Books Quote by Scott McCloud

“Yet now, having held in grief and resentment, and evaded thinking too much about the episode that changed my life with the finality of…

— Wallace Stegner

“...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride,…

— Richard Wright

“It was a punishing whim on my part, a nasty, selfish twist of the knife.”

— Gillian Flynn

“I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed or humiliated, disrespected and…

— James Gilligan

“Everything here is a small offense and not of value as art or confession. It is not a whim. It is an attempt to…

— Patti Smith

“You alone are responsible for this. Your twisted schemes have caused the death of all that you knew. I only wish that at least…

— Mike Vasich

“Why does every deliberately cruel person describe themselves as the perfect example of necessary bluntness?”

— Mia Sheridan

“Being punished for something you did not do. Or being an innocent victim. It’s just something that I never want to experience.”

— Stephen Chbosky

“No one is just a victim or a victor. Everyone is somewhere in between. People who go around casting themselves as one or the…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Given though I am to the occasional notion of counter-survival, I didn't enjoy the idea of a stranger assuming the role of my executioner.…

— Anonymous

“While stabbing someones back, you recklessly expose your own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Did his crime give others some kind of implicit permission to behave the same way, reverberating on and on into the future?”

— Elizabeth Garden