

“Now Catherine would die. That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had time to learn. They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught you off base they killed you. Or they killed you gratuitously like Aymo. Or gave you the syphilis like Rinaldi. But they killed you in the end. You could count on that. Stay around and they would kill you.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms

“It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho

“It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night

“This is true: the world is better off with some people gone. Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
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