I think terrorism is a cruel waste of life.

“History has a cruel way of disappointing optimists.”

— Keith Thompson

“I think the reason we're cruel sometimes is that we're afraid we're going to like something.”

— Elizabeth Berg

“Don't be so cruel to me. Don't promise me anything. I've got everything that i need. I need love in a good way.”

— Tegan Quin

Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

— Graham Greene

“Even the cruel feel pain. And even the cruel can change. I hope this changes him. He could do so much, if only he…

— Pierce Brown

You must learn that to endure cruelty is to become cruel yourself

— Bleach

“my power is as cruel a joke as it can get? That’s”

— Katie D. Anderson

I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

— William Shakespeare

Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled…

— Lauren Oliver

“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

how cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling

— Emily Bronte

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

— Lady Gaga

Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.

— Barbara Pym

What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.

— Laozi