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It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven--that I hadn’t done what I wanted. It feels… — Ayn Rand
The huge round lunar clock was a gristmill. Shake down all the grains of Time—the big grains of centuries, and the small grains of years,… — Ray Bradbury
What do you believe? I believe that the last and the first suffer equally. Pari passu. Equally? It is not alone in the dark of… — Cormac McCarthy
All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all sorts of strange… — William Gibson
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous — John le Carre
The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm… — Joseph Campbell
It is hard to laugh at the need for beauty and romance, no matter how tasteless, even horrible, the results of that need are. But… — Nathanael West
Human life--that appeared to him the one thing worth investigating. Compared to it there was nothing else of any value. It was true that as… — Oscar Wilde
The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else. — Alain de Botton
To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster… — John Steinbeck
Birth and death - what could be more monstrous than that? We like to deceive ourselves and call it wondrous and beautiful and majestic, but… — Rohinton Mistry
What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know… — Inga Muscio
To-day we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery(the media) that hardly anyone can attain to the inward detachment that is required… — Oswald Spengler
I know why people die of hopelessness. It comes on like a thick blanket, covering your thoughts, your confidence, creeping into your mind and filling… — Joan Lowery Nixon
When we are green, still half-created, we believe that our dreams are rights, that the world is disposed to act in our best interests, and… — Tobias Wolff
Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their… — Andrzej Sapkowski
(Baudelaire) had descended to the bottom of the inexhaustible mine, had picked his way along abandoned or unexplored galleries, and had finally reached those districts… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
He felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster.… — George Orwell
Ancient one sleeping, waiting to rise When earth's power bleeds sacred red The mark strikes true; Queen Tsi Sgili will devise He shall be washed… — P. C. Cast
And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science") — George Sterling
As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies—but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world… — Ayn Rand
No. You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it. You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as… — Darren Shan

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