William Short > William's Quotes

“It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”
― Batman Begins

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them.
One ring to bring them all,
And in the darkness bind them.”
― J.R.R. Tolkin

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Hades was the personification of dark and dangerous--a living, breathing Batman.”
― P.C. Cast, Goddess of Spring

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“But I know the rage that drives you. That impossible anger strangling the grief, until the memory of your loved ones is just poison in your veins. And one day you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed, so you'd be spared your pain.”
― Christopher Nolan

“Why do we Fall?
So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.”
― Christopher Nolan

“It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you.”
― Batman Begins

“People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy, and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. 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.”
― Christopher Nolan

“If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Loyalty, honor, and a willing heart. I can ask no more than that.”
― Thorin Oakenshield

“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate”
― Johnny Depp