Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard.

“I was not a bastard, I was not a bastard, I was not, I was not, I was not, unless, somehow, I was.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“[T]he most repugnant bastard there is: the bastard-octopus.”

— Roland Barthes

“The window rattles without you, you bastard. The trees are the cause, rattling in the wind, you jerk, the wind scraping those leaves and…

— Daniel Handler

“One of them is that a bastard is always a bastard and if I can hurt a bastard by digging up shit about him,…

— Stieg Larsson

Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only…

— Muqtada al Sadr

“Bastard. Mother-crapping bastard.”

— Samantha Towle

“Love is a heartless bastard”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Sometimes being a contrary bastard was a real pain.”

— Lori Foster

“Yet Another reason to hate him. The bastard had broken her libido with his wonder penis.”

— Nicolette Day

“You want to change the world? Now is your chance! Go show this bastard what you are made of!”

— Wesley Chu

“Bastard had the bad manners to die before we were through talking to him.”

— Maya Banks

“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of her chin…

— Dianna Hardy

Butane is the bastard gas.

— Hank Hill

“In another Christmas story, Dale Pearson, evil developer, self-absorbed woman hater, and seemingly unredeemable curmudgeon, might be visited in the night by a series…

— Christopher Moore

“I know I don’t deserve this,” he says roughly, “but I’m going to be a selfish bastard and take it. Because I’ve been dying…

— K.C. Lynn