

“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.”
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“It is the greatest victims who make the greatest villains, and the greatest victims who make the greatest heroes.”
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions

“I have absolutely no intention of helping you.”
Now she was irritated. He’d been so polite and chatty, giving every indication that he was a gentleman, when all he was really doing was wasting her time.
“I am a lady in distress,” she snapped. “You refuse to help a lady in distress?”
“I refuse when that lady in distress is trying to go over a wall so she does not have to marry me.”
― Queen Charlotte
Now she was irritated. He’d been so polite and chatty, giving every indication that he was a gentleman, when all he was really doing was wasting her time.
“I am a lady in distress,” she snapped. “You refuse to help a lady in distress?”
“I refuse when that lady in distress is trying to go over a wall so she does not have to marry me.”
― Queen Charlotte

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