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“In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“For the average person leading an ordinary life, fame holds an hypnotic attraction. Many would sooner perish than exist in anonymity. But for the unlucky few who've had notoriety forced upon them, infamy can be a sentence more damning than any prison term”
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“Whoever claims any right that he is unwilling to accord to his fellow-men is dishonest and infamous.”
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child
“I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to myself, I would always be this raw, wet child hereafter...”
― Mister B. Gone
― Mister B. Gone
“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children
“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.
That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,
Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,
Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon”
― Antigone
That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,
Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,
Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon”
― Antigone
“To kill the enemy is valorous. To condemn him to torment is infamous. To condemn him to eternal torment is eternal infamy.”
― The Last Watch
― The Last Watch
“If "love" was what made someone walk into the fray, despite knowing very well that it was wrong - if "love" made them stand by their mistakes, despite knowing full well that they were stepping into a bottomless abyss, to the point they could disregard anything from infamy, scorn, principles, morals, to life itself - then, to him, this seemed less like a type of affection and more like some kind of disease.”
― Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 1
― Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben, Vol. 1
“The desire to be famous is so common and so intense that genuinely not wanting to be famous is likely to make you famous.”
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“I must be the only playwright this century to have been pursued up a London street by an angry mob. LIke most battle experiences, my own view was limited by my vantage point at the back of the stalls. There was an inescapable tension in the house. The theatre itself took on a feeling of rococo mockery and devilment, too hot, a snake-pit of stabbing jewellery, hair-pieces, hobbling high heels, stifling wraps and unmanageable long frocks.”
― Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise
― Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise
“From the moment of the infamous descent on the escalator
to a cheering throng of paid extras,
I knew it would be incredibly difficult
to ever be clear, be sure again
where and how we find home.
In this moment, do we even know?
Do we know how?
What is the way home?
Is there a way home?
Is there a way through all this chaos?”
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to a cheering throng of paid extras,
I knew it would be incredibly difficult
to ever be clear, be sure again
where and how we find home.
In this moment, do we even know?
Do we know how?
What is the way home?
Is there a way home?
Is there a way through all this chaos?”
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“Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche is the man who had such a long record of infamy the devil would be blue with envy.”
― Roses in the Rainbow
― Roses in the Rainbow
“The Farmer’s Almanac promised a cold winter. The coldest in decades. Andrew grinned, unaware of how hideously ugly it made him. Let the winter be record breaking. The year would be marked in infamy and not for the weather alone. He could imagine the headlines, mentioning it as the winter of death, as his spree was just beginning. It would put the town on the map.”
― Justice of the Fox
― Justice of the Fox
“Fans of John Lennon refuse to mention his killer's name. It's smart to starve these spree shooters of the oxygen of infamy they crave.”
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“Once he was able to prove he is correct, everyone would praise him and give him the respect he deserves. The whole world would know his name. He’d be famous!”
― The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
― The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Mark Matthias went from urban Indiana Jones to Public Utility Villain faster than you can say, "Help, I'm stuck in the elevator.”
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