--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil?…" description: "\"But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png" --- # But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil… ![“But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destroy the weak. Humans kill that which they fear. Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark.” quote by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png) > “But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destroy the weak. Humans kill that which they fear. Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark.” [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Human societies mirror nature's harsh hierarchy, where predators dominate the weak and fear drives survival. **In simple terms:** Life is a brutal struggle where the strong survive and the weak perish. Key Takeaway Accept the harsh reality and strengthen yourself. Themes survival power predation fear strength Mood grim intense cautionary Type philosophical literary dark When to use this quote - war - political oppression - personal adversity - environmental crisis Key Concepts natural hierarchy psychological realism existential dread Questions to Reflect On - How do you balance strength with empathy? - Can you thrive without exploiting others? A Different Perspective It ignores cooperation and compassion as alternative survival strategies. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/) [Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deer/) [Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/) [Evil world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-world/) [Fallen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fallen/) [Groups](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/groups/) [Humans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans/) [Humans Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans-evil-441903/) [Humans Kill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans-kill-1649349/) [Hunts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hunts/) [Hyenas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hyenas/) [Kill Humans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kill-humans-413363/) [Nature of man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-man/) [Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/) [Prey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prey/) [Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strong/) [Trembling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trembling/) [Vulture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vulture/) [Weak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weak/) [World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/) ## Related quotes > [Man cannot pretend to be higher in ethics, spirituality, advancement, or civilisation than other creatures, and at the same time live by lower standards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-jay-dinshah/man-cannot-pretend-to-be-higher-in-ethics-spirituality-advancement-or/) [H. Jay Dinshah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-jay-dinshah/) > [So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it evil, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marsden/so-that-was-nature-s-way-the-mosquito-felt-pain-and-panic-but-the/) [John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marsden/) > [“I don't really believe that humans are evil; it is just that we are not very intelligent animals. No animal is so stupid as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/i-don-t-really-believe-that-humans-are-evil-it-is-just-that-we-are/) [Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/) > [The living werewolves have genuine needs and desires, which, though they may oppose ours, are valid. Even if they want to eat humans, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-naifeh/the-living-werewolves-have-genuine-needs-and-desires-which-though/) [Ted Naifeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-naifeh/) > [“We humans kill and murder every species and still we claim to be the peace lovers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/we-humans-kill-and-murder-every-species-and-still-we-claim-to-be-the/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) > [“Save all humans, kill the planet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humanists/save-all-humans-kill-the-planet/) [Humanists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humanists/) > [Neanderthals were pretty smart, and if we actively killed them off, then probably we did so in the same way that humans kill each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kolbert/neanderthals-were-pretty-smart-and-if-we-actively-killed-them-off/) [Elizabeth Kolbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kolbert/) > [“Only humans kill for sport.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/only-humans-kill-for-sport/) [Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/) > [Wild animal games and do not kill humans for fun sometimes. It is human beings, for whom torture and death of our fellow creatures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-fraud/wild-animal-games-and-do-not-kill-humans-for-fun-sometimes-it-is/) [James Anthony Fraud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-fraud/) > [If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-yazawa/if-you-re-that-obsessed-with-someone-why-would-you-kill-her-humans/) [Ai Yazawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-yazawa/) > [“War doesn’t only kill humans; it also kills love, trust and relations!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mouloud-benzadi/war-doesn-t-only-kill-humans-it-also-kills-love-trust-and-relations/) [Mouloud Benzadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mouloud-benzadi/) > [War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/war-a-reversal-of-the-rules-where-a-man-is-permitted-to-kill-all-the/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) > [“Words don't kill; humans do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mai-ghoussoub/words-don-t-kill-humans-do/) [Mai Ghoussoub](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mai-ghoussoub/) > [“I firmly disagree with anyone who says humans are the most advanced, or the most intelligent species on the planet. In fact, only three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-morrow/i-firmly-disagree-with-anyone-who-says-humans-are-the-most-advanced/) [Israel Morrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israel-morrow/) > [What are you, a baby? Jeez, if you’re going to kill humans, the least you could do is learn to die with some dignity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/what-are-you-a-baby-jeez-if-you-re-going-to-kill-humans-the-least-you/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) ## More by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes > [Fate has a twisted sense of humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/fate-has-a-twisted-sense-of-humor/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [The first time I kissed you, you had just cut off your hair with a plastic knife. You were in restraints and your lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/the-first-time-i-kissed-you-you-had-just-cut-off-your-hair-with-a/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [Anhamirak, abandon and freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/anhamirak-abandon-and-freedom/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“Days and weeks and years. My brother never returned last night. Days and weeks and years. How long until their assassins find me? Danica…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/days-and-weeks-and-years-my-brother-never-returned-last-night-days/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“You may come back as soon as your senses have returned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/you-may-come-back-as-soon-as-your-senses-have-returned/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [The only way I can protect him now is to make sure he never understands how easy killing can become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/the-only-way-i-can-protect-him-now-is-to-make-sure-he-never/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“Betia kissed my forehead. "I won't leave unless you ask me to. I-" Her lips touched mine chastely. "The future will come. I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/betia-kissed-my-forehead-i-won-t-leave-unless-you-ask-me-to-i-her/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [I wish to you sunshine, my dear one, my dear one. And treetops for you to soar past. I wish to you innocence, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/i-wish-to-you-sunshine-my-dear-one-my-dear-one-and-treetops-for-you/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [I could not cry for my own brother; he would not want me to. But I found myself crying for this hated stranger and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/i-could-not-cry-for-my-own-brother-he-would-not-want-me-to-but-i/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“My cousin tried to kill me today," he said. He realized that his voice held an edge of hysteria. "She nearly succeeded. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/my-cousin-tried-to-kill-me-today-he-said-he-realized-that-his-voice/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“Every moment of every day, she had fought to keep his face out of her mind, and his voice out of her head, had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/every-moment-of-every-day-she-had-fought-to-keep-his-face-out-of-her/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“I’m not asking for anything beyond your company in sleep. Just let me rest with the sound of your heartbeat beside mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/i-m-not-asking-for-anything-beyond-your-company-in-sleep-just-let-me/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [Cold as winter, strong as stone; She faced the darkness all alone. A silver goddess; a reflection. A mirage; a recollection. No return; no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/cold-as-winter-strong-as-stone-she-faced-the-darkness-all-alone-a/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“It means that all witches who hunt will turn their full attention on the ones Dominique considers responsible for my murder. They will call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/it-means-that-all-witches-who-hunt-will-turn-their-full-attention-on/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) > [“Christopher . . . are these from you?” she asked at lunch, careful to make her tone light as she placed the two picture-poems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/christopher-are-these-from-you-she-asked-at-lunch-careful-to-make-her/) [Amelia Atwater-Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) [Explore all 69 Amelia Atwater-Rhodes quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/) ## More Dark quotes > [Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-greenspan/crony-capitalism-is-essentially-a-condition-in-which-public-officials/) [Alan Greenspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-greenspan/) > [“I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-stroube/i-could-see-her-will-leaving-and-death-seeping-through-her-skin-to/) [J.D. Stroube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-stroube/) > [The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-zimmerman/the-soul-wanders-in-the-dark-until-it-finds-love-and-so-wherever-our/) [Mary Zimmerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-zimmerman/) > [“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-h-krueger/men-circle-like-bees-around-honey-buzzing-to-communicate-their-sexual/) [Carla H Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-h-krueger/) > [All comedy comes from a dark place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katt-williams/all-comedy-comes-from-a-dark-place/) [Katt Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katt-williams/) > [It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-holden/it-s-a-really-dark-emotionally-wrenching-world-that-we-ve-created-on/) [Laurie Holden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-holden/) > [I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-ferris/i-get-afraid-of-the-dark-if-i-m-in-a-great-deal-of-dark-and-i-have-to/) [Emil Ferris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-ferris/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“Once upon a time, there was a naïve and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever after. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nenia-campbell/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-na-ve-and-innocent-girl-who-thought-she/) [Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nenia-campbell/) > [Memory revises me. Even now a letter comes from a place I don’t know, from someone with my name and postmarked years ago, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/memory-revises-me-even-now-a-letter-comes-from-a-place-i-don-t-know/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Like the water of a deep stream, love is always too much. We did not make it. Though we drink till we burst, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/like-the-water-of-a-deep-stream-love-is-always-too-much-we-did-not/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) > [Let death bless me with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-death-bless-me-with-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“what do you call/that space between the dark geographies of sex?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethaway/what-do-you-call-that-space-between-the-dark-geographies-of-sex/) [Natasha Trethaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethaway/) > [Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-gentile/twinking-tears-in-a-sea-of-black-soft-light-in-a-world-of-darkness/) [Nicole Gentile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-gentile/) > [Even in the dark your shadow is like a guide to me! you are my rising sun that brings forth hope just as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nkemjika-linus/even-in-the-dark-your-shadow-is-like-a-guide-to-me-you-are-my-rising/) [Nkemjika Linus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nkemjika-linus/) [Browse all 10,198 Dark quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destroy the weak. Humans kill that which they fear. Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amelia Atwater-Rhodes" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the-world-is-evil-risika-wolves/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Dark" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the-world-is-evil-risika-wolves/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/amelia-atwater-rhodes-9913_dark_but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the_3180618.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of…” — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Amelia Atwater-Rhodes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-atwater-rhodes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "But you can't kill humans It's--...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the-world-is-evil-risika-wolves/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-atwater-rhodes/but-you-can-t-kill-humans-it-s-evil-the-world-is-evil-risika-wolves/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```