"You were eight years old. You were raised in a bunker by a psychopath. You had no idea what you were doing. You were eight years old. The fact that you've tortured yourself over it ever since proves what kind of person you really are."
"I can't hurt you. If I do, this collar will shut me down. I can't hit you or scream at you...so I'm just going to say this as cailmly as I can. Go to hell you crazy old bastard."
"Maybe it's still a work in progress....but it's still my kind of story. (Also a cute mysterious time traveler would also be my kind of story. Just putting that out there.)"
"They say when Elizabeth I ruled England, she maintained the kingdom on a knife's edge using what she'd study of Machiavelli. People remember what she did with her power once she had it: defeating her enemies, guiding her country into a new age. I'm increasingly impressed she ever got there."
"You're doing this for the wrong reasons, Gwen. None of this will change the past. So long as you're out here alone, running from the truth trouble's gonna keep chasing you."
"Isn't it obvious? You Teen Titans, you're superheroes. We're a super-science organization. We want to -What's the phrase I'm looking for-? We want to team up."
"Bruce, I understand more than anyone what losing your parents did to you and I'm sorry for that. You know how sorry I am. But it also broke Gotham's Spirit. Your parent's were going to save this city-- and now someone else has to do it."
"Go, if you must discover new worlds and dangers that will refuse you reprieve. But no matter how far you run, or what evils befall you - I am with you. I love you daughter."
"We need to aspire to be bigger than that. To align ourselves with any one government-- it'd be too divisive. We need to represent heroes coming together."
DC's first journey into Earth One finally gets its third volume and wraps up the mystery of their Man of Steel's homeworld with promises for the future. Hopefully, one of those promises is more books on the Earth One concept coming out regularly.
An interesting twist on the Titans story promising a solid YA tale to come further down the line and new but still familiar interpretations on some old favorites.