Indifference Quotes

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Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering of millions. Patriotism… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human race… — Peter Weiss
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earthâ€™s grandest empire, the other… — John Newton
My idea was to chose an object that wouldn't attract me, either by its beauty or by its ugliness. To find a point of indifference… — Marcel Duchamp
It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. — Edith Wharton
The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a… — Bruno Schulz
Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge out your eyes. Carve out your heart. And… — Jennifer Donnelly
Would you rather die, or be unwound? Now he finally knows the answer. Maybe this is what he wanted. Maybe it's why he stood there… — Neal Shusterman
I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference — Ayn Rand
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not… — Marc Bekoff
The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or… — Alan Bennett
Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all,… — Jean Baudrillard
Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the… — Jonathan Carroll
Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. — Joan D. Vinge
The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust — Samuel Beckett
Just â€” just to be clear,â€ he said. â€œYou want to leave Tonks at her parentsâ€™ house and come away with us?â€ â€œSheâ€™ll be perfectly… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I cannot remember my past, my nose, or the colour of my eyes, or what my general opinion of myself is. Only in moments of… — Virginia Woolf
A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I… — Charles Dickens
Itâ€™s all about control. Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to… — Michael J. Fox
The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to… — Philippa Gregory

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