Leah

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

“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

“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