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“With belles no longer did he fall in love,but dangled after them just anyhow;when they refused, he solaced in a twinkle;when they betrayed, was glad to rest.He would seek them without intoxication,...”
“You cant get a reaction from someone who doesnt give a shit.”
“Which do you prefer, she says. Sex or Violence?I try to smile. What's the difference, really.”
“They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.”
“So many men treat their wives badly, or indifferently, or with barely contained impatience. Josh doesn't mind-- no that's not right--he insists on openly showing his love and respect for me.”
“from The Unquarried Blue of Those Depths Is All But Blinding, There are some things we just dont talk aboutNot even in the morning, when were waking,When your calloused fingers tentatively walkThe ...”
“And I did work out something: that the rich of the earth indeed create misery, but they cannot bear to see it. They are weaklings and fools just like you. As long as they have enough to eat and can...”
“Since the basic cause of mans anxiety is the possibility of being either a saint or a sinner, it follows that there are only two alternatives for him. Man can either mount upward to the peak of ete...”
“Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.”
“He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified feeling, that while he looked upon her with an admirati...”
“Sometimes being indifferent solves everything.”
“She had in truth no abstract propensity to malice: she did not dislike Lily because the latter was brilliant and predominant, but because she thought that Lily disliked her. It is less mortifying t...”
“Nowadays, it is true, we have mass media and expert propaganda to spread suspicion and fear. But the people I meanand they form the great majorityare not suspicious and fearful, as many educated an...”
“It is now certain that the public does know. It is not so certain that the public does care.”
“Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.”
“It was not only Odette's indifference, however, that he must take pains to circumvent; it was also, not infrequently, his own; feeling that, since Odette had had every facility for seeing him, she ...”
“Some people are like an open grave:You give it the thing you love mostAnd then get nothing in return.”
“Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.”
“Communists have committed great crimes but at least they have not stood aside like an established society and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate.”
“Hate is not the opposite of love apathy is.”
