Moral Decay Quotes

“What happens to our island affects all of us, including my boys.” Isa looked Marco in the eyes, like a boa constrictor eyeing its prey. “That gives me every right to an opinion.”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.”
― David Lee Roth

“A people who choose spectacle over skill will dance to the rhythm of their own extinction.”
― PIERRE LAGRENAT

“Somewhere, I heard the phrase, ‘When money talks, no one checks the grammar.’ That’s what all this was about—money, money, and more money.

For money, girls sacrificed their own lives; for money, they risked sexually transmitted diseases; for money, they were willing to step beyond their convictions. For money, the agency treated us like trash thrown on the street; for money, they were willing to risk our health, safety, and everything else, and for money, they had a few select girls they treated decently.

It was never about people, morals, or decency.”
― Anna Rajmon, ELIS: Irish call girl

“People tell ya to grow up… be a man… But what does that mean exactly? Doesn’t it mean to do the right thing… act forthrightly. Well… I think we need to give people money… UBI… Negative tax… whatever the hell you call it. And then parents say, hey, stay out of Politics, WE’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE… Fine. Where are we from? Belarus? Okay. Well we’re from Belarus, why couldn’t we get UBI in Belarus? Parents say shut up, the President’s a dictator. Oh? Well, call me an idealist, but seems to me like you’re just looking for shit to complain about and run from your problems. A word of advice to potential immigrants. Stay away from this shit hole. These American schools tend to pump out sluts, alcoholics, and non-binary homeless philosophers.”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“I been to college, u know? and what do I know? I know how to make blogs, drink beer, and pee on sidewalks.”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“There are always people who are going to decline morally to rise up.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Aquello es como un barco que se hunde. Nosotros somos las pobres ratas que, al ver el agua, no sabemos qué hacer… [...] Tú, que eres una ratita despistada, pero no tan infeliz como parece, llegas ahora.”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada

“¿Dónde se ha ido […] aquella familia que se reunía en las veladas alrededor del piano, protegida del frío de fuera por feas y confortables cortinas de paño verde?”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada

“Te voy a dejar sola en una vaga que no es ya lo que ha sido… porque antes era como el paraíso y ahora […] con la mujer de tu tío Juan ha entrado la serpiente maligna. Ella lo ha emponzoñado todo.”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada

“From Lord Darkanon and the Lost Souls

“Evil does not roar from the shadows; it whispers in the hearts of those who once believed they were good.”
― Thomas Miller