You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them. Though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. - Amos 5:11
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"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* * * *Tohya T
"If you feel it, if you really feel it, then you speak it like it's a still-beating heart clenched in your fist and there's blood running down your arm, dripping off your elbow, and you can't let go." - Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer* * * *
"Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven's substitute to recompense the good - now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!" - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo* * * *
"Vengeance is one of life's greatest motivators." - K.S Brooks, Lust for Danger* * * *July 2009, Aoyama Cemetery
"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* * * *J
"War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance." - Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier* * * *July 2009
"War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance." - Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier* * * *And as dinner
“Where does seeking justice end and seeking vengeance begin?”―Paula Stokes,This is How it Happened * * * * July 2006 Shinjuku, Tokyo ‘Damn it, Tatsuya! Where the hell are you?!’ Ren was practically tearing through the streets of Shinjuku in search of his friend. He wasn’t at home. He wasn’t at Miyashita Park. And he most definitely wasn’t at the bar, as Ren had just come from there. Where could he be? Ren hit the brakes of his bike when he spied Tatsuya’s motorbike, nearly swerving into a nearby lamppost had he not hit on the brakes of his bike in time. Ren blinked rapidly several times before making his way over to Tatsuya’s motorbike, and started looking in several directions at once, wondering where he co