Remember when being a villain was all about wild nights and brawls in the street?

~ Drew Hayes

Drew Hayes Heroes Paranormal Fantasy Villains

We were thinkers not talkers.We were problems not solutions.We were heroes of the dark, villains with a spark.

~ M.l Van De Weetering

M.l Van De Weetering Heroes Thinkers Villains

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

~ George R.r. Martin

George R.r. Martin Heroes Inspirational Life Villains War

Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them.

~ Scarlett Thomas

Scarlett Thomas Characters Heroes Villains Writing

He turned one of his death rays into an ice cream maker, except he said I shouldn’t eat too much of it at once.”I nodded slowly. “Right,” I said. “That’s…sweet, I think.

~ Acacia Ackles

Acacia Ackles Heroes Odd Childhood Scott Strange Parents Villains

What do you see when you see me?' She asked him, burying her own face in his bosom. 'Do you want the truth?'She nodded.'The firing squad.''That's not the whole truth. Try again.''Insatiability,' he said with some bitterness.'That's oblique but altogether too simple. Once more,' she insisted. 'One more time.'He was silent for several minutes.'The map of a country in which I only exist by virtue of the extravagance of my metaphors.''Now you're being too sophisticated. And, besides, what metaphors do we have in common?

~ Angela Carter

Angela Carter Angela Carter Heroes Villains

There’s a long, uncomfortable silence in which I contemplate what might happen next. Maybe like the villain in a movie, this is where she gives me a long spiel about her hard-up life before she kills me. Not that I totally believe she’s nefarious. Real life isn’t made up of heroes and villains. Just ordinary people making choices they have to live with.

~ Kat Kruger

Kat Kruger Heroes Villains

Like watches over like, as the saying goes.

~ Drew Hayes

Drew Hayes Fantasy Fiction Heroes Villains

Villains and plots and enemies are simple things to me. But friendships are complicated, and love is harder still. It has wounded me deeper than a sword ever could.

~ Jennifer A. Nielsen

Jennifer A. Nielsen Enemies Friendship Jaron Love Villains

Such a brute should underneath all his braggart tricks, his viciousness, his vileness, be a coward. But I am convinced that he was not. Because even cowardice requires a certain degree of sensitivity, and a certain value for life.

~ Warren Eyster

Warren Eyster Brutality Cowardice Cowards Cruelty Evil Men Evil People Psychopath Psycopaths Sadism Sadist Sadistic Sadists Villains

This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.

~ Amy Ewing

Amy Ewing Gossip Villains