People were funny about things they couldn't see. If they couldn't see it, it wasn't there. Or at the least, it didn't affect them. But the world didn't work that way, did it? There were things all around that you couldn't see, and these things had power.
There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.
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Tom Robbins
It is the story that lies around the edges of the photographs, or at the end of newspaper account. It's about the lies we tell others to protect them, and about the lies we tell ourselves in order not to acknowledge what we can't bear:...
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Sarah Blake
You're the only man I know willing to jump from the top floor of a skyscraper, naked with an axe just to get the bad guy - Selena
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David Gallie
When you allow a third party to carry your thoughts and vision to the second party, always be prepared that the purpose or vision of your message will be lost in translation.
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ShahenshahHK
The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.
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Darren Shan
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