Life Quote by Patrick deWitt

“A slave mentality which had been built into him by years of carrot-and-whip grading, a mule mentality which said, “If you don’t whip me,…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who…

— Charlotte Brontë

“and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a…

— Frederick Douglass

“Shame to him whose cruel striking, kills for thoughts of his own liking.”

— William Shakespeare

“Thereafter, he ennobled shame. He bore it in my presence like a burden, like a tiger clinging to his shoulders, the threat of which…

— Jean Genet

“What he didn’t do was control me, or try to mold me into a little wife, some old-fashioned, muted version of who I was.…

— Jane Green

“Those fierce animal passions of his were his masters, not his slaves, and he was as much their victim as those he punished when…

— Teresa Denys

“Later he explained that when a person is beating you you should scream as loud as possible; maybe the whipper will become embarrassed or…

— Maya Angelou

“Slowed down by a sense of hopelessness in all his decisions and movements, he suffered from bitter sadness, and his incapacity solidified into a…

— Robert Musil

“He longed for company. He was cruel because he didn't know whether or not people felt pain and he wanted to find out and…

— Michèle Roberts

“Surprisingly, I felt no anger towards him. He was just Man. Man in his basic, rudimentary state, easily moved by powerful emotions like love,…

— Helon Habila

“He raged at his farm, forced it, added to it, drilled and trimmed, and his boundaries extended. He took no rest, no recreation, and…

— John Steinbeck