“Revenge should only be sought if it serves both a strategic and personal goal. Strategic in that it will dissuade the target or others from committing more actions that demand retaliation. Personal in that the target must understand by whom and for what they are being punished, and be unable to prevent their comeuppance, because only in that circumstance will it bring satisfaction.”
― The Gods are Bastards
― The Gods are Bastards
“What Foundling does isn’t thinking outside the box so much as stealing the box and hitting her opponents with it until they stop moving.”
– Extract from “A Commentary on the Uncivil Wars”, by Juniper of the Red Moon Clan”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
– Extract from “A Commentary on the Uncivil Wars”, by Juniper of the Red Moon Clan”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“All systems are corrupt. All governments and all laws exist to benefit those in power.”
― The Gods are Bastards
― The Gods are Bastards
“You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.”
― To Kiss a King
― To Kiss a King
“To whom can you appeal for justice when the source of justice itself is the source of your oppression?”
― The Gods are Bastards
― The Gods are Bastards
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