Degrisogrono Quotes & Sayings

I looked at the group of human remains that languished in the corner and smiled at them. It occurred to me that their very presence was testimony to the moral emptiness of the universe and the mechanical brutality with which it destroys the parts it no longer needs. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Self persuasion was a concept much loved by evolutionary psychologists. I had written a piece about it for an Australian magazine. It was pure armchair science, and it went like this: if you lived in a group, like humans have always done, persuading others of your own needs and interests would be fundamental to your well-being. Sometimes you had to use cunning. Clearly you would be at your most convincing if you persuaded yourself first and did not even have to pretend to believe what you were saying. The kind of self-deluding individuals who tended to do this flourished, as did their genes. So it was we squabbled and scrapped, for our unique intelligence was always at the service of our special pleading and selective blindness to the weakness of our case. — Ian McEwan

There is hurt in this world. There is pain. Hoping there won't be only makes it worse. — Shalom Auslander

People fail to realize that horror isn't just monsters and death. Sometimes, it's learning to accept the darkness of human nature. — Kayla Krantz

The truth is I dislike cars. Whenever I drive a car, I have the feeling I have become invisible. People on the street cannot see you; they only watch your rear fender until it is out of their way. — Walker Percy

He laughed, looking down into his empty cup. "Decent people don't expect that kind of twistedness." He put the cup down on the floor. "And if they ever did suspect it, they'd just blame themselves for thinking too mean. You should trust your disquiet the next time. That's what it's there for. A man like that gets where he is by seeming. And then he makes you feel obligated to him. It's an old trick. — Kristen D. Randle

This world has been changing from time immemorial. But because it is "round" (subject to cycle of cause-effect), one cannot find an end to it. — Dada Bhagwan

Mandarin ducks mate for life and will die of loneliness if separated from their chosen mate. — Katherine Paterson

My father always made an amazing meatloaf, and I've inherited his skill. Leftover meatloaf in a sandwich? Come on! — Elizabeth Banks

People come up with resolutions that don't reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail. — Kelly McGonigal

The pitfall of the feminist is the belief that the interests of men and women can ever be severed; that what brings sufferings to the one can leave the other unscathed. — Agnes Repplier