“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“.. it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world… It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.”
— John Steinbeck, book East of Eden
Source: East of Eden
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