History Quotes / VengeanceFeelsEmpty

-->-- '''Kumoko''', ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat''

--> '''Wei Cheng''': For me, [[spoiler:she]] was evil incarnate. Everyday, I imagine how I would take [[spoiler:her]] life with my own hands. I wanted [[spoiler:her]] nearest and dearest, people I'd never met, to die a painful death. You probably expect me to say that [[spoiler:her]] murder didn't change anything, that I don't feel any better and other such banalities. However, I ''do'' feel better, although ''not'' because I got my revenge. [[spoiler:She was only human. She committed all these murders because she was unable to accept her father's death. I feel better because I was able to discard my hate towards her, and feel sorry that she is dead.]]

--> '''Master Monk Zonglei''': You have finally gotten revenge on the person who killed your grandfather and burned down your village. How do you feel now?

-->-- '''Cracked''', [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-gadgets-that-reveal-ridiculous-things-about-supervillains/ "Supervillain Gadgets That Are Hilarious In Retrospect"]] (on the time and effort that must have gone into Green Goblin's "Skeleton Bomb" in ''Film/SpiderMan1'')

'''Kakashi Hatake''': Believe me. In this work, I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me. For those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well.. You'll only tear yourself apart. And even if you succeed and you get your revenge, what will you have then? Nothing. Emptiness.

->'''Bruce Wayne''': So, you're willing to take a life.\\
'''Dick Grayson''': Long as it's Two-Face.\\
'''Bruce Wayne''': Then it will happen this way: You make the kill. But your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another. Until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life. And you won't know why.\\
'''Dick Grayson''': You can't understand. Your family wasn't killed by a maniac.\\
'''Bruce Wayne''': [[DeathByOriginStory Yes, they were]]. [[NotSoDifferentRemark We're the same]].

->''"Vengeance has consumed you. It's consuming them. I'm done letting it consume me. Justice will come soon enough."''
-->--'''T'Challa''' to '''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

->''"His head was over there... His body over there... And what was the point? I was too late. I was just standing there. Some idiot with an axe."''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''', ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

->''"Y'know, psychologically speaking, vengeance rarely brings the catharsis we hope for."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''', ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020''

->''"You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you? Or my boy to me?"''
-->--'''Vito Corleone''', ''Film/TheGodfather''

->'''Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]''': ''[Bond points gun at him]'' Finish it... finish it!\\
'''Film/JamesBond''': ''[throws gun away, looks over at BondGirl Madeleine Swann]'' Out of bullets. And besides, I've got something better to do.

'''Bruce Wayne''': [[DeathByOriginStory Yes, they were]]. [[NotSoDifferent We're the same]].

->''"This path you walk... vengeance. You will find no peace. [[NotSoDifferent I know]]."''

-->-- '''The Daughter''', ''[[VideoGame/PrincessMaker Princess Maker 5]]''

'''Film/JamesBond: ''[throws gun away, looks over at BondGirl Madeleine Swann]'' Out of bullets. And besides, I've got something better to do.

->''"You who gave my Aurora an iron death! I could kill you in a thousand ways. I could scatter your bones to the far corners of the earth. I could feed you to my garden and make you scream the entire while. I could visit torments on you that would make Lloyd Slate's [[AndIMustScream fate]] seem kind by comparison. I ''want'' to ''eat your heart''." ''[beginning to weep]'' "I could do these things. But none of them would give me my daughter back. None of them would fill the emptiness within me."''

->'''Andy:''' I don't feel any different. Me dad's still dead and I don't feel the slightest bit different.\\
'''Yorkie:''' No, lad. Look at [[ComicBook/ThePunisher old Frank there]]. He's been doing this for thirty years. D'you think he feels any different?
-->-- ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX''

->''"Revenge always leads to disappointment, so I can't really say I recommend it."''
-->-- '''Bedman''', ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''

->''"...the whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also."''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', "Revenge is Sour"

->"You best ''stick'' to them books. Because mark my ''words'' on this: vengeance is an idiot's game."
-->-- '''Arthur Morgan''', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''

->'''Illidan''': You have won, Maiev. But the huntress is ''nothing'' without the hunt! You are ''nothing'' without me!\\
'''Maiev''': He is right... I feel nothing. I ''am'' nothing.
-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: The Burning Crusade''

->''"This path you walk... vengeance. You will find no peace. [[NotSoDifferent I know]]."''
-->--'''Kratos''' to the Stranger[[spoiler:/Baldur]], ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''

->'''Bruce Wayne''': So, you're willing to take a life.\\
'''Dick Grayson''': Long as it's Two-Face.\\
'''Bruce Wayne''': Then it will happen this way: You make the kill. But your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another. Until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life. And you won't know why.\\
'''Dick Grayson''': You can't understand. Your family wasn't killed by a maniac.\\
'''Bruce Wayne''': [[DeathByOriginStory Yes, they were]]. [[NotSoDifferent We're the same]].
-->-- ''Film/BatmanForever''

->''"Revenge...The most worthless of causes."''
-->-- '''King Arthur''', ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''

->'''Kakashi Hatake''': Let it go. You've got to forget about revenge.\\
'''Sasuke Uchiha''': What?\\
'''Kakashi Hatake''': Believe me. In this work, I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me. For those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well.. You'll only tear yourself apart. And even if you succeed and you get your revenge, what will you have then? Nothing. Emptiness.
-->-- ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

->"It's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life."

->"Vengeance is counterproductive, always. Not to mention the fact it gets your soul all sticky."
-->--'''Lady Sally''', ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon''

->"I'm so sorry about your son, Jeff. But let me tell you something that I know for sure. No sentence I gave him, not 500 years, not even death, nothing would take your pain away. And vengeance doesn't solve anything. It just makes the pain greater, Jeff."

->[''Splinter has told Karai about his past with the Shredder'']\\
'''Karai''': After all this time, haven't you wanted revenge?\\
'''Splinter''': After all this time, I have learned revenge only leads to more pain.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''

->"Revenge isn’t worth it... What do I know [about revenge]? (Laughs) What '''''don’t''''' I know? I walked across a fucking desert, killing everything that got in my way, just to track down the man who put two holes in my skull and had me buried alive. I know more than any living being should. The burning desire consumes you, takes everything you are and destroys it. And you don’t get it back. After I killed Benny, I realized I had nothing to do. The only reason I went to Vegas was to track him down. I had no purpose. I had no reason to live... Do you think [Cadence will] want anything to do with you after this? Do you think she can love a murderer?... You’ll get court-martialed. If you’re lucky, [Canterlot]’ll give you a blindfold before they execute you... You’ll be lucky if the worst [your family does] is disown you. And there is no way Twilight would want anything to do with you after all this... This isn’t who you are... [I don't know you], but I know your type. Revenge isn’t the kind of thing men like you do."
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Thomas]]''' talking down [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Shining Armor]] from [[spoiler: murdering Chrysalis]], ''FanFic/WaywardCourier''

->"''What good will any of this do? The more I make these Gems suffer, the more I long to see you again, Pink.''"
-->--'''Blue Diamond's''' inner thoughts, ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited Reunited]]"

->''"You think you wanted revenge a long time? [[CainAndAbel I've been after it all my life]]. It's all I care about... and look at me. ''LOOK AT ME!'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Do you want to be like me?]]"''
-->--'''[[KnightInSourArmor Sandor "The Hound" Clegane]]''' to '''Arya Stark''', ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->''"I thought seeing the [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Goblin]] die would make me feel better about [[TheLostLenore Gwen]]. Instead, it just makes me feel empty... washed out... and maybe a little bit more alone."''
-->--'''Franchise/SpiderMan''', ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied''

-->--'''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''', ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

->''"Revenge, as they say, is a sucker's game."''
-->--'''David Xanatos''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''

->''"...Father. At long last, I can face you again. I did as you always taught me, Father. I found a cause I could truly believe in. And I kept my faith. Since the day you were taken from me, I swore I would avenge you. And avenge you I did. And yet ... even now that my long journey has ended ... and I have done all that I set out to do ... why... why does my heart ... still ache with this hollow pain? What am I supposed to believe in now? What cause will carry me on from here? But this is something I must find for myself ... and until I do ... I will keep dancing."''
-->-- '''Primrose Azelhart''' to Geoffrey Azelhart's grave, ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler''

->''"I won... I think? My strategy worked... I defeated my arch enemy Alaba for sure. But why does it leave such a bad aftertaste?"''
-->--'''Kumoko''', ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat''

->'''Wheeljack''': Congrats, kid. You’re a true Wrecker now. You did Bulkhead proud.\\
'''Miko''': Then why don’t I feel any different?
-->--''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''

->"You know, I thought I'd feel different now that he's dead... but I don't. And you always told me that killing him wouldn't change anything. You were right."
-->-- '''Helena Bertinelli''', ''{{Series/Arrow}}''

->"Father... Mother... I have avenged your death. But, why I’m not happy about this...?"
-->-- '''The Daughter''', ''[[VideoGame/PrincessMaker Princess Maker 5]]''

->"I've been in your position! Vengeance won't help! It's not noble! It's just giving into the worst of yourself!"
-->-- '''Gunvolt''', ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt2''

->"La venganza nunca es buena! Mata el alma, y la envenena!" ("Vengeance is never good! It kills the soul and poisons it!")
-->-- '''Don Ramón''', ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho''

->''"Quinn's dead. [[ThisIsThePartWhere This is the part where]] I'm supposed to say I feel empty, right? [[DefiedTrope I'd be lying to myself]]. I finally feel awake. Like I can breathe again. And Lena? Nothing can change her death. But maybe I can do something that will make a difference."''
-->-- '''Aiden Pearce''', ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''

->Revenge can seem great. At one point, a hot dog salesman killed someone, ''probably,'' and so I avenge their death by making sure that I'm good and hammered every time I approach a late-night hot dog cart. Still, make a spreadsheet or something. Organize a basic daily itinerary. And then figure out if your time is best spent exploding everything that you desire to see exploded, or if it's beneficial to take all of the extra hours necessary to invent a little ball that removes skin, but keeps the skeletons looking theatrically horrified.\\
Trust me, villain in [[Film/SpiderMan1 a movie from 2002.]] After seven Red Bull and vodkas, no matter how many hot dogs I eat, I still feel empty inside. And when you momentarily see some measly bones after putting days of work into your very personal weapon, ''so will you.''
-->-- '''Cracked''', [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-gadgets-that-reveal-ridiculous-things-about-supervillains/ Supervillain Gadgets That Are Hilarious In Retrospect]] (on the time and effort that must have gone into Green Goblin's "Skeleton Bomb" in ''Film/SpiderMan1'')

->'''Andy:''' ''"I don't feel any different. Me dad's still dead and I don't feel the slightest bit different."''\\
'''Yorkie:''' ''"No, lad. Look at [[ComicBook/ThePunisher old Frank there]]. He's been doing this for thirty years. D'you think he feels any different?"'''

->"You best ''stick'' to them books. Because mark my ''words'' on this. Vengeance is an idiot's game."

->''"I don't feel any different. Me dad's still dead and I don't feel the slightest bit different."''
-->-- '''Andy Lorimer''', ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX''

->''...the whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also.''

->'''Arthur Morgan''': "You best ''stick'' to them books. Because mark my ''words'' on this. Vengeance is an idiot's game."
-->-- ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', ending speech in Sodom? go back to gomorrah.

'''Maiev''': He is right...I feel nothing. I ''am'' nothing.

-->-- '''King Arthur''', ''{{Theatre/Camelot}}''

-->-- ''{{Manga/Naruto}}''

->''You think you wanted revenge a long time? [[CainAndAbel I've been after it all my life]]. It's all I care about... and look at me. ''LOOK AT ME!'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Do you want to be like me?]]''

->''I thought seeing the [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Goblin]] die would make me feel better about [[TheLostLenore Gwen]]. Instead, it just makes me feel empty... washed out... and maybe a little bit more alone.''

->''His head was over there... His body over there... And what was the point? I was too late. I was just standing there. Some idiot with an axe.''

->''Revenge, as they say, is a sucker's game''.
-->--'''David Xanatos''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}}''

->''...Father. At long last, I can face you again. I did as you always taught me, Father. I found a cause I could truly believe in. And I kept my faith. Since the day you were taken from me, I swore I would avenge you. And avenge you I did. And yet ... even now that my long journey has ended ... and I have done all that I set out to do ... why... why does my heart ... still ache with this hollow pain? What am I supposed to believe in now? What cause will carry me on from here? But this is something I must find for myself ... and until I do ... I will keep dancing.''
-->-- '''Primrose Azelhart''' to '''Geoffrey Azelhart's grave''', ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler''

->''I won... I think? My strategy worked... I defeated my arch enemy Alaba for sure. But why does it leave such a bad aftertaste?''

->'''Arthur Morgan''': You best ''stick'' to them books. Because mark my ''words'' on this. Vengeance is an idiot's game.

-->-- ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', Arthur to Archie Downes.

'''Arthur Morgan''': You best ''stick'' to them books. Because mark my ''words'' on this. Vengeance is an idiot's game.