“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
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“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* * * *
"This truth holds me close, rocking me like a child in a mother's arms. It binds me in its love as death swallows me in its grasp." - Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone* * * *
"Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one's soul so entangled in it that you can't let it go, even if you try." - Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer* * * *Whatever curses that Ren was about to utter were cut off as the metal pa