One day it's going to dawn on the human race that war is as barbaric a means of resolving conflict read more

One day it's going to dawn on the human race that war is as barbaric a means of resolving conflict as cannibalism is as a means of coping with diet deficiencies

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is read more

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god

Slander is worse than cannibalism

Slander is worse than cannibalism

If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.

If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of read more

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it read more

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, read more

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we read more

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.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to read more

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.