Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)/Quotes

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When we have the wisdom to use mercy and compassion instead of force -- we human creatures will finally be on the path to perfection.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I want you to pass on a message for me. To Batman. Tell him he's finally... might I add quite successfully... turned my clinic into a morgue. Now get out.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

Suffering is the price we pay for being alive, and it's nonnegotiable. All we can do is accept it and move on. The very worst thing we can do is feel sorry for ourselves.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

Ah, you've learned that you aren't always in control of yourself. That your actions can fall woefully short of your intention. Just like the rest of us silly, noble humans.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I've said this many times, and no man's land does not change it. You keep working towards peace in this city, and I'll keep working towards peace in your heart

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

It's okay to let yourself be a little happy, Jim.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

Live your life. Be as happy as you can be. Then learn to be happier.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

All we can be sure of--all that's important, really--is what's in front of us here and now. If we want to be happy, we simply accept what life hands at us, do whatever has to be done.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

Drug dealers have taken enough out of this neighborhood over the years. Let them put something back for a change. Whether they know it or not.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

When we have the wisdom to use mercy and compassion instead of force, we human creatures will finally be on the path to perfection.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I don't deny that I pray for the day when no one will die from crime or injustice... when you and your kind are unnecessary... but until then, there is a need for you -- and I'm glad you're here to fill it.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I knew you'd be here, among the dead. It's where you belong... if you ally yourself with criminals and murderers... with the man who killed your parents...

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

A better world begins with the hope for one.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

My God, Bruce, don't you see? You beat these madmen senseless, hand them over to the authorities, only to have them walking the streets again. Now only angrier and more violent than before. And you respond in kind. When does it end?

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I'd originally planned to claim it was a legitimate triage decision -- allocation of time and resources under emergency conditions. But we both know better, Bruce. Truth is I wanted to end it all -- all the secret warriors in hoods and capes. The endless violence. I could no longer be a party to such madness. Best to sacrifice one to caution others from putting on those stupid masks.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)

I appreciate that you knocked instead of just breaking in.

--Leslie Thompkins (New Earth)