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“Humans love hurting others when they can´t be hurt themselves. Like killing animals, or flaming people online. And if the target makes a mistake, it fans the flames even more, and the bully gets even more fun out of it.”
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“Humans love hurting others when they can´t be hurt themselves. Like killing animals, or flaming people online. And if the target makes a mistake, it fans the flames even more, and the bully gets even more fun out of it.”
“Hughes, just a bit of advice. The soldiers who never shut up about their girls back home... They don't make it.”
“Children's minds are immature. They do not possess a firm resolve and the strength to turn their misery to anger. Confronted with a cruel fate, they were not provided with the choice of having a strong will. Moreover, as they have not lived through and comprehended life, ideals such as honor and hope are yet to be completely nurtured in them. Therefore, in moments of despair, children are more prone than adults to seal away their own mind, lock up their own heart. Because they have not tasted the joy of life they can afford to discard. Because they have not understood the meaning of future, they can sink into despair.”
“Under normal circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth, but we were actually regressing. A rotten world. Politics, law, education... Was there anybody around who could correct this world? But someone had to do it.”
“You wanted revenge? You're just making other people as miserable as you. Revenge is just the path you took to escape your suffering.”
“If you let the fly live, the spider is going to die. You can't save both without one suffering.”
“Things like protecting the world are no more than moral reasons that sound good.”
“I think the best disciplining is pain.”
“No one can draw a clear line between sane and insane. You move that line as you see fit for yourself. No one else can. You'll understand soon... that the one that's insane is this world.”
“Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.”
“Real power is forged from the desire smoldering in the heart. It fans into a flame and begins to burn with an intensity scarcely imagined to be possible.”
“Only hope can give rise to the emotion we call despair. But it is nearly impossible for a man to try to live without hope, so I guess that leaves Man no choice but to walk around with despair as his companion.”
“There are three conditions to terrify someone: One, the monster can't speak. Two, the monster has to be unidentifiable. Three, it's meaningless if the monster can die.”
“What do you suppose the most irrational thing is? - It's humanity.”
“Drop ink on the finest snow-white paper and it will inevitably absorb into black. Its purity demands it. Tainted men have immunities. Black does not absorb black.”
“In our society, letting others find out that you're a nice person is a very risky move. It's extremely likely that someone would take advantage of that.”
“A lie is truth, until you recognize it as a lie. To see the truth behind those lies is probably the right thing to do. However, it may not necessarily bring happiness. Lies are Happiness.”
“There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new life on some corner of our planet is nothing but a tiny, insignificant flash. Death is a normal thing. So why live?”
“We're nothing like God. Not only do we have limited powers, but sometimes we're driven to become the devil himself.”
