Antagonist Quotes

“I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy. If he stresses over man's perception of a righteous heart, then he has given his heart to man.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“You -have- to love your monster.”
― Philippa Dowding, Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me: The Night Flyer's Handbook

“Behind every villain is a truth, whether it be perceived or actual.”
― Dalton Frey, The Darkest Light

“Without haters, you can't see the level of your progress, that shows you that haters are necessary evil.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“For him, she was the evil one; the antagonist to his life story. The reason he was married at an early age.
And to her, he would always be her infatuation gone horribly wrong.”
― Alyssa Urbano, The Billion-Dollar Marriage Contract

“You could not fence with an antagonist who met rapier thrust with blow of battle axe.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

“ANTAGONIST, n. The miserable scoundrel who won't let us.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

“Testing the wrong person can prove a massive failure for the antagonist.”
― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity

“Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade.”
― K. Hari Kumar, That Frequent Visitor

“We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.”
― Justin Alcala

“It's bizarre, but as disgusting and evil and terrible as the Wolfman is, I can't help but feel he's unable to control himself. It seems to me he makes up bizarre excuses to make it okay for him to kill and rape, because he can't stop himself from killing and raping. Whether born or made, the Wolfman is more creature than human. He's a monster.”
― Carolyn Lee Adams, Ruthless

“You told me once that you didn't really expect to make it out of the Lera castle alive,' Olivia said. 'So this is fitting, right? This is how it was always supposed to go.' She looked from Em to the soldiers and back again, a sad smile on her face. 'I don't think I ever really expected to make it out of this alive either.”
― Amy Tintera, Allied

“There's always enough retribution to be dealt.”
― Amber Silvia, Seas of a Dark Storm

“It is the antagonist that we meet throughout life that aid us humans to our ultimate inner and outer goals by having us rip apart every fiber of our fucked up shady souls”
― DC Allen

“Alice started to understand why people found her repulsive. In stories, anyone who didn't look quite right, who wasn't a perfect human being, was destined to play the evil part or to be the monster.”
― Georgia Byng

“Yeah, I tried the whole conform to society thing once, and now I’m living in a mime’s worst nightmare. Lessons were learned.”
― K.M. Mayville, The Glass Cloister

“Danglars gehörte zu jenen Menschen, die mit einer Feder hinter dem Ohr und mit einem Tintenfass an Stelle des Herzens geboren werden.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count Of Monte Cristo / Le Comte De Monte Cristo: English French Parallel Text Edition

“I don't feel that every antagonist or villain needs to be redeemed in a story.”
― Robin S. Baker

“I sense that you are nearby, son and daughter of the Almari bloodline. I will soon come for you both.”
― Eric Mrozek, Destruction

“[H]is 'philosophy' seemed to consist of anything that would be particularly annoying to the powers that be without being so shocking that they would fire him. He got the reputation among the students as an original and a rebel without having to pay the penalty for actually being either.”
― Orson Scott Card, Heartfire

“It's all just zeros and ones. You're a zero. And I've won.”
― Nick Sagan, Idlewild

“She's coming,” Isadora whispered.
Maximilion's nostrils flared. "Then let her come.”
― Katie Cross, Flight

“We are playwrights scripting our personal reality show and enigmatic fantasy world. Without a questing protagonist and a strong antagonist, the plot is tepid. All heroic conduct requires a journey filled with hardship, adventure, and a personal nemesis to conquer.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“How best to portray the story of Lydia---a woman who has mixed Japanese, Malaysian, and English heritage, and who is a vampire, a creature inherently half-demon, half-human---who is constantly trying to resist the temptation of her nature? I designed many versions of this cover; some depicted Lydia, while others focused on specific details from the story, like bite marks, or a pig whose blood she drinks in order to stave off her cravings for human blood. In the end, though, the most powerful visual was not one of Lydia herself, but of the novel's antagonist.
Because Lydia is an artist, it felt fitting to use a painting on the cover, but it needed to be a piece that spoke to the story on multiple levels. Caravaggio's Boy with a Basket of Fruit felt just right; the sidelong glance peering back at the viewer, the lush basket filled with food that Lydia can never eat, not to mention Caravaggio's own less-than-pristine reputation, not dissimilar to our antagonist's. The final touch: a perfectly-placed crack in the canvas---or is it a bite mark?”
― Claire Kohda, Woman, Eating

“You aren’t pretty enough to be this stupid, girl.” Commanded Moid as he closed in on Elizabeth. “What did you think running from us would accomplish? You’ll find no hope in these caves.”
― L.P. Cowling, Owenoak

“If a villain is someone whose motivations we understand but whose methods we find abhorrent, a hero is someone whose motivations we understand and whose methods we find inspirational.”
― Philip Athans, The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller!

“She was dead because of me, of what I became. I was never meant to heal. I was meant to destroy. And I was going to take the rest of the world with me this time.”
― Lina Hart, Beyond Power: A Supernatural Sci-Fi Romance

“Christ, that my inglorious downfall is wrought by an illiterate teenage girl!”
― Erzsebet Carmean, Aulisyn A Gothic Sci-Fi Novel

“The antagonist will lose enthusiasm when he sees no prospect of gain. Convince the antagonist that he will gain very little by attacking you.”
― Anje Kruger