Barbara Gordon Quotes

“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.”
― Chuck Dixon, Batgirl: Year One

“I promise loyalty. I promise secrecy. And I promise courage.”
― Chuck Dixon, Batgirl: Year One

“It was good to see her laugh. Even if it was at me.”
― Chuck Dixon, Birds of Prey (1999-2009) #8

“Y'know, a lot of the time it's like you Batguys want me to hold onto the past because you can't get over it. Understand— I have. I have a new life now. One I like — one that fulfills me. It's not the same as the one I had before, but it's good. Maybe even better.”
― Chuck Dixon, Birds of Prey (1999-2009) #8

“You know why my wheelchair doesn't have handles, Grayson? I don't like to be pushed.”
― Chuck Dixon, Birds of Prey (1999-2009) #8

“I'm Oracle, I know everybody.”
― Chuck Dixon, Birds of Prey, Vol. 2

“I have to find another path. Divine my own future. One uniquely mine. Not a page from someone else's book. Not a fate that begins and ends on page one.”
― Chuck Dixon, Batgirl: Year One

“I'm not Barbara Gordon. I have to keep remembering that. Tonight, I'm not Barbara. Tonight, I'm not the Police Commissioner's daughter.
Tonight, I'm the one who pored over the details of the confidential police and reports when her dad wasn't looking.
I'm the one who recognized the vintage costumes you wear.
Tonight?
Tonight, I'm Batgirl.”
― Gail Simone

“I use their expectations against them. That will be their weakness. Not mine. Let them all underestimate me. Let them think they have the upper hand over the little girl. Let them relax while the adrenaline leaks out of their systems. Let them believe they're closing their grips on a shrinking violet. And when their guard is down and their pride is rising... let me kick their butts up around their ears.”
― Chuck Dixon, Batgirl: Year One

“Do you think I like sending out agents to do my dirty work? Do you think I get my thrills living vicariously? Do you think I don't know hurt? Do you think I don't know hurt? You don't know hurt, sister! I can't get off the mat to take down Lynx on my own-- but you can, and by God, you will--”
― Chuck Dixon, Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey 1

“Wait for a hero? Barbara Joan Gordon -- Be your own damn hero.”
― Marguerite Bennett, Batgirl (2011-2016) #25

“We used to chase each other like this. Two kids flirting in a way only a handful of people on Earth could ever match. He with his acrobatics, and me with my ballet.”
― Gail Simone, Batgirl (2011-2016) #3

“You know at the end of the day, when you close the door and you're all alone... And you strip off your armor and lower your guard and peel away the mask... When there's nobody watching and nothing to hide... And you no longer need to be strong or clever or pretty or brave... There's just you. That's it. That's the soul.”
― Dylan Horrocks, Batgirl (2000-2006) #45

“You took nothing from me.”
― Tony Bedard, Birds of Prey, Vol. 12: Platinum Flats

“I struck out at the people who love me. Because I wanted understanding more than pity. Because I wanted respect more than comfort.”
― Gail Simone, Batgirl (2011-2016) #3

“And he was the first crush I ever had that wasn't a scientist-- it's a different thing altogether. It made me a little peeved at myself, to be honest. Half the girls in Gotham City would have been happy just touching his jacket. I didn't want it to happen. But I'm human, all right? And for a while, we were better than kids with a crush. We were actually friends.”
― Gail Simone, Batgirl (2011-2016) #3

“All my life, I've had well-meaning guys hovering over me, protecting me when I didn't need or want it. Enough with the well-meaning guys. They want to keep an eye on me? I'll send their eyes back blackened.”
― Gail Simone, Batgirl (2011-2016) #3

“You listen to me. You try to tell her that she failed that man... And you're not welcome here anymore.”
― Scott Peterson, Batgirl (2000-2006) #3

“Yeah, I was asleep, but it's okay. I was having my favorite dream. I have it all the time. I was dancing. I was beautiful. I was dancing.”
― J. Michael Straczynski, The Brave and the Bold (2007-) #33

“He was cocky. It would have been easy not to like him. But he was also kind, and that excused much. Kind, and...a little bit sad, somehow. I didn't understand that about him back then. But we were just kids.”
― Gail Simone, Batgirl (2011-2016) #3