As a man I’m flesh and blood. I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. But as a symbol… as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.

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.

I took Gotham’s white knight, and brought him down to our level…

We burned the forest down.

As a man, I’m flesh and blood. I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. But as a symbol… as a symbol, I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.

winslet-k:

Man, symbol, legend.

Welcome to a world without rules.

You are as precious to me as you were to your own mother and father. I swore to them that I would protect you and I haven’t.

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

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Begins, falls, rises…

jimhalpered:

The Dark Knight Trilogy Appreciation - The Joker