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30 most evil lines from books
It's time for some booing and hissing.
Literature has offered up an overstuffed rogue's gallery of villains and with the power of the written word, they've embedded their wickedness in our minds. To celebrate their genuine awfulness, we've assembled the 30 most evil lines from books.
As always, let us know if we've missed off one of your favourites at the bottom.
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
"Better to reign in Hell, then serve in… More details
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The Shining (Stephen King)
“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt… More details
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The Killer Inside Me (Jim T…
"I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't… More details
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East Of Eden (John Steinbeck)
"When I was half-grown I made a man kill… More details
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Richard III (William Shakes…
"I am in so far in blood that sin will pluck on… More details
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet …
"I have none o' yer bawling, praying singeing niggers… More details
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American Psycho (Bret Easto…
"My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a… More details
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Treasure Island (Robert Lou…
"There's never a man looked me between the eyes and… More details
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No Country For Old Men (Cor…
"When I came into your life your life was over. It had… More details
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The Lion, The Witch and the…
"You know that every traitor belongs to me as my… More details
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
"It's you that ought to be lying there in the church… More details
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101 Dalmatians (Dodie Smith)
"Poison them, drown them, bash them on the head. Got… More details
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Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
"Lie down, you stupid brute! Don't you know the devil… More details
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
"No one else could ever be admitted here, since this… More details
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Harry Potter And The Half-B…
"I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me.… More details
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
"My revenge has just begun! I spread it over centuries… More details
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The Amber Spyglass (Philip …
"I wanted him to find no good in me and he didn't.… More details
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Lord Of The Flies (William …
"Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his… More details
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCa…
"War is the ultimate game because war is at last a… More details
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The Return Of The King (JRR…
"Do not expect me to wish you health and long life.… More details
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
"I'd like to see the government get out of war… More details
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Ripley Under Ground (Patric…
"Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked… More details
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (…
"Remember my Lady I was your master once! I will be… More details
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The Silence Of The Lambs (T…
"A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his… More details
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The Jew Of Malta (Christoph…
"Fornication: but that was in another country; And… More details
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The Revenger's Tragedy (Tho…
"As fast as they peep up, let's cut 'em… More details
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Alice In Wonderland (Lewis …
"Off with his head!" The Queen Of Hearts More details
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1984 (George Orwell)
"Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not… More details
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Titus Andronicus (William S…
"If one good Deed in all my life I did, I do repent it… More details
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Heart Of Darkness (Joseph C…
"Exterminate the brutes!" Colonel Kurtz More details
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