Halfway home, Lucy, to his surprise, speaks. ‘It was so personal,’ she says. ‘It was done with such personal hatred. That was what stunned me more than anything. The rest was … expected. But why did they hate me so? I had never set eyes on them.’ He waits for more, but there is no [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Revenge'
Hatred and History – “Disgrace” – J.M. Coetzee
December 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Africa, African, Crime, Fiction, History, Literature, Revenge
Better Get a Lawyer – “Columbine” – Dave Cullen
November 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Crime, Parenting, Revenge, Sociology
The Harrises and Klebolds both hired attorneys. They had good reason: the presumption of guilt quickly landed on their shoulders. Investigators didn’t expect to charge them, but the public did. National polls taken shortly after the attack would identify all sorts of culprits contributing to the tragedy: violent movies, video games, Goth culture, lax gun [...]
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“Revenge is Sour” from “Fifty Orwell Essays” – George Orwell
November 11th, 2011 · No Comments · History, Human Rights, Power, Revenge, War, WW2
Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also. In enlightened minds maybe…
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An Angry Man is a Stupid Man – “Anthills of the Savannah”. Chinua Achebe
September 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Africa, Colonialism, Quotes, Revenge
Chris was smiling a mirthless smile. An angry man is always a stupid man. Make a thorough fool of him, my dear girl, he thought.
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“The Light on the Hill” – Ross McMullin
September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Revenge
While Hawke praised Unsworth as an ‘excellent choice’ with an ‘impeccable background’, Hayden’s reaction was rather different. Hayden was evidently settling some old scores arising from his 1982-83 leadership battle with Hawke when he bemused a Bangkok press conference with some droll remarks, likening the ‘verve and style’ of ‘my mate Barrie’ to ‘a dreary [...]
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Too Vast for Malice – “Thoughtlines” – Bob Carr
June 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Humanism, Philosophy, Politics, Revenge
Abraham Lincoln: “Do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.”
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Great Power to do Evil – “Power Without Glory” – Frank Hardy
June 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Literature, Morality, Political Fiction, Politics, Power, Quotes, Revenge
Honore de Balzac: A man can inspire terror only if he has great power to do evil.
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All Men Hate the Wretched - “Frankenstein” – Mary Shelley
May 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Humanism, Morality, Philosophy, Revenge
‘I expected this reception,’ said the dæmon. ‘All men hate the wretched; how then must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill [...]
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AM – “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” – Harlan Ellison
January 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Philosophy, Revenge
Oh, Jesus sweet Jesus, if there ever was a Jesus and if there is a God, please please please let us out of here, or kill us. Because at that moment I think I realized completely, so that I was able to verbalize it: AM was intent on keeping us in his belly forever, twisting [...]
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Hatred – “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” – Harlan Ellison
January 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Philosophy, Revenge
We had given AM sentience. Inadvertently, of course, but sentience nonetheless. But it had been trapped. AM wasn’t God, he was a machine. We had created him to think, but there was nothing it could do with that creativity. In rage, in frenzy, the machine had killed the human race, almost all of us, and [...]
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