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.

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

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.

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance and joking relationships, and biting read more

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance and joking relationships, and biting lice in half with their teeth

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.

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

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

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

. . . 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.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.