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> [“I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man’s reason, his emotions, his nerves, his whole animal nature. I should like my book to make people turn pale with horror as they read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/i-want-to-be-the-apostle-of-self-destruction-i-want-my-book-to-affect/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

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> [I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his whole animal nature. I should like my book to make people turn pale with horror as they read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/i-want-to-be-the-apostle-of-self-destruction-i-want-my-book-to-affect-2/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

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## Other authors on Self destruction

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-dranil-kr-sinha-102.jpg) DrAnil Kr Sinha 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-destruction/dranil-kr-sinha/)
- [Craig D. Lounsbrough 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-destruction/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

## More by Leonid Andreyev

> [Ah well, 'tis the way of the world -- births and deaths, births and deaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/ah-well-tis-the-way-of-the-world-births-and-deaths-births-and-deaths/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [When a man has the rope about his neck, you don't ask him about his health!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/when-a-man-has-the-rope-about-his-neck-you-don-t-ask-him-about-his/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [“Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/life-seemed-to-him-to-be-a-narrow-cage-and-her-iron-bars-were-many/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [Do you not see the hand of God, which gives harmony, light, and love to the world? Do not the mountains, in the blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/do-you-not-see-the-hand-of-god-which-gives-harmony-light-and-love-to/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [As we educate a child -- removing out of its path those obstacles over which we ourselves, in early days, have stumbled, and strengthening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/as-we-educate-a-child-removing-out-of-its-path-those-obstacles-over/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [“Look at us, Lazarus, and share our joy. Is there anything stronger than love?" And Lazarus looked. And for the rest of their life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/look-at-us-lazarus-and-share-our-joy-is-there-anything-stronger-than/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [Don't laugh at the voice of the stars. They are far away, their rays are light and pale, and we can barely see their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/don-t-laugh-at-the-voice-of-the-stars-they-are-far-away-their-rays/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [All perishes, all decays, all is born again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/all-perishes-all-decays-all-is-born-again/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [Who is all-powerful in the world? Who is most dreadful in the world? The machine. Who is most fair, most wealthy, and all-wise? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/who-is-all-powerful-in-the-world-who-is-most-dreadful-in-the-world/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [What worse can happen to a man than to have been born? It's like asking a man who is drowning whether he is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/what-worse-can-happen-to-a-man-than-to-have-been-born-it-s-like/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [The papers are full of murders -- strange murders. It is all nonsense that there are as many brains as there are men; mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/the-papers-are-full-of-murders-strange-murders-it-is-all-nonsense/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [The loss of reason in war seems to me honorable, like the death of a sentry at his post.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/the-loss-of-reason-in-war-seems-to-me-honorable-like-the-death-of-a/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [The only thing not worth destroying is science. That would be useless. Science is unchangeable, and if you destroyed it today, it would rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/the-only-thing-not-worth-destroying-is-science-that-would-be-useless/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [The moon was so young, so strange, even as a young girl who is dreaming and is afraid to tell her dreams; and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/the-moon-was-so-young-so-strange-even-as-a-young-girl-who-is-dreaming/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

> [Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonid-andreyev/born-the-man-assumes-the-name-and-image-of-humanity-and-becomes-in/)

[Leonid Andreyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonid-andreyev/)

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