Bruce quotes from The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Alfred

If you're seriously considering going back out there, you should hear the rumors surrounding Bane.

Bruce

I'm all ears.

Alfred

There is a prison in a more ancient part of the world. A pit where men are thrown to suffer and die. But sometimes a man rises from the darkness. Sometimes the pit sends something back.

Bruce

Bane.

Alfred

Bane. Born and raised in hell on earth.

Bruce

Born in a prison?

Alfred

No one knows why, or how he escaped. But they do know that once he did, he was trained by Ra's Al Ghul, your mentor.

Bruce

Bane was a member of the League of Shadows?

Alfred

And then he was excommunicated. And any man who is too extreme for Ra's Al Ghul is not to be trifled with.

Bruce

I didn't realize I was known for trifling with criminals.

Alfred

That was then. And you can strap up your leg and put your mask back on. But that doesn't make who you were.

Bruce

If this man is everything that you say he is, then the city needs me.

Alfred

The city needs Bruce Wayne. Your resources, your knowledge. It doesn't need your body, or your life. That time has passed.

Bruce

You're afraid that if I go back out there, I'll fail.

Alfred

No. I'm afraid that you want to.

We were in this together, then you were gone.

Bruce

The Batman wasn't needed anymore. We won.

Based on a lie. And now there's evil rising from where we tried to bury it. The Batman has to come back.

Bruce

What if he doesn't exist anymore?

He must... He must...Batman must come back...

You think this can last? There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.

Bruce

You sound like you're looking forward to it.

Selina

I'm adaptable.

Bruce

Must've lost my ticket.

Your wife said you were taking a cab home.

Bruce

My wife?!?

Alfred

Just you, sir? [Bruce remains quiet] Don't worry, Master Wayne. Takes a little time to get back in a swing of things.

Alfred

I'll get this to Mr. Fox, but no more. I've sewn you up, I've set your bones, but I won't bury you. I've buried enough members of the Wayne family.

Bruce

You'll leave me?

Alfred

You see only one end to your journey. Leaving is all I have to make you understand. You're not Batman anymore. You have to find another way. You used to talk about finishing, about a life beyond that awful cave.

Bruce

Alfred, Rachel died knowing that we had decided to be together; that was my life beyond the cave. I can't just move on. She didn't, she couldn't.

Alfred

What if she had?

Bruce

She didn't, I can't change that.

Alfred

What if, before she died, she wrote a letter saying she chose Harvey Dent over you? And what if, to spare you pain, I burnt that letter?

Bruce

How dare you use Rachel to try to stop me?

Alfred

I am using the truth, Master Wayne. Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day! I'm sorry.

Bruce

You're sorry? You expect to destroy my world, and then think we're going to shake hands?

Alfred

No... no, I know what this means.

Bruce

What does it mean?

Alfred

It means your hatred... and it also means losing someone that I have cared for since I first heard his cries echo through this house. But it might also mean saving your life. And that is more important.

Bruce

Goodbye, Alfred.

Selina

Mr. Wayne? I'm sorry they took all your money.

Bruce

No you're not.

Bruce

Why didn't you just... kill me?

Bane

You don't fear death. You welcome it. Your punishment must be more severe.

Bruce

Torture?

Bane

Yes. But not of your body... Of your soul.

Bruce

Where am I?

Bane

Home, where I learned the truth about despair, as will you. There's a reason why this prison is the worst hell on earth... Hope. Every man who has rotted here over the centuries has looked up to the light and imagined climbing to freedom. So easy... So simple... And like shipwrecked men turning to sea water from uncontrollable thirst, many have died trying. I learned here that there can be no true despair without hope. So, as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clambering over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me torture an entire city, and when you have truly understood the depth of your failure, we will fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny. We will destroy Gotham and then, when it is done, and Gotham is...ashes... then you have my permission to die.