Villain Quotes

“They hate being unable to control you.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

“There will be," he promised in the darkness, new words written upon his heart. "I will make one.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Demon in the Wood

“Her touch was cold, but his was colder”
― Amanda Foody, All of Us Villains

“I just don’t want you to ever not see me. I know so many people see me as nothing more than a tool for pain. But the other side of the coin is when people make excuses for everything I do. They blame it on a tragic past. On what I am. As though WHO you are is defined by WHAT you are.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“My mother gave birth to the child I was, but it was me who gave birth to the man I am today.”
― Namrata Gupta, Together we were

“Maybe that was why I adored horror movies and true crime. I identified with the villain, the foe, the outsider. I was always the person who didn’t belong.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“He was carving me. Marking me. I whimpered as blood dripped down my neck. 'Mine,' he said.
A threat and a promise.”
― Jill Criswell, Beasts of the Frozen Sun

“I think villains are not those who are blinded by their judgment and believe the acts of cruelty are justice. Those are just victims to darkness. True villains are fully rational – the ones who commit cruelty for the sake of it.”
― Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Galaxy Pirates

“Someone with a victim mindset is always looking for a villain to blame and a situation to suffer from.”
― Steve Maraboli

“They often say an idea is not as important as its execution, and that the judgment comes according to perspectives. I confess this be the truth of life. Well then, I should also calculate, that if I have an utterly cruel idea but execute it properly, people will judge me as a saviour, while if a heroic person like you fulfills his idea with the utmost sincerity, he shall be accused of villainy since he goes on extremes just to bring his idealistic vision to life. Aye, amigo – sincerity is rarely rewarded. Foxiness and hypocrisy win the hearts of the multitude, especially if one craftily hides their true intentions and desires with an innocent, hearty smile.”
― Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Galaxy Pirates

“Gavin had thought tragedy suited her: a young Miss Havisham, wearing the moth-eaten tatters of her frayed hopes like a ravaged bride. She had thought at first that it was the chase he craved, or the thrill of conquest, but while both of those might have been true, it was her humiliation that got him off. Physical, psychological, sexual—his favorite games were the ones he played with her head.”
― Nenia Campbell, Escape

“You believe that. People believe all kinds of crazy shit. People think the sky is up. The sky is out though, isn’t it? We just feel more comfortable thinking it’s up ‘cause otherwise you gotta admit the whole world is a little speck of rock floating in the fucking dark.”
― S.R. Hughes, The War Beneath

“You let your grief make you bitter. You let your suffering make you cruel. Want to know what that makes you? A villain. That's every comic book villain ever! They suffer, and then they inflict suffering on others. Good guys do the opposite. Good guys suffer, too - but they respond by helping.”
― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire

“One should be labelled as a villain in society’s eyes in order to commit kind deeds untrammelled. The society never associates freedom with kindness, for sometimes the free spirits allow themselves to defy common rules, and the society deems it as villainy. If I am called a villain for the said reason, I shall bear that label with pride, for it proves I am a free man.”
― Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Galaxy Pirates

“There was nothing that fascinated the public quite like a beautiful man with an ugly soul.”
― Nenia Campbell

“That was seven years ago—a day after she lost all her memories. Also, the day that started it all. The day that kicked off her desire to speak that kept growing, and it will keep growing until she craves to become a goddess one day. Either to save the world as a hero or to destroy it, crafting a villain’s ballad.”
― Misba, The High Auction

“If the other Westlanders were frost giants, he was a leviathan; if they were beasts, he was their king.”
― Jill Criswell, Beasts of the Frozen Sun

“Life is not a cinema indeed both the hero and the villain will die in the end”
― J. Lepika

“If you think making unlawful demands predicated on unproven beliefs with the threat of violence represents bravery, you are the villain in the story.”
― C.A.A. Savastano

“My enemies define themselves (as the dragon told me) on me. As for myself, I could finish them off in a single night […] yet I hold back. I am hardly blind to the absurdity. Form is function. What will we call the Hrothgar-Wrecker when Hrothgar has been wrecked? (p.79)”
― John Gardner, Grendel

“They think I’m the villain “
“U had your reasons to do what u did”
That doesnt justify it still I’m turning to whom I fought not to be the most I’m turning into a goddamn monster a tyrant”
― Raneem yacoub throne of deception

“It's surprising how many stories end in tragedy without any clear villain in them.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Karika’s hands aren’t just stained with blood. They aren’t just dirty. They’re laden with the devil’s fingerprints.”
― K. Weikel, Replay: Ghost

“COVID-19 is the villain of 2020.”
― Steven Magee

“Повечето от вас биха решили, че съм слаб, само защото съм избрал да бъда лош, но и това не е така. Аз избрах злото, защото това е единствения начин да живея. Това е единствения начин света да продължи да съществува и единствения отговор на въпросите, които някога са имали значение. Затова нека се изясним: Това не е изповед, а аз не съм типичния злодей, който дълбоко в себе си копнее за любов, защото повярвайте, аз нямам нужда от нея. Аз съм Алфа и Омега, началото и краят, Първият и Последният. Знайте, че ще спазя всяко обещание, което ви дадох и се пригответе за пътуване по ръба на ножа.
Защото се заклевам, скъпи мои...
Ще бъде епично.”
― Йоана Йорданова, Звезден мрак

“So it seems the case that plenty of everyday people are in deed 'hate-filled' (but it's unreleased) - the beast within is caged - until they unleash it, this secret, in 'agreement', on some common foe, and though like a freer bill, the pay is still rage.”
― Criss Jami

“Armand Fouche. Violent anti-contentment criminal.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“Actually, what he had done is come out of his cave looking for a woman, got his bat out, walked into the first place that had women, and hit the prettiest over the head with a bat and dragged her out kicking and screaming. A Neanderthal man! Nikita thought,”
― Nicci Wilder, Million Lies Away

“We cannot all be heroes; most of us accept this fact, but some choose instead to be villains.”
― Stephen Cave, Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

“You're a liar, and worse-- you broke my heart. You're not a mother. You're a villain."
Gothel's eyes went wide. Her mouth opened and hung there as though even she was a little curious as to what she would say, what words would come and bring the situation back under her control.
"I would rather take my chances with an honest villain like Bathory!" Rapunzel hissed. "Get out of my sight and never let me see you again!"
"Or what?" Gothel asked, a knowing, nasty tone in her voice: her real voice. "What could you do to me, Rapunzel? I am your mother, and besides that I control all of these sword-playing idiots."
"Did you forget that I'm a crown princess? And a powerful witch who can control her hair now. Or did you think the castle just fell on its own today?
"Either way, your time with me is over, if you know what is good for you."
The two women glared at each other.
And after a minute, Rapunzel realized that's what they were: two women. Despite being younger and shorter than Gothel, she wasn't a girl anymore. She had power and will and a stubborn disposition.
"Go. Now," she ordered. "Never approach me again."
Her mother started to growl something--
"What's that? I can't hear you. All that mumbling," Rapunzel said airily, and walked away, turning her back on the woman forever.”
― Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine