#revenge

The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one. -Kenshin to Eiji ↗

— Watsuki Nobuhiro

#happiness #manga #revenge #forgiveness

No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up! ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#fantasy #humor #revenge #simmon #humor

An eye for an eye.” “That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.” “The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#revenge #death

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#jealousy #revenge #jealousy

Abbey," Sarah said, "life is to be lived. If you're living, you're going to stumble along the way." "All the time?" Abigail lept to her feet and began to pace. "I have such a bad temper and when I was in my teens, I wasn't above using my gift for revenge. None of you did that." Joley slowly raised her hand, sliding down in the chair as she did so. Hannah followed suit, though she didn't look in the least remorseful. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and raised her hand and glared at Elle, who just grinned sheepishly and put up a couple of fingers. Carol tossed her head and waved her arm with gusto. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#humor #revenge #humor

Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #power #revenge #love

Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#attacks #communities #everyday #exacerbated #families

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#retribution #revenge #men

Revenge writing is a female genre. Men who have been left by women or made cuckolds by rivals either lick their wounds in humiliated silence or start the Trojan Wars. Having no other power or public voice, the betrayed woman reaches for her pen. ↗

— Frances Wilson

#revenge #men

Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood. ↗

— Anne Bishop

#revenge #justice