Maybe it's up to me to do what good people can't. Or maybe there are no good people. Maybe there are only good decisions.

“Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner. The price was cheap by any measure.”

"Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value."

Family is everything, but if you're not a family, really, what is everything?

You don't need to make formal alliances with people you trust.

An apology doesn't mean anything if you're not looking the person in the eye.

I've always found the idea of death comforting. The thought that my life could end at any moment frees me. To fully appreciate the beauty and art and horror of everything this world has to offer.

A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power

You don't know what's it like to be an outsider. To always be afraid. To be ashamed of how you were born. To have to hide who you are.

People do what's in their best interest, regardless of who gets hurt. Is it evil to take what one wants, to satisfy hunger even if doing so will cause another suffering? What some would call evil, I believe to be an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world.

Part 3 of the series. Enjoy reading and learning from them! 

Quotes from villains who were completely right in their motives or views? Perhaps you're skeptical about the title of this article considering that villains are usually the bad, often unreasonable characters in fiction. But though villains may be on the wrong side in the fictional universe their movies, TV shows, and books are set in,…

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