Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“they were in that bulging-eyed, unreachable state human beings morph into right before they kill.”

— Jeffrey Gettleman

“It was a time of beautiful brutal illusions.”

— Mick Karabegovic

“They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.”

— John Milton

“Yet she could see by their shocked and altered faces that even their virtues were being burned away.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“They were a sorry-looking bunch. Their clothes were in tatters. Their flesh was ripped. They were filthy beyond filth. For once, they looked like…

— Maggie LaCroix

“It was a glorious illusion and she fell asleep before it ended.”

— Carla Reighard

“She returned to consciousness only to find herself in an unescapable nightmare.”

— Eric Jerome Dickey

“Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences.”

— Chris Nicolaisen

“She lost her illusions in the collapse of her sympathies.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“To be rendered unconscious; to lie exposed, without shame, at the mercy of others; to be touched, incised, plundered, remade - this is what…

— Margaret Atwood

“...the souls of none of them were dead, but only sleeping; now and then they would waken, and these were cruel times.”

— Upton Sinclair

“they were persistent, and they were audacious.”

— Leslie Berlin