Monstrousness Quotes

“Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“A monster that refused, sometimes, to behave like a monster. When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“Every time I think about it, it makes me happy. Do you think I’m a monster?”
― Rebecca Rowland, White Trash and Recycled Nightmares

“I thought she seemed beyond saving: some people just let themselves go for too long, and one day they wake up crazy and monstrous.”
― Mariana Enríquez, A Sunny Place for Shady People