“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.”
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer
Variant: It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality
Source: The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
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American writer of fantasy novels for children 1954Related quotes
“Stand not a beggar before the door of science seeking power that kills more than heals.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher
Sayings of Swami Sivanada (1947)
“Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.”
Laurie Halse Anderson (1961) American children's writer
Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709242015.NAA10312@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Those that can heal can harm; those that can cure can kill.”
Celia Rees (1949) English author
Source: Witch Child
Golda Meir (1898–1978) former prime minister of Israel
Press conference in London (1969), as quoted in A Land of Our Own : An Oral Autobiography (1973) edited by Marie Syrkin, p. 242
Variant: When peace comes, we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.
