Humans Quotes - Page 17

• Of course I loved books more than people. Of course I valued "Jane Eyre" over the anonymous stranger...Of course all of Shakespeare was worth more than a human life.

  Diane Setterfield

  Book, People, Stranger

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• Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.

  J. D. Salinger

  Confused, Firsts, Behavior

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.

  Simone Elkeles

  Thinking, Abnormal, Normal

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• God knows the feelings in every human heart. He can soften sorrow and lead when there seems to be no light. Prayer can give guidance and confidence. It reminds us that no one need be alone in this world. If all else fails, remember, God and one other person can be a family.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Prayer, Failure, Heart

  Marvin J. Ashton (1991). “The Measure of Our Hearts”, Shadow Mountain

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• People claim that love is the deepest feeling, but don't you believe it. Loneliness is the most affecting of human emotions. Nothing makes life more vivid. If you wish to live in the moment, I recommend intense loneliness.

  Seth

  Loneliness, Believe, Love Is

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• The prescription of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat human beings.

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Should, Treats

  Peter Singer (1986). “Applied Ethics”, p.220, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.

  J. G. Ballard

  Mirrors, Race, Looks

  "From Wales, A World Apart" by Jeff Miers, Buffalo News, January 07, 2005.

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• When you are born without the ordinary feelings and emotions shared by most other human beings, life looks different to you. It seems at times like a movie you’re walking through, more a spectator than a participant. There is above all a lack of empathy with most of mankind, a sense of detachment. But with detachment comes perspective. The less you care, the more you know, and the more you know the less you care.

  Boyd Rice

  Perspective, Empathy, Feelings

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• Our mission as humans is not only to discover our fullest selves in the technium, and to find full contentment, but to expand the possibilities for others. Greater technology will selfishly unleash our talents, but it will also unselfishly unleash others: our children, and all children to come.

  Kevin Kelly

  Children, Technology, Self

  Kevin Kelly (2010). “What Technology Wants”, p.215, Penguin

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• If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.

  Honore de Balzac

  Heart, Way, Affection

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• Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven, in their thirties or forties or fifties but still "boys." But that is your fate if you do your job well - with honesty, dedication, and sincerity, the way Gandhi would have done it, no doubt.

  Aravind Adiga

  Jobs, Honesty, Fate

  Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger: A Novel”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• If you think about human nature, our favourite pair of shoes are the ones we bought yesterday, our favourite thing is the newest thing that we have…and the thing we’ve seen the most and for the longest period of time is our reflection in the mirror, so obviously that’s going to be our least favourite thing.

  Taylor Swift

  Reflection, Thinking, Mirrors

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• I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Heart, Glimpse, Great Gatsby Nick

  The Great Gatsby ch. 1 (1925)

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• I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless life just because they were born to it. I mean those who would be something better. They work, they sacrifice, they do things..." He was moved by this, and I was a little surprised that I'd said it. Yet I felt I'd had hurt him somehow. "There is blessedness in that." I said. "There's sanctity. And God or no God, there is goodness in it. I know this the way I know the mountains are out there, that the stars shine.

  Anne Rice

  Hurt, Stars, Believe

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.861, Ballantine Books

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• Oh, Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations. Thou art Everywhere, but I worship thee here: Thou art without form, but I worship thee in these forms; Thou needest no praise, yet I offer thee these prayers and salutations. Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations." - Ash

  M.M. Kaye

  Art, Prayer, Forgiving

  M. M. Kaye (2015). “The Far Pavilions”, p.72, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place

  Howard Gardner

  Children, Mind, World

  Howard Gardner (2006). “The Development and Education of the Mind: The Selected Works of Howard Gardner”, p.166, Routledge

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• Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!

  Rick Riordan

  Silly, Nasty, Persons

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.189, Penguin UK

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• What's the point of God making us human if He doesn't want us to act like we're human?' 'To see if we can rise above our natures,'Megan said.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Want, Rise Above, Said

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.136, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Although you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable.

  Mercedes Lackey

  Lying, Heart, Night

  Mercedes Lackey (2015). “The Mage Winds”, p.531, Titan Books

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• Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Men, May, Dignity

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.72, Beacon Press

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• How can the strength of one man stand against Jake and an army of demons?" "He can," I countered, "if he has the power of Heaven on his side. After all, Christ was a man." "He was also the Son of God, there's a difference." "Do you think they could have crucified him if he wasn't human?" I asked. "He was flesh and blood, just like Xavier. You've been here so long you underestimate the power of humans. They're a force of nature.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Son, Army, Men

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• I don't seem to fit to associate with humans.

  Meg Cabot

  Fit, Seems, Associates

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• You’d make an enemy out of me over a human?” The word “human” might as well have been “rodent.

  Nalini Singh

  Enemy, Rodents, Might

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.153, Penguin

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• Animals obviously ranked higher in Michaela's world view than humans. Having seen some of the things humans were capable of, Elena couldn't disagree.

  Nalini Singh

  Animal, Views, World

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.205, Penguin

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• You should go." "I can't." "Because you want to stare at the monster?" Alec's green eyes blaze, but with a wholly human fire now. "Or because you pity me?" I couldn't guess which possibility he loathes more. I fold my arms. "I can't leave because the door's locked. Believe me, I would've gone hours ago if I could have." "Oh. Of course." Then he looks so abashed--so boyish, and so handsome--that I almost want to laugh.

  Claudia Gray

  Believe, Eye, Doors

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