#vengeance

Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still. ↗

— Gary D. Schmidt

#vengeance #humor

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

#deep #silence #vengeance

My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#am #catholic #feminist #husband #i

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#crimes #injuries #justice #passion #revenge

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#critics #hard #judgment #justice #leaves

A brick could be placed in the center of a silver platter, surrounded by leafy green garnishes to compliment the red of the brick, and frozen for the next time you have the in-laws over for dinner. I’d recommend eating before they arrive, because I’m not sure you’ll want to have any of the “meatloaf” you’ll be serving them. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#food #funny #humor #in-laws #meatloaf

That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise himself; and if men had power thus to avenge themselves the earth would be peopled with phantoms. ("Eveline's Visitant") ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

#haunt #oath #revenge #vengeance #death

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

A solitary figure stood gazing outward, at the edge of the crenellations ringing the circumference of the great tower soaring up from the top of the massive, mountain-citadel. Shrouded with a regal, proud air, The Unifier, the Lord of far more than Avanor, regarded the heart of His worldly dominion with an invigorating feeling of growing mastery. Yes there was a deep concern weighing upon His mind, of a nature that rarely manifested to His pervasive senses. ↗

— Stephen Zimmer

#stephen-zimmer #nature

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