Charles Dickens Quotes

Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar.

My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side.

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.

But time at last makes all things even, And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power That could evade, if unforgiven, The patient hate and vigil long, Of those who treasure up a wrong

Time at length becomes justice.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time.

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.

In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.

I thought you were dead. Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.

I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.

Revenge is the most worthless weapon in the world.

You’re a dead man,” Kyle said. “Warren doesn’t take kindly to people who hurt me.

Revenge is an inhuman word.

Vengeance does not subtract any numbers from the equation of murder; it only adds them.

trust me, Anita, if you get dead, especially if he blames himself in any way, he will be a force of destruction looking for a place to be aimed. And he's blamed himself for introducing you to Olaf here from the get-go. If Olaf did to you what he's done to some of his other victims, Edward would drown the world in blood to erase those images.

Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.

An ugly knife lay buried in the heart of Mad Carew,'Twas the 'Vengeance of the Little Yellow God'.

You - will - never - touch - our - children - again!' screamed Mrs. Weasley. Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius had given as he toppled backwards through the veil, and suddenly Harry knew what was going to happen before it did. Molly's curse soared beneath Bellatrix's outstretched arm and hit her squarely in the chest, directly over her heart. Bellatrix's gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: for the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed.

Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.

You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion

Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance.

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.