

“I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe...”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies

“Besides, to be fair to him, his viciousness was perhaps not innate. From his earliest steps among men he had felt, then seen himself the object of jeers, condemnation, rejection. Human speech for him always meant mockery and curses. As he grew older he had found nothing but hatred around him. He had caught it. He had acquired the general viciousness. He had picked up the weapon with which he had been wounded.”
― Notre-Dame de Paris
― Notre-Dame de Paris

“I know I'll never marry, never risk bringing a child into the world. Because if there's one thing being a victor doesn't guarantee, it's our children's safety. My kids' names would go right into the reaping balls with everyone else's. And I swear I'll never let that happen.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games

“If people praise you, you’re not walking your own path.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas

“Was it love when somebody filled a space in your life that yawned inside you, once they had gone?”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
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