“What a torture to hear that a life had been available to me that I had not been man enough to live.” — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They'd resorted to torture already.” — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“To see someone you love in so much pain—especially emotional pain that can’t be remedied—was the worst form of torture.” — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Embracing the torture, as I'm assaulted by my own thoughts. Like a locust giving birth to earworms. Eeeeew! — Lady G Copy Share Image
Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Work — once merely an annoying nuisance — has become an agonizing torture.” — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Simply put, Guantanamo is one of the best propaganda tools that terrorists have today. Our enemies use it to justify terrorism and… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
“... sleep deprivation is an illegal torture method outlawed by the Geneva Convention and international courts, but most of us do it… — Ryan Hurd Copy Share Image
Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Why? The ease with which he manipulates words is his greatest talent. Was his difficulty a result of his torture? Something more?… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“It was if the devil himself had devised the perfect earthly torture for Lady Alicia Lawrence. “Now how will I occupy myself… — Celeste Bradley Copy Share Image
Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I was a liberal Republican growing up in New Jersey. That doesn't exist anymore. If you're a Republican, you have to think… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida,… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was spent. To the degree that Lawrence's face was familiar, it… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Ivanov: Once I worked hard and thought a lot but I never got tired; now I do nothing and think of nothing,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have laws to deal with people who defame other people's religion. We have laws to deal with people who try to… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
I told the people before they tortured me, please, don't torture me. I didn't do anything. They say, we have to torture… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
After 9-11, the President had a historic opportunity to unite Americans and the world in common cause. Instead, by exploiting the politics… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life. — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture. — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
Mr. Solomon was right the worst kind of torture is watching someone you love get hurt. — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
“Deontology states that there are certain things, like torture, that you just shouldn’t do.” — David Edmonds Copy Share Image
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
We know that Maduro's armies are riddled with persecution, torture, threats, and wrongful arrests. — Juan Guaido Copy Share Image
“It’s a strange kind of torture,” he said quietly. “To be caged by the lowest expectations. A humiliation of the soul.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A man who is fighting for the future of mankind is not waiting for torture, he's waiting for -- the Revolution. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival. — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
How great the lie right to the top: We don't torture people in America and people who say we do simply know… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
