Indifference Quotes

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Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference? — Bernard Beckett
He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret… — Bret Easton Ellis
I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never… — Melina Marchetta
But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in… — Joan D. Vinge
Iâ€™ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wantedâ€”like all orphansâ€”to be… — Fernando Pessoa
Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right. — Fulton J. Sheen
Thus each of us had to be content to live only for the day, alone under the vast indifference of the sky. — Albert Camus
There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Valentine's Day purely commercial, cynical enterprise, anyway. Matter of supreme indifference to me. — Helen Fielding
He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great… — Samuel Beckett
Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher… — Dan Simmons
By giving too much importance to fine actions one may end by paying an indirect but powerful tribute to evil, because in so doing one… — Albert Camus
Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of… — Steven Erikson
And I too, felt ready to start life all over again. It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied… — Albert Camus
We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact… — Ben Okri
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference. — Cesare Pavese
Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive… — Billy Graham
And action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all. — Elie Wiesel

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