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Quotes: Offing the Offspring
I would rather be Herod's pig than his son.
—Augustus Caesar
"Now I realize that banishment was far too merciful for treason. Your penalty shall be far steeper."
—Firelord Ozai to Prince Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"You ungrateful, insolent child, I now see there is no chance to save you."
—Hiroshi Sato, The Legend of Korra
" I gave you life, I will also kill you!"
— Taras Bulba, Taras Bulba.
What can one do when one is a widower
Shamefully burdened with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest.
Shamefully burdened with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest.
— The Decemberists, "The Rake's Song"
"I wasn't the first child [Henry Lawson] made, only the first one he kept."
—Miranda Lawson, Mass Effect 2
"Son... I need your strength. I gave you life. Now you must give it back to me... only a million times more radiant... more powerful."
— David Banner, Hulk
