

“He has always been politely indifferent. But what's the Chinese word that means indifferent because you can't see any differences?”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club

“He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain amount of music, became drowsy through indifference to the vibrations of a love whose subtleties he could no longer distinguish.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary

“I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.”
― Devil in Winter
― Devil in Winter
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