“It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life, we must fight for them relentlessly without compromise or excuse.”

“I live my life free of compromise, and step into the shadows without complaint or regret.”

“I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing in the world worth having. we must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.”

“Farewell, we must part; we have turned from the landOf our cold-hearted brother, with tyrannous hand,Who assumed all our rights as a favor to grant,And whose smile ever covered the sting of a taunt;Who breathed on the fame he was bound to defend—Still the craftiest foe, ’neath the guise of a friend;Who believed that our bosoms would bleed at a touch,Yet could never believe he could goad them too much;Whose conscience affects to be seared with our sin,Yet is plastic to take all its benefits in;The mote in our eye so enormous has grown,That he never perceives there’s a beam in his own.”

“Nite-Owl: Rorschach...? Rorschach, wait! Where are you going? This is too big to be hard-assed about! We have to compromise!Rorschach: No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.”

“Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.”

“In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take.”