--- title: "1 Want Victim Quotes By John Goode" description: "1 Want Victim quotes by John Goode. Plus more from John Goode and more Want Victim sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/john-goode-11213_hero_i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-victim-some-prince_1537658.jpg" --- > [“I didn’t want to be a victim, some princess locked away in a tower, waiting to be saved. I wanted to be the hero of my story; I didn’t need to be saved. At least I didn’t want to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-victim-some-princess-locked-away-in-a-tower/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/john-goode-11213_hero_i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-victim-some-prince_1537658.jpg) ## More by John Goode > [“It takes more courage than one would expect to sit in a car you know you're going to wreck and even more to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/it-takes-more-courage-than-one-would-expect-to-sit-in-a-car-you-know/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“... life sucks, and I am pretty sure Fate hates me. But there is nothing I can do about any of that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/life-sucks-and-i-am-pretty-sure-fate-hates-me-but-there-is-nothing-i/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“For Kyle, thinking can just end up being destructive. It’s like he was always playing chess in his mind against himself for stakes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/for-kyle-thinking-can-just-end-up-being-destructive-it-s-like-he-was/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“NO ONE starts a trip thinking that they might crash. Even though there is always a possibility, no one in their right mind ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/no-one-starts-a-trip-thinking-that-they-might-crash-even-though-there/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“I mean, sure, maybe the princess did indeed date the criminal, but how exactly did they make that work?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-mean-sure-maybe-the-princess-did-indeed-date-the-criminal-but-how/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“I was seventeen and on the edge of an eighteen that seemed terrifying to a young man not sure of his sexuality. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-was-seventeen-and-on-the-edge-of-an-eighteen-that-seemed-terrifying/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“Every time I had dared to hope for something in my life, it seemed that fate, like a small, angry child, went out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/every-time-i-had-dared-to-hope-for-something-in-my-life-it-seemed/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“I didn’t have a life before you. All of that was… was just a waste of time.” I put my hand over his heart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-didn-t-have-a-life-before-you-all-of-that-was-was-just-a-waste-of/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“If she understood the difference between referring to me as "the gay guy" and using my name, the knowledge was lost between her vapid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/if-she-understood-the-difference-between-referring-to-me-as-the-gay/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“So I sat there and thought about faking a heart attack so I could skip school for a few months. I mean, they wouldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/so-i-sat-there-and-thought-about-faking-a-heart-attack-so-i-could/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“Like my own personal sun, he was not only too radiant to look at directly, I also found myself more and more drawn into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/like-my-own-personal-sun-he-was-not-only-too-radiant-to-look-at/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“I even went to the source of all wisdom, I went and knelt at the great Queen of Drag’s feet and asked her how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-even-went-to-the-source-of-all-wisdom-i-went-and-knelt-at-the-great/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“The more it changes, the more it's the same thing. But overall, things have changed. I say changed and not "changed for the better"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/the-more-it-changes-the-more-it-s-the-same-thing-but-overall-things/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“My parents were high school sweethearts, which is a term that means “too stupid to use a condom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/my-parents-were-high-school-sweethearts-which-is-a-term-that-means/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) > [“I swore to myself I would never be that guy, the guy who loses his shit for the first pretty face he sees. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-swore-to-myself-i-would-never-be-that-guy-the-guy-who-loses-his/) [John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-victim/john-goode/#itemlist", "name": "1 Want Victim Quotes By John Goode", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I didn’t want to be a victim, some princess locked away in a tower, waiting to be saved. I wanted to be the hero of my story; I didn’t need to be saved. 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