#cannibalism

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#babies #buddhists #cannibalism #disgust #feed

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around. ↗

— James Beard

#believe #cannibalism #enough #ever #had

A collective insanity seemed to have seized the nation and turned them into something worse than beasts. The princess de Lamballe, Marie Antoinette's intimate friend, was literally torn to pieces; her head, breasts, and pudenda were paraded on pikes before the windows of the Temple, where the royal family was imprisoned, while a man boasted drunkenly at a cafe that he had eaten the princess' heart, which he probably had. ↗

— J. Christopher Herold

#cannibalism #death #french-revolution #massacre #age

When the food runs out, the family reunion is over. It’s cool that out of all my relatives, I’m the only cannibal. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#cannibalism #eat #family #family-reunion #food

-Może dokładkę duszonego żebraka? Rozkojarzona pokręciła głową i spojrzała bezmyślnie na pusty talerz. I wtedy zamarła. W ogrodzie służący zbierali ciała i zabierali je do środka. -Powiedziałeś żeberka, prawda? ↗

— Brent Weeks

#eating-people #food #food

I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#dark-humor #humor #macabre #humor

Imperialism creates the illusion of wealth as far as the masses are concerned. It usually serves to hide the fact that the ruling classes are gobbling up the natural resources of the home territory in an improvident manner and are otherwise utilizing the national wealth largely for their own purposes. Eventually the general public is called upon to pay for all of this, frequently after the military machine can no longer maintain external aggression. ↗

— Jack D. Forbes

#columbus #disease #wétiko #nature

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#humour #sci-fi #self-cannibalism #sci-fi

The bad news is the butcher’s dead. The good news is there’ll be no need for a funeral, and I’ve got enough meat to last for weeks. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#cannibalism #death #food #funeral #humor

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#cannibalism #compulsory #eat #forced #i