Patricia Briggs Quotes

When something horrible is done to you, the natural impulse is to strike back.

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

For every whack I've given, I've gotten four or five.

I feel like getting even, and if I live long enough I will.

Where I come from we believe in an eye for an eye. That's what we do. That's just the way it is.

Seeking revenge: what a lack of foresight.

I believe in sometimes getting mad and always getting even.

Oddly enough, I think that everybody can relate to revenge, on some level. Everyone has wanted to exact it, at some point, and everybody has tampered with the idea, even if they didn't actually go through with it.

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.

If they play dirty, then you play dirty.

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

I mean if someone you know pushes a button you're gonna strike back out.

I'm not done yet making people miserable. If they're going to make me miserable, then I'm going to make them miserable.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil—and if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.

Those to whom evil is done do evil in return.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

To deal with us, you must understand us, We believe in an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth. We do not understand Christian charity.

There shall be no impediment on anyone who wished to avenge a wound.

I will get that fellow’s scalp if it’s the last thing I ever do..