#vengeance

I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death. ↗

— Alan Bradley

#enemies #flavia-de-luce #humor #intelligence #sarcasm

Black Creek Burning: “It was a polite, white lie,” Brie whispered. “I’ll have to remember you think that way,” Nathan said. ↗

— R.T. Wolfe

#black-creek-burning #gardening #murder #romantic-suspense #sweet

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance. ↗

— Criss Jami

#envious #envy #excellence #greatness #jealous

Judiciously show a cat, milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#nature

One of my favorite dialogue pieces from Black Creek Burning: “It was a polite, white lie,” Brie whispered. “I’ll have to remember you think that way,” Nathan said. ↗

— R.T. Wolfe

#black-creek-burning #gardening #murder #romantic-suspense #sweet

War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance. ↗

— Guy Sajer

#terror #timeless #vengeance #war #world-war-ii

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#sue-grafton #vengeance #forgiveness

... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods ↗

— David Gemmell

#revenge #vengeance #life

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#feared #his #injury #man #need

In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it. ↗

— Robert Gould Shaw

#comes #i #instrument #like #lord