Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta is a popular British graphic novel and is written and illustrated by David Lloyd.
The novel setting takes place in a totalitarian society where freedom and identity have been gone and this novel tackles the topics of freedom and anarchy.
We have curated top quotes from V for Vendetta novel for you.
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V for Vendetta Quotes by Alan Moore
“With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Love your rage, not your cage.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not hear the people’s voice for generations Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I’m the king of the 20th century. I’m the boogeyman, the villian, the black sheep of the family.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“The past can’t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
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Quotes from V for Vendetta
“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I know every inch of this cell. This cell knows every inch of me. Except one.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“You must understand that knowledge is not all your heritage. I includes also courage and belief, like hers that we commemorate herein…and romance. Always, always romance.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all that we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch, we are free… An inch; it is small, and it is fragile, and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away; we must never let them take it from us.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“My mother said I broke her heart…but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it’s all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us…but within that inch we are free.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
Famous V for Vendetta Quotes
“With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth… But we as gardeners, must beware… for some seeds are the seeds of ruin… and the most iridescent blooms are often the most dangerous” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who’s controlling and constraining my life except…me?” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Though I walk through The Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Of course you can. I’m not questioning your powers of observation. I’m merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
Top V for Vendetta Quotes
“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“God is in the rain.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It’s small and it’s fragile and it’s the only thing in the world worth having. we must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Everybody has their story to tell.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
Popular V for Vendetta Quotes
“The world’s a stage, & everything else is Vaudeville.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“There’s no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There’s only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“The past can’t hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that’s not the real you. That’s not who you are inside.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“They offered you a choice between the death of your principles and the death of your body. You said you’d rather die. You faced the fear of your own death, and you were calm and still.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I didn’t put you in a prison, Evey. I just showed you the bars.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“They say that life’s a game, & then they take the board away.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history’s fingers, down it goes.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Let me show you firmness of my belief.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I love you, but why must you love the law? ‘Tis plain for all to see that she’s a whore…that virtuous persons have no need to woo; that villains screw, then studiously ignore.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Our masters have not heard the people’s voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
“No one will ever forget that night, and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me.” ~ Alan Moore (quote from V for Vendetta novel).
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