asked. Bane squeezed his arm in return. “The fire rises.”
― Greg Cox, The Dark Knight Rises: The Official Movie Novelization