“Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.”
Michael Moorcock book Phoenix in Obsidian
Book 3 “Visions and Revelations” Chapter 5 “The Waking of the Sword” (p. 421)
Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
“Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.”
— Gary D. Schmidt, book The Wednesday Wars
Source: The Wednesday Wars
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