--- title: "11 Thought Cruel Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Thought Cruel quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Thought Cruel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/antonin-scalia-2855_changed_society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-us_2146049.png" --- > [Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-scalia/society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-used-to-be-thought-not-to-be/) [Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-scalia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/antonin-scalia-2855_changed_society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-us_2146049.png) > [“Then you must no longer think cruel thought. Cruel thoughts lead to cruel words, and hurt you as much as they hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/then-you-must-no-longer-think-cruel-thought-cruel-thoughts-lead-to/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/veronica-roth-66_think-cruel_then-you-must-no-longer-think-cruel-thou_518919.png) > [Lovers. Not a soft word, as people thought, but cruel and tearing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/lovers-not-a-soft-word-as-people-thought-but-cruel-and-tearing/) [Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/alice-munro-1231_broken_lovers-not-a-soft-word-as-people-thought_1299365.png) > [When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wells-brown/when-this-boy-was-brought-to-dr-young-his-name-being-william-the-same/) [William Wells Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wells-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/william-wells-brown-37419_boys_when-this-boy-was-brought-to-dr-young-hi_488505.jpg) > [I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-morrissey/i-once-bought-a-manchester-united-hat-which-i-think-was-12-shillings/) [Steven Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/steven-morrissey-3913_behinds_i-once-bought-a-manchester-united-hat-wh_3134795.png) > [There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cee-lo-green/there-was-a-time-when-i-didn-t-like-myself-at-all-i-thought-i-was-a/) [Cee Lo Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cee-lo-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/cee-lo-green-12065_beautiful_there-was-a-time-when-i-didn-t-like-myse_2864552.jpg) > [“Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/jon-could-not-find-it-in-him-to-pray-to-any-gods-old-or-new-if-they/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/george-r-r-martin-48_gods_jon-could-not-find-it-in-him-to-pray-to_629381.png) > [It’s, it’s like I’m in the fourth dimension and somebody is asking me to describe it verbally and that’s what the fourth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frusciante/it-s-it-s-like-i-m-in-the-fourth-dimension-and-somebody-is-asking-me/) [John Frusciante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frusciante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/john-frusciante-4339_asking_it-s-it-s-like-i-m-in-the-fourth-dimensi_2675081.jpg) > [“It seemed that for every evil they defeated, worse took its place, but Vaughn banished the thought that this all might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darryl-steven-markowitz/it-seemed-that-for-every-evil-they-defeated-worse-took-its-place-but/) [Darryl Steven Markowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darryl-steven-markowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/darryl-steven-markowitz-57363_inspirational-life_it-seemed-that-for-every-evil-they-defea_2785495.jpg) > [“Reading Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge's brilliant and depressing book, "The Thirties", I thought of a rather cruel trick I once played on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/reading-mr-malcolm-muggeridge-s-brilliant-and-depressing-book-the/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/george-orwell-57_books_reading-mr-malcolm-muggeridge-s-brillian_2318305.jpg) > [“I have thought and thought since you were gone, and there is something I wish to say.' Cardan's face is serious, almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-have-thought-and-thought-since-you-were-gone-and-there-is-something/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/holly-black-329_cardan_i-have-thought-and-thought-since-you-wer_434570.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-cruel/#itemlist", "name": "Thought Cruel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel and unusual.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Antonin Scalia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-scalia/society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-used-to-be-thought-not-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/antonin-scalia-2855_changed_society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-us_2146049.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/antonin-scalia-2855_changed_society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-us_2146049.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/antonin-scalia-2855_changed_society-s-mores-have-changed-and-what-us_2146049.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be…” — Antonin Scalia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Then you must no longer think cruel thought. 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He was sucking jam on my plate, and I cut him in half. Hr paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam tricked out of his oesophagus. Only when he tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him. It is the same with modern man. 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Cardan's face is serious, almost grave, in a way that he seldom allows himself to be. 'When my father sent me away, at first I tried to prove that I was nothing like he thought me. But when that didn't work, I tried to be exactly what he believed I was instead. If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying. I would live down to his every expectation. If I couldn't have his favour, then I would have his wrath. 'Balekin did not know what to do with me. He made me attend his debauches, made me serve wine and food to show off his tame little prince. When I grew older and more ill-tempered, he grew to like having someone to discipline. His disappointments were my lashing, his insecurities my flaws. And yet, he was the first person who saw something in me he liked- himself. He encouraged all my cruelty, inflamed all my rage. And I got worse. 'I wasn't kind, Jude. Not to many people. Not to you. I wasn't sure if I wanted you or if I wanted you gone from my sight so that I would stop feeling as I did, which made me even more unkind. But when you were gone- truly gone beneath the waves- I hated myself as I never have before.' I am so surprised by his words that I keep trying to find the trick in them. He can't truly mean what he's saying. 'Perhaps I am foolish, but I am not a fool. You like something about me,' he says, mischief lighting his face, making its planes more familiar. 'The challenge? My pretty eyes? No matter, because there is more you do not like and I know it. I can't trust you. Still, when you were gone I had to make a great many decisions, and so much of what I did right was imagining you beside me, Jude, giving me a bunch of ridiculous orders I nonetheless obeyed.' I am robbed of speech. He laughs, his warm hand going to my shoulder. 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