“Hate was nothing that IT didn't have. IT knew all about hate.”

“I knew that if I didn't find a way to deal with my anger and hate, they would overwhelm me and I would be swallowed up in the fear, sadness, and frustration. I knew that to hate and strike out was to be a part of the same violence I was trying to stop. And so I prayed.”

“He hated the way they thought. He hated the way they didn't think. It was hard to imagine which of them he hated more.”

“When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.”

“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”

“While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred”

“I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.”

“How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting.”

“He’d grown up in white Jersey stringtowns where nobody knew shit about anything and hated anybody who did.”

“To understand everything is to hate nothing.”