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Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best? — Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a l — Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other kind. — Tana French, Faithful Place
A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out. — Shannon L. Alder
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys. — Yukio Mishima
At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me. I did not exactly f — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes — Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than — J.M. Coetzee, The Lives of Animals
Do you understand what I'm saying?"shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!""Why Not? You Do." The golem — Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Nothing is ever certain. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
I am not cruel —only truthful. — Sylvia Plath
Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from — Shannon L. Alder
Cruel', O'Kelly laughed, 'it's cruel to tell children the truth. If anything convinces me of God's mercy, then it's his — Yevgeny Zamyatin, Islanders And, The Fisher Of Men
I have a sense that God is unfair and preferentially punishes his weak, his dumb, his fat, his lazy. I believe he takes — George Saunders, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge — Pauline Réage
Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
The sight of her made him understand why he'd lost his faith in God. — Sarah Langan, The Keeper
People often speak of hell, not wanting to go there, avoiding it..etc. I never had that problem because hell is a state — Sandra Chami Kassis