Dick Grayson Quotes

“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

“You weren't the perfect father but that's okay because -- probably nobody's a perfect father. No family's perfect, either. I was lucky. I was privileged. Not because of the big house and the money, but because you gave me a lot of yourself. You taught me, you showed me, you encouraged me -- you never lied to me and you never demanded that I be anything I’m not. I didn’t imitate you because you insisted that I do so, but because I wanted to. Of all the men I knew, you were most worthy of imitation. Then I blamed you for letting me be who I was. Pretty dumb. You and Alfred gave me a home and you gave me what we don't mention. The L word. You were the best family I could have had. Thanks.”
― Dennis O'Neill, Nightwing (1995) #4

“[At his parents' graves] I've brought a young man -- a boy, actually -- to stay at the house. He's … lost his parents at roughly the same age that I … That I lost you. I don't know what will happen. I don't see myself as any sort of father figure. But … I think I can make a difference in his life.”
― Jeph Loeb, Batman: Dark Victory

“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

“Huh. Redheads. What is it about redheads?”
― 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

“One thing Batman taught me. Don't fight when a nice "Later, dork" will do. Sigh. But then again, Batman has fought every friend and ally at least once...his and Superman's fights are their versions of getting a beer and talking about sports.”
― Tim Seeley, Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

“I see them now. My first thought is -- all of this for Damian? The son Batman never knew he had. Grandson to Ra's Al Ghul... and a kid no one can stand. And then I think... no... it's for Tim. For him, a thousand ninjas us just the start of what I would do.”
― Fabian Nicieza, Nightwing (1996-2009) #138

“I've finally got you back, Dick. If you think for a second I'm angry at you for this, even a little, then you've been gone far too long.”
― Tim Seeley, Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

“I've been so many things, Bruce. Flying Grayson. Robin. Nightwing. Batman. Agent 37. All of them had one thing in common. They were all Dick Grayson. Helping my friends. Helping anyone who needs me. Beating the bad guys. That's who I am. Who you helped make me into.”
― Tim Seeley, Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

“Prison? Hahaha. I thought you'd moved beyond this. I'm disappointed, honestly. You're still going by Batman's version of justice. The version where rich bastards hire high-powered lawyers and get a slap on the wrist, while mentally ill outcasts get the crap kicked out of them and thrown in a dark hole.”
― Tim Seeley, Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

“Dick. I didn't fall. I jumped. I jumped because I knew you'd catch me.”
― Tim Seeley, Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

“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