#revenge

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

Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#revenge #nature

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me. ↗

— Darren Shan

#threat #chance

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

— Anne Bishop

#revenge #justice

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

#revenge #satisfaction

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself". ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#fool

I've liked you since you were eight years old. You made me laugh. You understood me. You looked out for me when no once else f**kin' bothered and you acted like you thought I could move mountains and I needed someone who thought that about me. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#revenge

she thinks I'm psycho cause I like to rhyme her name with things. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#joe-jonas #speak-now #taylor-swift #revenge

...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. ↗

— Herman Melville

#revenge

I write out of revenge. ↗

— William Goldman

#revenge