637 quotes found
“Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous.”
“I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition for fooling others.”
“Because," she said, "that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give to the behavior of those who would disrupt the orderly way in which men w...”
“Yes, and because we grow old we become more and more the stuff our forbears put into us. I can feel his savagery strengthen in me. We think we are so individual and so misunderstood when we are you...”
“Ambition interests me because it’s such a surefire indicator of damage.”
“But, as I have said, the bugs had no interest in getting us…and no great curiosity or enthusiasm about us as such; from the cowardly cockroaches to the blind stolid ants they wanted only to be left...”
“If you look at their intentions, examine their motives, and scrutinize what brings them contentment – how can people hide who they are? How can they hide who they really are?”
“Everybody looked at Sully suspiciously. A rumor that he had burned up in the blaze had been circulating, and people had quickly adjusted to the idea of profound human tragedy. They were reluctant t...”
“An intellectual is usually someone who isn't exactly distinguished by his intellect," Corelli asserted. "he claims that label to compensate for his inadequacies. It's as old as that saying : "Tell ...”
“Social hierarchy doesn’t hold a candle to the power of feeling isolated in your own skin.”
“. . .for in natures, as in seas, depth answers unto depth”
“If a man couldn’t control his beast, it could turn so violent that nothing could restrain it once enraged.”
“Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a damn how friendly he is. It's what he does that matters.”
“All involve risk, uncertainty, and complexity — and therefore steps that are worth committing to a checklist and testing in routine care. Good checklists could become as important as doctors and nu...”
“It is a futile and ridiculous struggle—but then... it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.”
“Always compete upwards, as otherwise you’ll find yourself reduced as a human.”
“If we deny ourselves the unique human faculty of learning from others’ mistakes, we deny oneself the chance to be a human.”
“The mother was looking at nothing and listening to nothing but herself. “It’ll kill me, doctor! I’ll die of shame!” I made no attempt to dissuade her. I didn’t know what to do. We could see the fat...”
“If man studied himself, he would see how incapable he is of going further.”
“You’re brave. You’re good. Why would you hesitate to explore yourself? Your dark nooks and crannies? With someone who is fascinated by the whole of you? You aren’t a bad woman, merely a human one, ...”
