#revenge

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#angry #arrested #because #before #everyone

Laws on killing, even God's demands, didn't allow for peace. Not always. There'd still be pain; missing that child would break her parents' hearts. But what Helen knew, what she'd seen in those woods, would be too much for them, for everybody. ↗

— Alan Heathcock

#justice-without-mercy #loss-of-faith #retribution #revenge #the-big-peace

In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead. ↗

— Uwe Boll

#because #buried #chair #dead #electric

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more. ↗

— Jo Brand

#best #by the time #cold #dish #eat

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#deals #dirty #film #films #flattering

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

#dramatic-announcements #revenge #beauty

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. ↗

— Bobby Sands

#laughter #our #revenge #will

Success is the sweetest revenge. ↗

— Vanessa Williams

#success #success is #sweetest

Justice is about making them pay for [her] pain. Revenge is making them pay for yours. ↗

— Erica O'Rourke

#pain #revenge #revenge

Revenge is Always Sweet, it's the Aftertaste that's Bitter. ↗