“once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices ...Needless to say, this is far less satisfying that nailing villains. It also turned out to be more healing in the end.”
“Everyone loves a villain. Or maybe not a villain, exactly, but someone you can point out and say, "I might be weird, but I'm not weird like her.”
“You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.”
“O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!My tables, — meet it is I set it down, 115That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;At least I’m sure it may be so in Denmark: [Writing.So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word;”
“Would you say that you're a good man, Harry?"He had to think about that. "No," he finally said. "In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the villain would probably treat you far better than the prince would have.”
“And what’s he then that says I play the villain?”