#er

But there was a monster lurking in the deepest, blackest corners of his soul. An angry, slathering, vengeful beast, who had a mouth full of butcher knives and a tongue that dripped acid. A monster who ached for freedom. A monster that longed to flay the very soul from his victims, that monster was called the Darkrider. ↗

— Michael B. Patterson

#supernatural #freedom

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do. ↗

— William Merritt Chase

#could #four #i #i am #if i could

Rules, laws and codes become obsolete among the self-governed. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#laws #quotes-to-live-by #rules #self-government #death

The mythology of freedom under capitalism for the average person is a con job. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#freedom #mythology #freedom

True freedom and power only comes when one is free of attachments. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#freewill #power #freedom

Ich wünsche mir, dass sich unsere Gesellschaft tolerant, wertbewusst und vor allen Dingen in Liebe zur Freiheit entwickelt und nicht vergisst, dass die Freiheit der Erwachsenen Verantwortung heißt. ↗

— Joachim Gauck

#responsibility #society #tolerance #toleration #values

Wenn wir uns erinnern, wie rassisch, religiös und politisch Verfolgte, die vom sicheren Tod bedroht waren, oft vor geschlossenen Grenzen anderer Staaten standen, werden wir vor denen, die heute wirklich verfolgt sind und bei uns Schutz suchen, die Tür nicht verschließen." [Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages] ↗

— Richard von Weizsäcker

#bigotry #freedom #intolerance #persecution #politics

I am no longer a divine biped. I am no longer the freest German after Goethe, as Ruge named me in healthier days. I am no longer the great hero No. 2, who was compared with the grape-crowned Dionysius, whilst my colleague No. 1 enjoyed the title of a Grand Ducal Weimarian Jupiter. I am no longer a joyous, somewhat corpulent Hellenist, laughing cheerfully down upon the melancholy Nazarenes. I am now a poor fatally-ill Jew, an emaciated picture of woe, an unhappy man. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#religious-freedom #freedom

About adultery: Don’t go looking for pancakes when you have flapjacks at home. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #funny

Anyone even remotely suspect was interrogated, because interrogation is by far the most effective method of speedily banishing inappropriate thoughts from the mind. ↗

— Olli Jalonen

#government #interrogation #politics #torture #freedom