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“There were times when taking vengeance for the dead seemed too high a price for abandoning the living. I”

— Robin Hobb

“It is well if you go in for revenge to make it as complete as possible. ("The Vengeance Of The Dead")”

— Robert Barr

“The dead are never truly gone. They linger in our minds and hearts and torture us with a malice they were not capable of…

— Courtney M. Privett

“Oh, certainly, death, sudden and violent, was a good way to foil his implacable enemies, who seemed to be pursuing him with some incomprehensible…

— Alexandre Dumas

“The dead have already found their peace. Revenge is nothing more than a selfish pursuit.”

— Lexi Blake

“The dead have existed for as long as the living, give or take a few years. But what good has that done them?”

— James Aquilone

“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

“And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead?”

— Truman Capote

“But one cannot avenge a death, not really. One can only try to honor the memory of the dead by furthering their life's work…

— Delphine Dryden

“And grief was dangerous, because people fought hard and smart to protect the living. People got themselves—and everyone around them—killed trying to avenge the…

— Kit Rocha

“Death was the greatest villain, no matter how it got you; it always had the same outcome. It chewed you up and spit you…

— Holly Hood

“Vengeance took no account of innocence or right. It was the chain that bound horrific events together, that decreed that one awful act must…

— Robin Hobb