Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he will always see that word: murder–immortally inscribed upon the pediment of that vast slaughterhouse–humanity.

Octave Mirbeau
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When you gaze in the mirror, in your own eyes, you see yourself in the image of your deeds. This is what you’re told. What you really see is the reflection of your soul—not the person that you are but the person that you might someday become. And this is where the power of art lies. It shows us who we could be; it shows us what we might become; it shows us what we could do if not constrained by our own fears.

Source: The Torture Garden

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