Fictional Quotes Quotes

“What say you, Empress of Praes?
Here you lie upon the blood-soaked ruins of your dominion, surrounded by the corpses of the legions that once swarmed over the world. Hundreds of thousands dead for the sake of your wretched ambition, your mad design to bring to heel the kingdoms of man. In all the history of Creation no one woman has been so wicked as you, and I will have my answer.
Why, o Empress of Ruins?”
She shrugged.
“Why not?”
– Last lines of the “The Fall of Empress Triumphant, First and Only of Her Name”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“Those who live by the sword kill those who don’t.”
– Dread Emperor Vile the First”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“Note: orc buoyancy is limited. Avoid fighting the damnable rebels near shoddily-built dams in the future.”
– Extract from the journal of Dread Emperor Malignant II”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“Threats are useless unless you have previously committed the level of violence your [sic] are threatening to use. Make examples of the enemies you cannot control so those that you can will be cowed. This is the foundation of ruling.”
– Extract from the personal memoirs of Dread Emperor Terribilis II”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“Ha! And I bet you didn’t even see it coming!”
– Dread Emperor Traitorous the First”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“I’ve found that the best way to win at shatranj is usually to turn into a giant snake and tear my opponent’s throat out.”
– Dread Empress Vindictive III”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“My last name is Poirot, like Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot; no relation to the fictional character.”
― Ken Poirot

“Where have all the good men gone? Graveyards, mostly.”
– Dread Emperor Malevolent III, the Pithy”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“A single strike parts a champion from a corpse.”
– Praesi proverb”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“He was Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller on steroids. Sure, he was stuck up just like any rich snob was, but only to those whom he thought of as a threat to him.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“So I leave you here and let those cold euphoric drops of water drip and seep into your skull.”
― Justin Bienvenue, Opium Warfare

“Idealistic world views should be our focus.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Fists of fools are not among those I fear.
— Lirzod Basha, Shambala Sect”
― VKBoy

“Fists of fools are not among those I fear.”
― Lirzod Basha, Shambala Sect