Indifference Quotes

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But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you. — Iggy Pop
It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to… — Alain de Botton
But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, boredom,… — Gaston Leroux
He clings to his solitude, to his affected indifference and his grown-up ways, but it's just an act, so as never, never to show his… — Anne Frank
Chaos was the natural law of the universe. Indifference was the engine of entropy. Man's apathy was the fertile ground in which the dark spirits… — Dan Brown
And along with indifference to space, there was an even more complete indifference to time. "There seems to be plenty of it", was all I… — Aldous Huxley
They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. — Anton Chekhov
She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life. — Steig Larsson
My continuing passion is to part a curtain, that invisible veil of indifference that falls between us and that blinds us to each other's presence,… — Eudora Welty
You can't be neutral on a moving train. — Howard Zinn
I want to confess as best I can, but my heart is void. The void is a mirror. I see my face and feel loathing… — Ingmar Bergman
Dada is not modern at all, it is rather a return to a quasi-Buddhist religion of indifference. Dada puts an artificial sweetness onto things, a… — Tristan Tzara
God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is… — Neal A. Maxwell
It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely… — David Benatar
But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon. — Lionel Shriver
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or… — Honore de Balzac
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the… — Hermann Hesse
She was fully, painfully aware that very rarely did midnight strike in two hearts at once, very rarely did midnight arouse two different equal desires,… — Anais Nin

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