"But even then, I think I understood that mother had been born again, into that other world. A world of fathomless signs and portents. Of magic and terror. And mysterious symbols." —Amadeus Arkham, page 5

"It's me. I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the Joker may be right about me. Sometimes I...question the rationality of my actions. And I'm afraid that when I walk through those asylum gates...when I walk into Arkham and the doors close behind me...it'll be just like coming home." —Batman, page 11

"What's the matter? Have I touched a nerve? How's the Boy Wonder? Started shaving yet?" —The Joker, page 21

"Oh, don't be so predictable, for Christ's sake. That is his real face. And I want to go so much deeper than that. I want him to know what it's like to have sticky fingers pick through the dirty corners of...