“A diamond plate, a glowing grate, a place you never leave. Where am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“What has no hands but might knock on your door, and you better open up if it does?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“A good riddle reveals the asker. To solve it is to solve the mystery of the person posing it.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 3: Heroes Rise
“I can start a war or end one. I can give you the strength of heroes or leave you powerless. I might be snared with a glance but no force can compel me to stay. What am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 1: Under the Knife
“The cupcake is sweet, the bullet is deadly. A beautiful woman’s a dangerous thing.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 1: What the Little Bird Told Him
“I can’t be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I’m worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 3: Mad City
“What do a dead man, a cruise ship and emu have in common? Correct, nothing.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 1: The Mask
“This is who I am. It was just finally admitting the truth to myself. Well, that and murdering some people.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“A nightmare for some. For others, a savior, I come. My hands, cold and bleak, it’s the warm hearts they seek.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“Without fingers I point, without arms I strike, without feet I run. What am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“A man with nothing that he loves…is a man who cannot be bargained. A man that cannot be betrayed. A man who answers to no one… but himself.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Rise of the Villains
“I’m strong as a rock, but a word can destroy me. What am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Wrath of the Villains
“What’s nowhere but everywhere, except where something is?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 1: Pilot
“The less you have, the more they’re worth. To friends.”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 2: Rise of the Villains