• Authors
  • Collections
  • Quotes
  • Topics
Quotes
Authors
Topics
Collections

Punishment

“

The rat is in the trap, it is in the trap,
And attacking heaven and earth with a mouthful of screeches like torn tin.

Ted Hughes

“

Tamburlaine, the Scourge of God, must die.

Christopher Marlowe

“

Had I a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron and a chest of brass, I could not tell all the forms of crime, could not name all the types of punishment.

Virgil

“

I am the wound and the knife!
I am the blow and the cheek!
I am the limbs and the wheel—
The victim and the executioner!

Charles Baudelaire

“

Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.

Rick Riordan

Loading...