Del Tredici I Hear Quotes & Sayings

While I don't think sociopaths have any sort of moral urge to do good things, I think they can and do act morally in the context of pursuing their own advantage. A good analogy would be a corporation. There are a lot of corporations that do things that you like, maybe even good things, like produce vaccines or electric cars, although the primary motivation is to make a profit. But just because you are trying to make a profit doesn't mean you can't do it by doing things you like, or that you are good at, or that comport with the way you see the world, or want the world to see you. — M.E. Thomas

Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes. — Robert Greene

best things in life are mad, you know, darling. Instinctive," he said. "You don't understand that yet . . . but, in time, you will. That's where the magic lies. And that, my darling, is what you are lacking in your life." "What? — Ella Carey

We sit against the tiles of the bathroom wall with our legs sprawled out in front of us, passing the brain back and forth, taking small, leisurely bites and enjoying brief flashes of human experience.
'Good ... shit,' M wheezes. — Isaac Marion

Poetry is a mock of a cry at finding a million dollars and a mock of a laugh at losing it. — Carl Sandburg

God has given me the grace to see some of the seeds that I have sown bear good fruit, and I am so grateful. — Thea Bowman

All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms. — Walter Lippmann

He's a politician, Tomas; he looks at every situation as to how it will benefit himself, and cares little of the cost to others." "You — Jan Stryvant