I tell you this story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way.
-An Mei
That bad crab, only you tried to take it. Everybody else wanted best quality. You, your thinking is different. Waverly took best-quality crab. You took worst, because you have best-quality heart. You have style no one can teach. Must be born this way.
-Su Yuan
... The Joy Luck Club
Achilles: You're still my enemy in the morning.
Priam: You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect.
Messenger Boy: Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal godess. They say you can't be killed.
Achilles: I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I?
Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him.
Achilles: Thats why no one will remember your name.
You can never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you crawl into his skin and walk around in it..'
-Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mocking Bird)
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
-Harvey Dent
Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck.
-Lucius Fox
Bruce Wayne: People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?
Alfred Pennyworth: Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.
Sometimes,the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
-The Batman
Madness,as you know, is like gravity,..all it takes,is a little push
-The Joker
