an assortment of favorite selina kyle quotes:
āItās the story of my life. Itās never about who wins. Itās about who loses the least.ā
āI try so many things. I'm always changing. Whatās left of me without anyone watching? At the end, when I meet my maker, what do I say?ā
"Iām not blind to how the world sees me, and never felt the need to explain myself to anyone. Iāve been damsel, hero, and villain. Depending on whose story you choose to believe."
āThere are things I know. Really know. I can tell youĀ exactlyĀ how long it will take to crack a lock just by looking at it. I can tell you the best high heeled shoes to run in. And I know when Iām facing someone whoās been damaged by those who raised him. Mirrors come in all sizes.ā
"I know who I am. You've seen what I'm capable of. And I'm going to be the end of you."
āFor a long time all I could think about was pain. My own and my familyās, and that pain defined who I was, and ultimately just caused moreā¦until there was nothing left for me beyond that.ā
"Thatās a little inconsistent, you say, with my image as a bad girl. The kindness doesnāt mesh with the cruelty. How can I be nasty and nice? You just canāt figure me out? What can I say? I'm a cat."
"It was my reflection in the jewelry box. My face looking back at me. My entire story was written there. I saw my mother...my father...my entire young life. I knew right then that I could never run from it. But...I could change it. The mask let me be the woman I wanted to become ā and I found a way to live with both faces."
āAm I screaming? Should I be? No. Donāt scream. Survive.ā
āI've become vulnerable in ways that allowed someone to hurt me in ways I didnāt understand. I wonāt let that happen again. When I walk away from this life, it will be on my terms."
āBut Iāve felt the fear they feel, and the pain. The pain of that lost innocence. And once youāve lost that, itās so much easier for them to just take everything else, too.ā
āI wear a mask to give myself an edge, not to obliterate my own pain or identity. I love being Catwoman, but that in and of itself means that Catwoman isnāt all that I am. I steal compulsively, but somehow the stealing saves me. As hard and nasty and jagged as my life has been, instinctively I always want more. Instinctively, I always take more. And I live in Gotham because the city mirrors the landscape of my soul. Sheās beaten and bruised, just like me. A beauty. A badass.ā
