Daniel P. Mannix > Quotes

“One such monster lived around 600 B.C. and was the slave of a Greek nobleman named Iadmon who lived on Samos. This unfortunate was a hunchback described as having "an enormous head with slit eyes, a long, misshaped countenance, a large mouth and bowed legs." A servant girl meeting him asked in horror, "Are you a baboon?" Because he was cut off from humanity by his revolting appearance, this monster made friends with animals. He told numerous short tales with animal heroes illustrating the weaknesses of people. His stories were so biting and his looks so disgusting that he was finally killed by a mob. His name was Aesop.”
― Daniel P. Mannix, Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others

“He did not care what happened as long as he would never be separated from the Master, for he had killed the great fox, and in this miserable, fouled land there was no longer any place for fox, hound, or human being.”
― Daniel P. Mannix, The Fox and the Hound

“The people went mad over these big games and didn’t care if Caesar became dictator or not as long as he kept them amused. But”
― Daniel P. Mannix, Those About to Die, or The Way of the Gladiator

“[A]nd in this miserable, fouled land there was no longer any place for fox, hound, or human being.”
― Daniel P. Mannix, The Fox and the Hound

“Also,”
― Daniel P. Mannix, Those About to Die