We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged. - Heinrich Heine
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“They went out to die for liberty and decency and glory, they went out to die for the speeches and the parades and the monuments. But only the dead know if those things are worth dying for.” - Johnny Got His Gun* * * *
“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” - Criss Jami, Salome: In Every Inch in Every Mile* * * *
“If you're betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.” - Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut* * * *
O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One, you are the praise of Israel. - Psalm 22:2* * * *
"She was fury, she was wrath, she was vengeance." - Sarah J. Mass, Queen of Shadows* * * *
"To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance." - Criss Jami, Killosophy* * * *
She guardeth the Abyss. And in her is a perfect purity of that which is above, yet she is sent as the Redeemer to them that are below. For there is no other way into the Supernal mystery but through her and the Beast on which she rideth. - Magick Without Tears* * * *
"As it fades, I see the truth - in plain sight, yet hidden all along. We are children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue." - Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone* * * *