Michael Moorcock Quotes

Fate, at first so amenable, so reasonable, so open to negotiation, ends up by exacting a cruel revenge for happiness.

The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

Those who live by the wall must die by the wall.

The Fates are just: they give us but our own; Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown.

What is Providence for you may be Nemesis for me.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.

I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

The thing with 'Mortal Kombat' is we really deal with that: What is the right thing to do? When somebody does something bad, do you, then, in your mind, rectify the situation by doing something bad to them?

I guess one of the ways that karma works is that it finds out what you are most afraid of and then makes that happen eventually.

People occasionally forgive, but nature never does..

The mill of the gods grinds slowly but it grinds exceeding, small

Let him remember that many before now have tried to chastise a wrongdoer, and failing to punish their enemy have not even saved themselves; while many who have trusted in force to gain an advantage, instead of gaining anything more, have been doomed to lose what they had. Vengeance is not necessarily successful because wrong has been done, or strength sure because it is confident; but the incalculable element in the future exercises the widest influence, and is the most treacherous, and yet in fact the most useful of all things, as it frightens us all equally, and thus makes us consider before attacking each other.

When karma lands, it lands hard.

Hate begets hate and if karma and punishment is the only language you understand then the road ahead will be rocky.

I think of how and where all the horrible people I've come across in my life ended up, and I smile.

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

Every offense is avenged on earth.

The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.