--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: People are vicious animals that will turn…" description: "\"People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an instant. Yet we open our hearts to them. Because they define and shape who we are.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg" --- # People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an… ![“People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an instant. Yet we open our hearts to them. Because they define and shape who we are.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg) > “People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an instant. Yet we open our hearts to them. Because they define and shape who we are.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Humans can be cruel, yet we still open our hearts because relationships shape our identity. **In simple terms:** People can be cruel but we love anyway. Key Takeaway Balance openness with healthy boundaries. Themes trust vulnerability identity Mood cautious hopeful Type advice reflective When to use this quote - forming friendships - dating - team building - family gatherings Key Concepts psychology social dynamics Questions to Reflect On - How do you protect yourself while staying open? - What defines the people you let in? A Different Perspective Blind trust can lead to harm. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) ## Related quotes > [“People are vicious. They will turn on you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chandler/people-are-vicious-they-will-turn-on-you/) [Elizabeth Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chandler/) > [“In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/in-most-cases-people-even-the-most-vicious-are-much-more-naive-and/) [Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/) > [Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/christmas-is-a-time-to-open-our-hearts-to-god-and-his-gifts-just-like/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone goes around trying to find their soul mate, but no matter how hard they look, they can never find it. So instead, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-goes-around-trying-to-find-their-soul-mate-but-no-matter-how/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [We take a risk when we open our hearts because the truth is, if we open our hearts, we will get hurt. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-take-a-risk-when-we-open-our-hearts-because-the-truth-is-if-we/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If Melissa Miller were an artist, she would have painted the world in vicious streaks of red. Nothing like Picasso's rose period, all soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-melissa-miller-were-an-artist-she-would-have-painted-the-world-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-good-gracious-you-ve-got-to-educate-him-first-you-can-t-expect-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is so sweet when its there but it so vicious when it is gone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-so-sweet-when-its-there-but-it-so-vicious-when-it-is-gone/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-sid-vicious-was-obviously-a-schizophrenic-kind-of-a-mean-one-too/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/those-whose-character-is-mean-and-vicious-will-rouse-others-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-the-universe-is-meaningless-so-is-the-statement-that-it-is-so-if/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/another-source-of-fallacy-is-the-vicious-circle-of-illusions-which/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/we-travel-to-open-our-hearts-and-eyes-and-learn-more-about-the-world/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [“If only I could spend all my days surrounded by people brave enough to open their hearts for real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-stabile/if-only-i-could-spend-all-my-days-surrounded-by-people-brave-enough/) [Scott Stabile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-stabile/) > [There are those who open their hearts to others...who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/there-are-those-who-open-their-hearts-to-others-who-never-think-twice/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Feelings quotes > [I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-have-a-strong-feeling-about-this-quick-movement-and-changing-of/) [Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/) > [Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janice-kaplan/gratitude-isn-t-just-a-feeling-it-s-an-action-expressing-gratitude-by/) [Janice Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janice-kaplan/) > [We never realize the importance of any our action until we be the hunt of same situation in reaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fadi/we-never-realize-the-importance-of-any-our-action-until-we-be-the/) [Fadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fadi/) > [Sometimes we wish for the feel but we never understand that we have to give a lot to get the feel !](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reynolds/sometimes-we-wish-for-the-feel-but-we-never-understand-that-we-have/) [Robert Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reynolds/) > [When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gordon-smith/when-you-re-scared-and-i-mean-really-scared-not-just-hearing-a-noise/) [Alexander Gordon Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gordon-smith/) > [My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alton-brown/my-feeling-has-always-been-that-good-eats-would-have-never-happened/) [Alton Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alton-brown/) > [Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-proctor/jobs-and-money-are-never-the-primary-cause-of-stress-thinking/) [Bob Proctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-proctor/) > [If someone really loves you, no matter how many other people they meet, their feelings for you wouldn't change. A real lover cant be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-someone-really-loves-you-no-matter-how-many-other-people-they-meet/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-deschanel/it-can-sometimes-make-people-fold-into-themselves-and-kind-of-run/) [Emily Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-deschanel/) > [“I urge you: don't cut short these thought-trains of yours. Follow them through to their end. Your thoughts and your feelings. Follow them through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-coetzee/i-urge-you-don-t-cut-short-these-thought-trains-of-yours-follow-them/) [J.M. Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-coetzee/) > [If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-siebel-newsom/if-the-media-is-sending-girls-the-message-that-their-value-lies-in/) Jennifer Siebel Newsom > [Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggressive, competitive, or boastful. Good girls please others. But what good girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-jane-gilman/good-girls-don-t-hurt-other-people-s-feelings-good-girls-are-not/) [Susan Jane Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-jane-gilman/) > [You will never fully understand how much you mean to me, because there are no amount of words that can begin to describe my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-will-never-fully-understand-how-much-you-mean-to-me-because-there/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-of-the-deepest-and-strangest-of-all-human-moods-is-the-mood-which/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-self-conscious-animal-the-idea-is-ludicrous/) [Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/) [Browse all 21,172 Feelings quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an instant. Yet we open our hearts to them. Because they define and shape who we are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-turn-on-you-in-an-instant-yet-we/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Feelings" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-turn-on-you-in-an-instant-yet-we/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/anonymous-1_feelings_people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-tur_1647391.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People are vicious animals that will turn on you in an instant. Yet we open our hearts to them. Because they…” — Anonymous", "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": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "People are vicious animals that will...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-turn-on-you-in-an-instant-yet-we/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-are-vicious-animals-that-will-turn-on-you-in-an-instant-yet-we/#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 } } ] } ```