Revenge
Quotes - A need for revenge can burn long and hot
“But
I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be
greater than my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.”
―
Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy
“A
need for revenge can burn long and hot. Especially if every glance in a mirror
reinforces it.”
―
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
“Revenge
is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.”
―
Frances Hardinge
“Blood
only flows in one direction.”
―
J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle
“Amy!
My God! My God! My darling!' and buried my face in her neck, my arms wrapped tight
around her, and let the cameras get their fifteen seconds, and I whispered deep
inside her ear, 'You fucking bitch.”
―
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“I
swore on my knees at the altar where you held me that I would kill you. It was
an oath you made me make in my own blood. And now I have returned to give you
the promised blade.”
― T.
Mountebank, Sister Sable
“Accomplishments
don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low
self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride
and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion,
repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“I
am sick of roses, and I am horny for revenge.”
―
Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth
“The
moment you stop chasing happiness, you become happy.”
―
Sandy Hyatt-James
“...our
souls may be consumed by shadows, but that doesn't mean we have to behave as
monsters.”
―
Emm Cole, The Short Life of Sparrows
“Revenge
is Always Sweet, it's the Aftertaste that's Bitter.”
―
Joshua Caleb
“Shakespeare
was one of the few philosophers who believed in revenge. Then again, he was a
romantic. Romantics always believe in revenge, because romantics love harder,
suffer loss more painfully, and hold onto a grudge that has shattered their
hearts. Their hearts are of the greatest importance, above all else - body,
soul, or mind.”
―
S.T. Abby
“I
joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come
to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill
another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and
revenge will never come to an end...”
―
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
“Why
should I give up revenge? On behalf of what? Moral principles? And what of the
higher order of things, in which evil deeds are punished? For you, a
philosopher and ethicist, an act of revenge is bad, disgraceful, unethical and
illegal. But I ask: where is the punishment for evil? Who has it and grants
access? The Gods, in which you do not believe? The great demiurge-creator,
which you decided to replace the gods with? Or maybe the law? [...] I know what
evil is afraid of. Not your ethics, Vysogota, not your preaching or moral
treaties on the life of dignity. Evil is afraid of pain, mutilation, suffering
and at the end of the day, death! The dog howls when it is badly wounded!
Writhing on the ground and growls, watching the blood flow from its veins and
arteries, seeing the bone that sticks out from a stump, watching its guts
escape its open belly, feeling the cold as death is about to take them. Then
and only then will evil begin to beg, 'Have mercy! I regret my sins! I'll be
good, I swear! Just save me, do not let me waste away!'. Yes, hermit. That is
the way to fight evil! When evil wants to harm you, inflict pain - anticipate
them, it's best if evil does not expect it. But if you fail to prevent evil, if
you have been hurt by evil, then avenge him! It is best when they have already
forgotten, when they feel safe. Then pay them in double. In triple. An eye for
an eye? No! Both eyes for an eye! A tooth for a tooth? No! All their teeth for
a tooth! Repay evil! Make it wail in pain, howling until their eyes pop from
their sockets. And then, you can look under your feet and boldly declare that
what is there cannot endanger anyone, cannot hurt anyone. How can someone be a
danger, when they have no eyes? How can someone hurt when they have no hands?
They can only wait until they bleed to death.”
―
Andrzej Sapkowski, Wieża Jaskółki
“Justice
is about making them pay for [her] pain. Revenge is making them pay for yours.”
―
Erica O'Rourke, Torn
“An
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life.
that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.”
―
Jenny Han, Fire with Fire
“It
is so easy at times for a lonely individual to begin fantasizing about what the
people outside are saying about him and, in result, irrationally and fearfully,
and sometimes angrily, fancy himself a villain.”
―
Criss Jami, Healology
“The
paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have
harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they
make their tormentors suffer. In seeking the Bird's death to free himself,
Louie had chained himself, once again, to his tyrant. During the war, the Bird
had been unwilling to let go of Louie; after the war, Louie was unable to let
go of the Bird.”
―
Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and
Redemption
“Hey,
times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you
wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little
princ..."
(Rapunzel
glares)
"Prin...
soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that.”
―
Shannon Hale
“If
we choose to, we can live in a world of comforting illusions. We can allow
ourselves to be deceived by false realities. Or we can use them to hide our
true intentions.”
―
Emily Thorne
