#us

All those big words produce disgust today. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #disgust #literature #literature-quotes

If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #geniuses #literature #literature-quotes #ourselves

With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#difference #literature #literature-quotes #minus #one

…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of the people all around him—in that moment his whole disgust for humankind rose up again within him and completely soured his triumph, so that he felt not only no joy, but not even the least bit of satisfaction. What he had always longed for—that other people should love him—became at the moment of his achievement unbearable, because he did not love them himself, he hated them. And suddenly he knew that he had never found gratification in love, but always only in hatred—in hating and in being hated. ↗

— Patrick Süskind

#hatred #misanthropy #perfume #perfumery #love

The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just gets worse. The more you have, the deeper you go, the more you need. ↗

— Emily Maguire

#lust #love

Use a condom. The world doesn't need another you. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#condoms #humorous-comebacks #insult #humor

I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting. ↗

— Morrissey

#lyrics #music #humor

Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me? ↗

— Morrissey

#lyrics #music #humor

I've heard that men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with. ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#humor

Why does everything have to be so hard? [Eragon] wondered. Because, said Saphira, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#inheritance-cycle #humor