“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
Stephen King book The Shining
Variant: Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
Source: The Shining 1977
“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
Stephen King book The Shining
Variant: Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
Source: The Shining 1977
“So I want to have monsters as a metaphor but I also want monsters because monsters are cool.”
China Miéville (1972) English writer
interview with 3am
Context: The thing about good pulp is that you trust the reader and you know that the mind is a machine to process metaphors so of course all those connections will be there. But you've also granted the fantastic its own dynamic and allowed that awe. There's no contradiction. So I want to have monsters as a metaphor but I also want monsters because monsters are cool. There's no contradiction.
“I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Variant: I'm an invisible monster. I'm incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.
Source: Invisible Monsters
“Who hasn't asked oneself, am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?”
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) Brazilian writer
The Hour of the Star (1977)
Source: A Hora Da Estrela
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Bhagavad Gita, Ch X, verse 32
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014
“I am the logic of all arguments - Arguments are of three kinds:”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
1) jalpa (arrogant argument) – In this type of argument one tries to establish one's point of view by contradicting the opponent's argument without considering whether the opponent's argument is right or wrong.
2) vitanda (destructive criticism) – In this type of argument the person simply destroys the opponent's viewpoint by misleading argument.
3) vada (logical argument) – In this type of argument one uses a method of discussion with reasoning with an aim to find out what is truth and what is untruth. Reasoning is the best method of discussion to achieve the truth. This is why the Lord says, “Among arguments, I am vada or logical argument.”
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014
Laurell K. Hamilton book Bullet
Variant: Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they’re real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.'
- Chang Bibi to Anita
Source: Bullet
“Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.”
Guillermo del Toro (1964) Mexican film director
Source: The Monsters Of Hellboy II