Revenge Quotes S1 Part 2

Season 1

Emily Thorne- Years ago, I met a boy who introduced me to a book, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In it, William Blake writes, “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But in reality, our perception is often clouded. By expectations. By experiences. As of late, I find my perception is blinded by only one thing, revenge.

Emily Thorne- Truth is a battle of perceptions. People only see what they’re prepared to confront. It’s not what you look at that matters, but what you see. And when different perceptions battle against one another, the truth has a way of getting lost. And the monsters find a way of getting out.

Emily Thorne- There comes a moment in each of our lives when the control that keeps us sane slips through our fingers. Most of us aim to seize it back. The best way to fight chaos is with chaos.

Emily Thorne- Chaos, by its very definition, cannot be controlled. Once introduced, all order and intention is rendered useless. The outcome of chaos can never be predicted. The only certainty it brings… …is the devastation it leaves in its wake.

Emily Thorne- My father’s false imprisonment taught me that in a crisis, you quickly find out who your real friends are. Tragedy and scandal, it seems, have a unique way of clarifying people’s priorities.

Emily Thorne- Adversity creates unexpected alliances, but treaties of nature seldom form with an equality of power. Loyalties forged in apprehension and mistrust are tenuous at best. Easily broken when held up to the unforgiving light of the truth. But in the darkness of our most desperate hours, it’s often these loyalties that lend us the strength to do what we know must be done. A conflicted heart feeds on doubt and confusion. It will make you question your path, your tactics, your motives. When you stare ahead and darkness is all you see, only reason and determination can pull you back from the abyss.

Emily Thorne- Doubt is a disease. It infects the mind, creating a mistrust of people’s motives and of one’s own perceptions. Doubt has the ability to call into question everything you’ve ever believed about someone, and reinforce the darkest suspicions of our inner circles.

Daniel Grayson- Emily, I need you to know that I’m not guilty of what they’re accusing me. Something happened on the beach that night that I don’t yet fully understand. I only hope you’ll still be by my side when the truth finally comes to light.

Emily Thorne- Nature can be cruel. Predators are everywhere. Those who don’t need to be protected from outside forces often need to be protected from themselves. In society, women are referred to as “the fairer sex...” But in the wild, the female species can be far more ferocious than their male counterparts. Defending the nest is both our oldest and strongest instinct. And sometimes, it can also be the most gratifying.

Emily Thorne- Clarence Darrow, one of history’s greatest lawyers, once noted, “There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court.” Perhaps because justice is a flawed concept that ultimately comes down to the decision of 12 people. People with their own experiences, prejudices, feelings about what defines right and wrong. Which is why, when the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice.

Daniel Grayson- The last time I wrote you from this place, I told you I was innocent. That’s not really the case. I may not have fired the shot that killed Tyler, but I did shoot him because he made me doubt you, because he said you’d betray me. But I’m the one who betrayed you and now I’m getting what I deserve, which is why I’m gonna do us both a favor and end this now.

Emily Thorne- Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others see evil incarnate getting exactly what’s deserved.

Emily Thorne- Absolution is the most powerful form of forgiveness. A full pardon from suspicion and accountability. It’s the liberation of a stolen future. A future my father never lived to see. Absolution is a mercy the people who killed him will never know.

David Clarke- From the moment of my arrest, I sat stupid and trusting, believing in a system rigged against me by the people that I knew as friends in a life I can no longer remember. The closer I get to the truth, the louder the whispered voices around me, plotting my execution, choosing the time. I now know that I’m trapped in a race between fate and freedom. Whichever wins out, I won’t go quietly, not again. CM will come tomorrow with proof.

Emily Thorne- Absolution tis the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came before us. The best among us will lean from the mistakes of the past, while the rest seem doomed to repeat them. And then there are those who operate on the fringes of society, unburdened by the confines or morality and conscience. A ruthless breed of monsters whose deadliest weapon is their ability to hide in plain sight. If the people I’ve come to bring to justice to cannot be bound by the quest for absolution, then neither will I.

David Clarke-(In his letter to Amanda.)  My dear Amanda, in the pages that follow, I’ve attempted to piece together the ruthless betrayal that brought about my false imprisonment and our unbearable separation. I hope this chronicle will one day provide you an understanding of what I believe happened to me. If I’m at all culpable for what happened to us, Amanda, believing in a system rigged against me by the people I knew as friends in a life I can no longer… It’s because I gave away my trust too easily… Bill Harmon has been a close associate of the Graysons’ for years, whereas Conrad has… Roger Halsted is a true friend. As for why he would let himself be dragged into this… I can’t claim to know Tom Kingsly very well. In prosecuting the case against me it’s clear that he buried evidence on behalf of the Graysons.

Mason Treadwell- To quote Lippmann,  “There can be no higher law in journalism then to tell the truth and to shame the devil.”

Emily Thorne- They say grief occurs in five stages. First, there’s denial, followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, and depression. For most, the final stage of grief is acceptance. But for me, grief is a life sentence without clemency. I will never accept and I will never forgive, not even after the man who killed my father lies dead at my feet.

Emily Thorne- They say grief occurs in five stages. First, there’s denial… …followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But grief is a merciless master. Just when you think you’re free, you realize you never stood a chance.

Emily Thorne- In every life, there comes a day of reckoning, a time when unsettled scores demand their retribution… And our own lies and transgressions are finally laid bare.