“…how ready they themselves are at bottom to make one pay; how they crave to be hangmen. There is among them an abundance of the vengeful disguised as judges, who constantly bear the word “justice” in their mouths like poisonous spittle, always with pursed lips, always ready to spit upon all who are not discontented but go their own way in good spirits…The will of the weak to represent some form of superiority, their instinct for devious paths to tyranny over the healthy – where can it not be discovered, this will to power of the weakest!”
― On the Genealogy of Morals
― On the Genealogy of Morals
“Every new day is the erasing of something more. Mistakes and shortcomings used to be a secret motivation. It was something that pushed you forward, faster. Now mistakes are sold as personality traits, to the point where the many willingly make them. Soon comes the inversion, where successes are kept under wraps because it's too pretentious or uppity to share them”
― Gothic Violence
― Gothic Violence
“It's key to remember that as a man, you can do literally whatever you want. Anything, anytime, forever. Will this motto sometimes get you into trouble? Of course, probably a fair amount of it. Will that trouble outmatch a day with your hands in your lap? Absolutely.”
― Gothic Violence
― Gothic Violence
“Woe to you, my Princess, when I come. I will kiss you quite red and feed you till you are plump. And if you are forward, you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough, or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body. -- A love letter from Freud to his fiancée.”
― Letters of Sigmund Freud
― Letters of Sigmund Freud
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