Tee hee torture!

From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire…

— George Bernard Shaw

Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.

— Gavin Newsom

“But a punishment like forced labour or even imprisonment – mere loss of liberty – has never functioned without a certain additional element of…

— Michel Foucault

I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture!

— Jessica Capshaw

But love is different for every person. For some it's hate, for some it's joy, for some it's fear, for some it's jealousy, for…

— James Frey

“Worry is the worst kind of torture, because it makes you realize that you are not in control. And, what I need most, is…

— D.S. Wrights

Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under any totalitarian…

— C.J. Sansom

“So, then I’ll just use Jesse’s to torture you some more.”

— Bella Jeanisse

When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it.

— Simon Wiesenthal

The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get…

— Mark Twain

“No matter what torture they inflict, don’t let them see you suffer.”

— Sansa Rayne

“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so…

— Christopher Hitchens

“The silkiness of his voice was a torturous caress that I could have endured for the rest of my life.”

— Melissa Andrea

You know, your sarcasm isn’t appreciated right now. I’ve been drugged, beaten, nearly raped, saved, drugged again, hijacked, and now threatened by you. Tell…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon