Brutes Quote by Anonymous

“is desperately hard for men to accept that there is a direct path from the highest ideals to the torture chamber—for”

— T. R. Fehrenbach

The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike,…

— Anais Nin

“I do not believe it is within my nature to torture anyone”

— Tobias Wade

“What tortures have men to endure, comparable to those daily repeated shafts of scorn and cruelty with which poor women are riddled by the…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The most effective torture is not physical, it's mental.”

— Raine Miller

“The most effective torture is not physical—it is mental of course. The mind can imagine terrors far more horrific than you could ever physically…

— Raine Miller

“The tortured are a class apart. You can imagine – just – where they’ve been, but never what they’ve brought back.”

— John le Carré

“the inquisitors of yesteryear knew only too well, as do the country snatchers of today: torture is useless for protecting people. It is only…

— Eduardo Galeano

“Has it tortured you as much as it's tortured me?" He asked. "Don't call it torture when it's self-inflicted. You always have a choice.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

“Even torture that is only verbal reinforce the power of the torturer: The prisoner's imagination leads him to dread the next round of interrogations.…

— Elie Wiesel

“Because you're a sick fuck who tortures people!" He wagged his finger at me. "You make it sound so simple . It isn't. Not…

— Nenia Campbell

Fancy tortures more people than does reality

— Ouida