Revenge
Quotes - There is nothing wrong with revenge
“You
are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you
to reflect that she is growing older every minute.”
―
Ambrose Bierce
“Yet,
all armor—from a lobster’s shell to a Navy SEAL’s
flak
jacket—ultimately reveals the same truth. All armor highlights
vulnerability.
It trumpets the fact that below that hard exterior lies
an
interior that is soft, fragile, and in need of protection.”
―
J.K. Franko, Eye for Eye
“The
passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation.
There are some people who are so blighted by their past, so warped by experience
and the pull of that silken cord, that they never free themselves of the
shadows that live in the time machine...
And
if there is a kind thought due them, it may be found contained in the words of
the late Gerald Kersh, who wrote:"... there are men whom one hates until a
certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of
something nailed down and in torment.”
―
Harlan Ellison, The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective
“I
only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge?
If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste
your time? His life will see to his death.”
―
Lloyd Alexander, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
“Justice,
like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others
will see evil incarnate getting exactly what's deserved.”
―
Emily Thorne
“There
is nothing wrong with revenge. The wrong has already been done, or there would
be no need to even the score.”
―
Ashly Lorenzana
“I
will build myself up so high in such a short time that when he leaves me, I
will become a lightning storm, a nuclear apocalypse.
I
will not come out of this with nothing.”
―
Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face
“She
put all of her weight against the sill of the balcony, her lovesick heart ready
and willing to join the man she loved.
She closed her eyes and pushed herself forward. From three stories high, she plummeted to the
earth. Before hitting the ground, she
swore she saw him, racing down from the heavens and lifting her up towards
God’s domain where lovers never ceased to rule.”
―
Harvey Havel, The Odd and The Strange: A Collection of Very Short Fiction
“What's
the big idea?" Sabrina demanded.
"I
declared war on you, remember?" Puck said.
Sabrina
rolled her eyes. "Is this another one of your stupid pranks?"
Puck
sniffed. "You have contaminated me with your puberty virus and you called
my villainy into question."
"First
of all, puberty isn't a virus," Sabrina said as she fought a tug of was
with the Pegasus for her now rather damp pillow."Secondly, I'm sorry if I
gave you the itty-bitty baby and boo-boo face. Do you wasnt me to give you a
hug?"
Puck
curled his lip in anger.
"Oh,
now is the baby cranky. Perhaps we should put him down for a nap?"
"We'll
see who's laughing soon enough," Puck said. "You see these flying
horses?"
"Duh!"
"These
horses have a very special diet," Puck said. "For the last two days
they have eaten nothing but chili dogs and prune juice."
Sabrina
heard a rumble coming from Puck's horse. It was so loud it drowned out the
sound of its beating wings. Sabrina couldn't tell if the churn of the sound was
worse for the Pegasus but it whined a bit and its eyes bulged nervously.
Puck
continued. "Now, chili dogs and prune juice are a hard combination on a
person's belly. It can keep a human being on the toilet for a week. Imagine
what would happen if I fed chili dogs and prune juice to an
eight-hundred-and-fifty-pound flying horse. Oh, wait a minute! You don't have
to imagine it. I did feed chili dogs and prune juice to an
eight-hundred-and-fifty-pound flying horse. In fact, I fed them all the same
thing!”
―
Michael Buckley, The Everafter War
“She'd
said that revenge was not sweet, that it was bloody. She was wrong. It *was*
sweet. For one fleeting, glorious moment you felt incredible satisfaction. Then
it was gone, empty, and you had to go on living. The power high that filled me
with her light had faded, and all I tasted now were bitter ashes.”
―
Sunny, Mona Lisa Blossoming
“If
I ask God to punish my enemy with vengeful prayers,
then
He is fair to allow the enemy to do the same for me.”
―
Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
“I
will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful
things. I will see your nation cast down and your allies drawn away. I will see
you as alone and friendless and wretched as am I; and then you may live as long
as you like, in some dark and lonely corner of the earth, and I shall call
myself content.
-Lien,
Albino Celestial (Dragon) ”
―
Naomi Novik, Black Powder War
