Elizabeth

“I expected the members of Earth’s leading society of villains to be smarter,” I said. “I don’t know why.” “They’re smarter in movies and books.” “They would have to be, wouldn’t they?” Morrison said. “In the real world, they can be what people like them usually are: a bunch of dudes born into money who used that money to take advantage of other people to make even more money. It works great until they start believing that being rich makes them smart, and then they get in trouble.”
― John Scalzi, Starter Villain

“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“In the beginning, love is mostly about lying to each other. It's like that in the end, too.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 7

“At the time, I thought my life couldn’t get any worse. Here’s some advice: Don’t ever think that.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead