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Quotes About Vengeance

Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it into the sea with flowers.
~ Yoko Ono
My men think you are dead now, and won't waste balls on you," Jack said. "In fact I have let you live, but for one purpose only: so that you can make your way back to Paris and tell them the following: that the deed you are about to witness was done for a woman, whose name I will not say, for she knows who she is; and that it was done by 'Half-Cocked' Jack Shaftoe, L'Emmerdeur, the King of the Vagabonds, Ali Zaybak: Quicksilver!
~ Neal Stephenson
Unshed tears of an unrequited desire for vengeance are exhausting and require privacy.
~ Ng?g? wa Thiong'o
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot;
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. Politics have no relation to morals
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
But in republics there is more vitality, greater hatred, and more desire for vengeance, which will never permit them to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest; so that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside there.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
There's a famous saying: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.' I want to change it to 'Hell hath no fury like a nation scorned.'
~ Adnan Sami
I am not your kind," Vos said, his voice thick. "I do not feed off vengeance." Truth was quiet. It did not need to shout or to demand. It simply existed. "I am a Jedi.
~ Christie Golden
I have no fear of killing those who deserve to die. I do not choose to kill those who do not.
~ Christie Golden
It was dangerous to go back, at least for him, to even think of those days when he was too young and had no way to save the dying. He could only whisper to them, tell them not to be afraid, and that someday, he would avenge them.
~ Christine Feehan
Ryland lifted his head, his steel gray eyes as cold as ice. Menacing. He didn't try to hide the danger he represented. They had created him, they had betrayed him, and he wanted them to be afraid. There was tremendous satisfaction in knowing they were…and that they had reason to be.
~ Christine Feehan
I wonder how you'll scream when I tear out your heart and show it to you," Emma said, very calmly, her voice low, meaning every word.
~ Christine Feehan
Lazar didn't beat loyalty into me, Mitya said. He taught me how to hate. He taught my leopard how to hate. How to feel that terrible burning need for vengeance.
~ Christine Feehan
There was an ominous crack, and Slovensky screamed under the heavy load on his spine. "Damn you to hell," Slovensky snarled. "My brother will track you down." Mikhail said nothing, simply watching the havoc Gregori created. Mikhail would have killed James Slovensky outright, without the drama Gregori had such a flair for, but he was tired, his body in a precarious state. He had no wish to drain his energy further.
~ Christine Feehan
Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth and was lifting me off my feet as I kicked. Cornwall made as to draw his dagger, but Regan pulled him away. You've just won a kingdom, my duke, killing vermin is a servant's task. Leave the bitter fool stew in his own bile. She wanted me. It was clear.
~ Christopher Moore
Raziel! Go forth into the land and lay waste unto two good-size Wal-Marts, slay until blood doth flow from all bargains and all the buildings are but rubble — and pick up a few Snickers bars for yourself.
~ Christopher Moore
And I'll have you know that if you hurt my son again, if he so much as sighs sadly over his coffee, I will hire a man, a Russian, probably, to hunt you down and rip all that shiny black hair from your head, then break your skinny arms and legs, and set you on fire, and then put you out with a hammer.
~ Christopher Moore
Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
~ Christopher Paolini
We'll crack your skulls open and fatten our hogs on your blood!
~ Christopher Paolini
Hear me now. The Lord of Empty Spaces protect us as we venture forth to fight our foes. Guide our hands—and our thoughts—and guide our weapons that we may work our will upon these perversions of peace. Let daring be our shield and righteous fury be our sword, and may our enemies flee at the sight of those who defend the defenseless, and may we stand unbowed and unbroken in the face of evil. Today is the Day of Wrath, and we are the instruments of our species' retribution.
~ Christopher Paolini
Vengeance is always possible, he said, but only if your memory can endure it.
~ Christopher Rice
This might be the price of vengeance, she thinks. You have to spend the rest of your life living inside the memories of the worst things done to you so you can constantly justify what you did to avenge them.
~ Christopher Rice
Is this possible? To spend a life punishing people who will never know they have been punished? So
~ Umberto Eco