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#1

“I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.”
― H. P. Lovecraft

tags: expectation, folly, hope, laugh, man, mankind, misanthropy, race, trust, weep

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#2

“The human race had always disgusted me. essentially, what made them disgusting was the family-relationship illness, which included marriage, exchange of power and aid, which neighborhood, your district, your city, your county, your state, your nation-everybody grabbing each other's assholes in the Honeycomb of survival out of a fear-animalistic stupidity.”
― Charles Bukowski, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness

tags: human-race, misanthropy

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#3

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire

tags: double-standards, ethics, governments, humor, irony, killing, law, mankind, morality, murder, nationalism, nations, war

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#4

“I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: anger, azkaban, harry-potter, justice, murder, revenge, sirius-black, wormtail

1713 likes

#5

“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”
― William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2

tags: anarchy, classic, murder, wit

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#6

“Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.”
― William S. Burroughs

tags: death, murder

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#7

“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: death, feminism, men, murder, widowhood, women, womens-rights

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#8

“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: animal-rights, animals, murder, vegetarianism

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#9

“The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.”
― Jim Morrison

tags: conditioning, evolution, evolving, freedom, individuality, jim-morrison, murder, parents, potential, progress, self, self-awareness

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#10

“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: conformity, morality, murder, obedience, patriotism, war

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#11

“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

tags: hannibal, murder

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#12

“How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

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#13

“If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder. ”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

tags: alibi, crazy, desire, funny, humor, husband, insane, justification, justify, love, murder, necessity, need, relationships, time, want, wife, woman, women, word-junkies, yearn

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#14

“Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer. ”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

tags: death, funny, game, humor, life, love, murder, relationships, word-junkies

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#15

“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: murder, purple-heart, war

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#16

“Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: morality, murder

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#17

“The more you love,the more love you have to give.It's the only feeling we have which is infinite...”
― Christina Westover, Precipice

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#18

“Please," he says. "I'm begging you to stop."

I still.

"I can't stomach your pain," he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please," he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or guilty. You've done nothing wrong."

"I'm sorry-"

"Don't be sorry, either," he says. "God, the only reason I'm not going to kill Kent for this is because I know it would only upset you more.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

tags: die-adam-please, ignite, ignite-me, juliette, love, murder, pain, so-ignited, warner

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#19

“Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

tags: family, haunting, imaginative, inspirational, murder, personal-growth, rape

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#20

“The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: killers, murder, skepticism

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#21

“The door closed behind her (Phoebe), and the two men regarded each other for a moment. Viktor spoke first. "I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her." Dan: "I won't." Viktor: "You spoke a little too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you." Dan: "I'm a man of my word, and I promise I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick so she won't feel a thing." Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

tags: hurt, murder, threat, threats

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#22

“But what if the monsters come?"
"Fancy." Kit looked away from the drama to stare at her sister, surprised. "We are the monsters.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

tags: monsters, murder, sisters

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#23

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

tags: introversion, psychology, sociology

1846 likes

#24

“In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

tags: accusation, assumption, bias, blame, extroversion, extroverts, fear, guilt, innocence, introversion, introverts, judgment, judgmental, judgmentality, people, skepticism, social-norms, society, unconscious-mind

301 likes

#25

“My Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. I hesitate to go out. If you opened the little gate, I would not hop away—but oh how I sing in my gold cage.”
― A.S. Byatt, Possession

tags: introversion, peace, solitude

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#26

“The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.”
― Brent Runyon, The Burn Journals: A Memoir

tags: introversion, introvert, introverts

130 likes

#27

“it is an easy mistake to think that non-talkers are non-feelers.”
― Wallace Stegner

tags: introversion

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#28

“This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.”
― Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

tags: introversion

80 likes

#29

“We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.”
― Anneli Rufus, Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto

tags: introversion, loners, solitude

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#30

“There’s a line you never get to cross, as long as you live. The edge of your body. You’re trapped inside your skin, and no matter how many times you reach out to touch a friend or a lover, no matter how close you hold someone or how fiercely you make love, when it begins, when it ends, and all the moments in between, you are still yourself, alone. I know you knew this. It was in all the love songs you wrote. I think it was the hidden impulse we both had, down inside, that made us take razors to our skin, that desire to open up and let the world in, to let ourselves out, to take that sharp thin line of flesh and erase it.”
― Michael Montoure, Still Life

tags: feelings, loneliness, love, self-harm

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