Revenge Quotes in The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Fitzgerald and Bridger [...] were not mere passerbys on the road to Jericho, looking away and crossing to the other side. (1.9.39)

Here, Glass is referencing the biblical story of the Good Samaritan, comparing Fitzgerald and Bridger to the people who blindly walked past a robbed and wounded man and refused to give him any assistance. That's a classic 1820s burn.

Quote #5

Fitzgerald and Bridger had acted deliberately, robbed him of the few possessions he might have used to save himself. And in stealing from him this opportunity, they had killed him. (1.9.40)

See, Glass can actually empathize with his enemies. He understands that they were in imminent danger, and he knows that they needed to protect themselves first and foremost. But by stealing from him, by taking the few tools he could use to stay alive, they made an active choice to hurt him, to "kill" him, as Glass states so passionately.

Quote #6

A gun. He appreciated Kiowa's willingness to equip him. What he wanted, though, was his gun. His gun and a reckoning from the men who stole it. (1.15.34)

Even after Glass reaches the relative safety of Fort Brazeau, he can't get his mind off revenge. Why not relax a little bit, dude? You just fought a bear, a pack of wolves, and walked and crawled for hundreds of miles. You deserve it a break. Yeah, that's just not Glass's style.