Dick Grayson

"He [Batman]caught me before I hit the ground. He was my net. He taught me to focus my anger. To stop myself from hating the world. From blaming everyone for the evil of a few. And then I realized how lucky I was. I realized I had to pay it back. I owed it to other people to be their net. I had to dedicate my life to being there to catch anyone who needed it."

"I was Robin. I was the first. I wore the colors you're wearing. I bled them black. That means I get the blame for what's going on here. For all of you. For what you're done. What you're going to do. You're wanted by the police. You need help. You need to become what you think you are. That's my fault. And that's my responsibility."

"I miss you. Every day, I think about you both, and I wonder... I wonder what you would say if you could see me now. Mom, dad... would you still be proud of your son if you could see what I've become? Would you cheer me on? Or would it scare you to death that your son is a vigilante?"

"Agent 37: Summer Camp"

"Agent 1: What?"

"Agent 37: When I was a kid, Bruce decided to send me away for a couple of weeks in the summer. He'd been as a kid, and figured it'd do me some good. Camp White Fawn, it was called. There were kids from all over. Jersey city. New York. Gotham Academy. A bunch of strangers lumped together in tents and cabins to build birdhouses, play tug-o-war, and swat mosquitos. And the weird thing was, all of these kids who started out was total strangers became friends, enemies or "romantically involved," like right way. It happened so fast. Something about everyone starting from the same place... Alone, excited, scared, and missing home... It made all those relationships so much more intense. That's what "being a spy" is like. Summer camp."

"They say in Spyral, the only operative you can trust is yourself. But I'm starting to think that they couldn't be more wrong. After all, there's no one better at lying to you... than you"

"Oh, Otto. You stupid, evil maniac. Always forcing yourself into places you shouldn't, thinking you're invincible. Always falling into traps. Risk is what I do. Risk is who I am. What's one more leap without a net? Tsuchigomo."

"No body to catch me this time... Let's see if I remember how to jump with no net"

"He saw that we could be better than him. That our lives didn't have to be defined by our traumas like his was. You don't understand Batman. You don't understand Robin."

"Titans. We're not kids. We're not sidekicks and wannabes. We're not children you can prey on. We're not the Teen Titans. We are the Titans."

"...So we learn. Fast. And save people. We don't kill and we don't let others kill. That's the Titans' remit. My team. My rules."

"The rational part of me, the grown-up, says we're totally screwed. The problem is too big and terrifying. But the kid in me? You know, the Teen Titan? He's fearless, and his hope is absolutely limitless. You know that feeling, Raven. It's why we all choose this life. And that's why it has to be the Titans. Together. Fearless as kids, strong as the Justice League."

"Lesson one: Improvise. Leap first. Figure it all out on the way down"

"Ignore your mentor do what you do best. Be you."

"I am in the Titans, remember. Black holes. Alternate universes. Aliens."

""If only Jason could have reached out to us. Any one of us. He could have saved himself. But you know what? Some people don't want to be saved. Because saving means changing. And changing is always harder than staying the same. It takes courage to face yourself in the mirror and look beyond the reflection. To find the you that you should have been. The you that got derailed by cruel childhood events. Events that took your life's natural trajectory and twisted it. Changing it into something unimaginable … or even incredible … giving you the courage to embrace your birthright, your destiny, and finally realize that you are Batman."

"This is it. Batman and Robin. Together again for the first time."

"Don't ever let me forget the golden rule, Alfie. The show must go on."

"Comissioner Gordon: … I allowed you access to a suspect and you dragged him screaming through the the streets? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"Dick: I'm Batman. (Batman and Robin #3, 2009; by Grant Morrison)"

"Batman is NOT dead. And I don't mean this in some spiritual pep talk sort of way. That he now "...lives on through all of us." I'm not being sentimental. What I mean is, the world cannot know he's dead. Most don't even know he was human. Vampire. Demon. Ghost. We all know the myths. But that's all we have left of him. The fear he instilled. That is his legacy. And we need to honor that. We need to honor him. To acknowledge his passing flies in the face of everything he fought for. Everything he was. The criminals, the monsters, the ones who dedicate themselves to doing wrong need to think he can't die. They need to think he's still out there. Batman lives. Always."

"I believe Bruce would have 'smoked' the place … meaning he'd drop a few flash bang grenades, and the joint would have emptied in a panic. But he'd leave a batarang in the wall to let them know he was there. Better to instill fear and be unseen. He and I are different in a lot of ways. I was born into a circus. A trapeze artist. I know that sometimes people need a show … and I'm a born entertainer."

"I've spent years as a student of my own behavior. And I mean that in the least egocentric way. When you devote much of your life to putting your life on the line, you have to take great care in what you do and how you do it. There's very little room for carelessness. Carelessness is born out of complacency. Or out of cockiness. Sometimes it's a combination of the two. That said you can learn from your mistakes. You dissect the situation, find where you erred, and plan for 'next time.' That is if you haven't screwed up so royally that you might now survive your own idiocy for there to be a next time. If it seems like I'm being too hard on myself, it's because two major league psychopaths are trying to kill me."

"I am not Bruce Wayne. But when lives were lost … and the entire city was at stake … I did what Batman had to do. I acted as the Dark Knight. To the best of my abilities - I became him. And I succeeded. Not at Dick Grayson. And not as Bruce Wayne. But as Batman."

"Sometimes the lines get blurred. Sometimes the only thing between you and them is the mask and cape."

"Sometimes the hardest lessons are learned in the midst of a storm."

"--A Batman who's enjoying the thrill of being expendable. And a robin who's willing to die for the cause. Una memo looked into the heart of what Bruce did without even meaning to. Not this time"

"When I was a boy, my parents kept a big map of the country tacked to the wall of our dressing room. The map had pins stuck in all the places our troupe was going to stop that season. Different towns and cities were marked with different color pins. Blue pins meant small towns … which meant small shows, less dangerous tricks. Red pins meant big cities. So, big shows and more dangerous tricks. All the stops were marked red or blue .. except for Gotham City, which was marked by a black pin. According to my father, the black pin meant no holds barred. Pull out all the stops. Bring down the house. It meant put on the biggest, riskiest show of the season. No catch wires. No safety nets. Everyone pushing themselves to the limit. I remember one time when I asked my father why. What made Gotham so special?And my father, he looked down at me and he said … 'Some places just have a hunger about them, son. And you either feed them what they want … or you stay, far, far away.'I've felt it many times myself, that hunger … the way Gotham will start pulling at you when it wants something, when it wants more … it's been feeling like that a lot lately. Wild and strange, and most of all -- hungry."

"...but Gotham doesn't change you. She just reveals things, whether you like them or not."

"Lately it just feels like the city [Gotham]is getting meaner, wilder. Something is changing. Some nights I feel like I barely recognize it anymore."

"Gotham is a place you can never get above, a place you can never see clearly. Every time you try to get some purchase, the city changes beneath you, surprising you in new, terrible ways."

"I am a softy and I do try to see the best in people, but that doesn’t mean I’m stupid."

""Dick is like my own son!....Your honor, I ...I love that boy! Please don't take him from me!" - ("Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!",1943 scripted by Bill Finger)"

""Nightwing. He is the best. The only one I could have picked to lead you. He will honor you. He will make you champions." - Batman (JLA #69, 2002; Joe Kelly)"

""I'm going to give you a bit of advice. You're ready to graduate. Leading the JLA proves it. You can handle bigger and better than you are now." - Batman (JLA #76, 2002; Joe Kelly)"

""Dick has always spoken to me without fear. No matter what else has happened to us through the years --- he has earned that right." - Batman (Batman #615, 2003; Jeph Loeb)."

""The first person I ever revealed my identity to was Dick Grayson. He was about the same age I was when my parents were killed. His parents -- circus acrobats -- had been murdered. And I... wanted to make a difference in his life... The way, if my parents had lived, they would have made a difference in mine... Through the years, I've debated whether it was fair of me to take him in. Train him. Give him another identity to hide behind. But, I've learned that Dick wasn't like me. He didn't come from a world of privilege. He was a performer. Gifted in that way. And while, at the time, the transition from Robin to Nightwing was... difficult for us both -- it was a day I had long prepared myself for because... Dick was born to be in the center ring." - Batman (Batman #615, 2003; Jeph Loeb)."

""I know you follow a code. And I respect you. You're pretty impressive for someone without super-powers, and I... Appreciate what you tried to do for my boy." - Slade Wilson (Nightwing #80, 2003; Devin Grayson)."

""[At his parents' graves] I've brought a young man -- a boy, actually -- to stay at the house. He's … lost his parents at roughly the same age that I … That I lost you. I don't know what will happen. I don't see myself as any sort of father figure. But … I think I can make a difference in his life." - Bruce Wayne (Batman: Dark Victory #9, 2000; Jeph Loeb)."

""In accessing the risk involved for Batman in acclimating new recruits to his team, we would be remiss not to examine the circumstances and consequences surrounding the first addition to the Dark Knight's campaign. Though to call Dick Grayson a 'recruit' is misleading. As well as I profess to know the Batman, even I can't be sure what he was thinking when he agreed to assume legal custody for the orphaned boy who would be the first Robin. I can tell you about this boy. He was fearless. He was effusive. And he was full of grace. So maybe it was just greed that made Batman take him? Maybe it was sympathy for his situation? Recognition? Maybe no good general would turn down the opportunity to implement a gifted soldier. Or maybe the Dark Knight knew, somewhere in the back of his head, that he couldn't face the entirety of his mission alone." (Batman: Gotham Knights #10, 2000; by Devin Grayson)"

""Deep within the caves beneath my father's house, I remember what Catwoman said. "A father's love can be a terrible thing..." How the rage brought in by the death of The Roman changed Sofia's life … and what the murder of my own father brought out in myself. Now, I see in Dick the chance to help him cope with his own loss … and guide him into being a better man for it." - Batman (Batman: Dark Victory #13, 2000; Jeph Loeb)."

""Compassion is an honorable quality, Dick. One any father would be pleased to see in his son ..." - Bruce Wayne (Gotham Knights #21 2001; by Devin Grayson)"

""I'm playing 'chicken' with a kid called 'Robin.' I don't know why he's showing off. I don't know why I'm going along with it. I don't even know where we're going. It could be a robbery. Or prison break. A gang war. Or free donuts at Lenny's. He sees that Bat-signal in the sky and takes off. Like a bird out of Hell. And he just expects me to follow him. And I do." - Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) (Batgirl: Year One #08 2003; by Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon)."

""The Flying Graysons would be proud... I know I am." - The Flash (Wally West) (Flash plus Nightwing #01, 1997; by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn)."

"Alfred: Ever since you were a child, I have seen in you such luminosity of spirit... It was truly almost visible -- some indefinable and yet unmistakable fire at the very core of your being that allowed you to survive and thrive where so many others... [long pause] But now that very spark seems to have vanished from you, Master Dick, as if it had never lit your heart. I do not know why and I do not know how to help you. But I fear that without it, this life you and Master Bruce lead could well prove... [whisper] unsurvivable."

"Dick: Alfred, what are you talking about? Bruce hasn't had any innate inner optimism this whole time, and he'll outlast every one of us!"

"Alfred: But of course he's had optimism! He has had you. (Nightwing #99, 2004; by Devin Grayson)"

""I'd forgotten how fast Nightwing could be." - Wally West (Titans: Rebirth by Dan Abnett)"

""Your sidekick is smart" - Wonder Woman to Batman (Titans: Legacy by Dan Abnett)"