History Quotes / StartofDarkness

->"What's the difference between killing one man or two? Yeah. That's right. My path was set in stone... The day I killed Dojima and I abandoned Kiryu. I'll show everyone. I'll make it to the top. And to do that... I'll kill as many as it takes!"

->''That's the last time I lose to you, Sullivan.''

->''"In my years fighting crime, I learned one truth — that every villain is the hero of his own story. Superman was no exception. The Joker drugged him, tricked him into killing his pregnant wife Lois, and made him trigger the bomb that nuked Metropolis. So when Superman killed the Joker, I understood why. We all did. But [[MoralEventHorizon once that line was crossed, there was no going back]]. He gave himself and the Justice League a new mandate: Stop all crime before it happened, by any means necessary. But he couldn't see his good intentions were leading him down a path of tyranny and evil. That's how our greatest hero became our greatest threat..."''
-->--'''Bruce Wayne''' on how Superman fell to villainy, ''Videogame/Injustice2''

->''When I was a boy, I was brought up in a circus. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent, African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye. I emptied my stage pistol into his! You see, Mr. Bond, I always thought I loved animals. Then I discovered that I enjoyed killing people even more.''

->"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day. [[Franchise/{{Batman}} You]] had a bad day once, am I right? I know I am. I can tell. You had a bad day and everything changed. Why else would you dress up like a flying rat? You had a bad day, and it drove you as crazy as everybody else... only you won't admit it!"

->And I swear right now\\
That no matter what comes of me\\
Anybody who stands or has stood in my path, they are going to pay!\\
They. ''Will.'' '''''Pay.'''''
-->--'''Varian''', ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''

->"I use to think that my life was a tragedy. But now I realize it's a fucking comedy."
-->--'''Arthur Fleck''', a.k.a. '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/Joker2019''

->I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the [[WouldHitAGirl women]] and [[WouldHurtAChild children]] too. They're like animals, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I slaughtered them like animals]]! ''I hate them!''

->We all start out the same, with simple naive trust, shielded from the many ways that life's not fair or just. But then there comes a moment, a simple truth that you must face, if you depend on others, you'll never find your place. And when you take that first step, on a path that's all your own, you see it all so clearly, the best way to survive is all alone.

->[[AC: There was a moment, Che, when the universe slowed. You were on the bed with two women. "Top of the world, ma!" you yelled, flexing in the mirror. Hamburger slapping brick. I was on the floor. The wallpaper patterns...]] ''[[AC: moved...]]'' [[AC: I saw [[EldritchAbomination sleepy mouths]] [[PlanetEater swallowing planets]]. I knew, right then, [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife I was where I needed to be]].]]

->"I use to think that my life was a tragedy. But now I realize it's a comedy."

-->--'''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/Joker2019''

->''"Once there was a man named [[Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}} Jack]] who wanted to find a Vault and become a hero. Things kind of escalated from there."''

'''Supergirl''': But [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope it wasn't just one]], Kal, was it? How many? ''How many?!'' Everywhere I go, [[BewareTheSuperman people are afraid]] of [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS this]]... [[BrokenPedestal Now I know why.]]