Evil Genius Quotes

“Yes," Jace said, unable to help himself, "I was trained to be an evil mastermind from a young age. Pulling the wings off flies, poisoning the earth's water water supply - I was covering that stuff in kindergarten. I guess we're all just lucky my father faked his own death before he got to the raping and pillaging part of my education, or no one would be safe.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“Evil genius-ness was like that--showy.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“Intelligence rarely trumps human nature.”
― Travis Luedke

“Councillor: But – I thought you said the new Heterodyne was a girl?
Vanamonde von Mekkhan: She is. That’s just the boyfriend.
Councillor: That’s – we’re … we’re going to have to break out those little iron cages for their children, aren’t we?
Vanamonde von Mekkhan: Uh-huh.”
― Phil Foglio

“Look pal, I'm a superhero, not a liability.”
― Steven Poore, The Evil Genius Guide

“I wondered: if I was so hell-bent on chaos, why would I adopt a military rank? Perhaps there was a part of me that needed rules, needed regulations and order.”
― Steven Poore, The Evil Genius Guide

“Fascinating!” Jayden was almost gleeful. “Yet another one you’re immune to, so it seems. Like Tristan’s hallucinating. And you can hold Matthias’s whips. Perhaps you should try to drown me.”

I looked at him. “Are you crazy? Next you’ll want me to suffocate Logan!”

“Excellent,” Jayden smiled. “I hadn’t thought of that.”

"What?” Logan backed away.”
― A. Kirk, Drop Dead Demons

“Something was springing inside of me—spring flowers, the sound of rain, a friend who made me smile. My body, moving through space. An unraveling of every clenched muscle from all the years I’d spent tensing myself into shapes that kept me safe.”
― Claire Oshetsky, Evil Genius

“I tried to think optimistically, but nobody came. Time began to behave so strangely. Wait and see. Times like these come for us all. The particulars will be different, but times like these will surely come for you, and when they do, there will be no pulse in the world. No heartbeat. Seconds and minutes won't behave. One moment you'll be living through staccato time where everything feels sharp and bright and fast, and the next you'll be stuck in geologic time and you'll have turned to stone.”
― Claire Oshetsky, Evil Genius