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You don't owe these people any more. You've given them everything. / Not everything. Not yet.
— The Dark Knight Rises ‧ 2012
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This is Batman's whole story compressed into a few words: every cost paid so far is not enough while there is more to give. Selina offers him the life he never took, and his refusal is the point where Bruce stops running from his role. Fans quote it as a tribute to sacrifice and stubborn loyalty, and it turns up on memorials and goodbyes far from Gotham.
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In context
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012), in the final act, with Gotham cut off by Bane and a nuclear bomb ticking toward detonation. Batman has planned an assault on Bane's army and says he will open the blocked tunnel so people can get out, then be gone. Selina Kyle begs him to come away with her and save himself. She says he owes these people nothing, since he has given them everything. He answers that he has not given everything, not yet, and goes to fight. She does return: Wikipedia's plot has her killing Bane and helping Batman chase Talia.
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- The Dark Knight Rises transcriptBefore the final assault, 45 minutes to the blastReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Dark Knight RisesPlotReference checked
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