"A man lusts to become a godâ€¦and there is murder. Murder upon murder upon murder. Why is the world of men nothing but murder?"

-- David Zindell

#Men Quotes #Lust Quotes #World Quotes

“...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.”

Source : Alan Hollinghurst (2014). “The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic”, p.106, Pan Macmillan
“According to a Pew poll, 49% of young Americans have a favorable view of socialism. What is socialism? it is a system that leads to mass misery, mass impoverishment, and human slaughter. That's what it means. Yet almost half of the young think it's benign.”
“Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.”
“Whatever parent gives his children good instruction and sets them at the same time a bad example, may be considered as bringing them food in one hand and poison in the other.”

Source : John Balguy (1790). “Twenty-one sermons on the following subjects ... viz”, p.127
“...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it.”

Source : Jack L. Chalker (1999). “90 Trillion Fausts”, p.133, Baen Books
“My sister is a nurse and saves people's lives.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.”
“Everytime you read, you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1997). “Bodies of Work: Essays”, Serpents Tail

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