Children Quote by George Eliot

“We often take vengeance long after the fact upon blameless surrogates, reprising the same sins of the ones who trespassed against us, and so…

— Rick Yancey

“A lifetime of hurt in one act of vengeance.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Death defeats us in the end. But our children are our revenge against it.”

— Bruce Sterling

“They say vengeance taken will tear the heart and torment the conscious. If there's any truth to it, then I now know with certainty…

— Emily Thorne

“I understood that to this mode of pain are doomed the sinners of the carnal kind, who o'er their reason let their impulse reign.”

— Dante Alleghieri

“Vengeance cannot abide the agony of grace.”

— Anne Elisabeth Stengl

“These days, we take pride in being tough enough to inflict pain on others.”

— Tony Judt

“was the sort of anger that comes to a slow boil inside the hearts of good men who want justice, and finding it out…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Those with nothing but vengeance to live for are condemned by their own bitter victory.”

— Luke Scull

“Pain hurts, just as greed intoxicates and lust burns.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.”

— Brené Brown

“The greatest revenge we will have is to go about our lives, raising our children, and finding happiness wherever we can.”

— Teyla Branton