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Bane Quotes: The Wisdom and Power - 50 Memorable Lines from the Formidable Villain, Bane

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1. "Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it."

2. "Gotham, take control... take control of your city. Behold, the instrument of your liberation!"

3. "Peace has cost you your strength! Victory has defeated you!"

4. "The fire rises!"

5. "When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die."

6. "I will show you where I have made my home, whilst preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you."

7. "Do you feel in charge?"

8. "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."


“No one Cared who I was until I put on the Mask..!!💫”

9. "It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan."

10. "Let the games begin."

11. "I am the League of Shadows."

12. "Gotham is beyond saving and must be allowed to die."

13. "You merely adopted the truth. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the lies until I was already a man."

14. "The shadows betray you because they belong to me."

15. "I broke you. How have you come back?"

16. "Let's not stand on ceremony here, Mr. Wayne."

17. "Hope is kindling for the masses."

18. "Your punishment must be more severe."

19. "I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clamoring over each other to stay in the sun."

20. "Theatricality and deception are powerful agents."

21. "I learned here that there can be no true despair without hope."

22. "This great city, it will endure. Gotham will survive."

23. "I've killed you by sparing you."

24. "The powerful will be ripped from their decadent nests and cast out into the cold world that we know and endure."

25. "There can be no true despair without hope."



26. "Now is not the time for fear, that comes later."

27. "We will destroy Gotham and then, when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die."

28. "Adversity breeds strength."

29. "I'm Gotham's reckoning, here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on."

30. "I am the League of Shadows. I'm here to fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny."

31. "I will show you where I have made my home, whilst preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you."

32. "I will not stop Gotham from dying. I will simply help it along."

33. "You think you're the only one who can learn the strength to escape?"

34. "Impossible... not impossible. Uncomfortable."

35. "The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!"

36. "It's time to go mobile!"

37. "You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it."

38. "The fire rises, brother!"

39. "We both know that I have to kill you now. You'll just have to imagine the fire."

40. "Theatricality and deception, powerful agents to the uninitiated."

41. "Ah, you think you're in charge?"

42. "Yes! The fire rises!"

43. "Your precious armory gratefully accepted. We will need it."

44. "I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

45. "A reckoning will come, Gotham. A reckoning."

46. "So, you came back to die with your city?"

47. "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."

48. "We will destroy Gotham, and then, when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die."

49. "Peace has cost you your strength! Victory has defeated you!"

50. "I'm Gotham's reckoning."


51. "When it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die."

52. "The shadows betray you because they belong to me!"



53. "Speak of the devil and he shall appear."

54. "We don't have to kill each other, don't we?"

55. "The powerful will be ripped from their decadent nests and cast out into the cold world that we know and endure."

56. "I broke you. How have you come back?"

57. "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 ventured 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 clamoring 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."

58. "Your punishment must be more severe."

59. "Calm down, doctor. Now's not the time for fear. That comes later."

60. "Do you feel in charge?"

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