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“We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.”
― Salman Rushdie, East, West

“Of course married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worse habits.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“...and he generally succeeded so well that he had reached the point of deluding himself, which is, by the way, easier than is supposed.”
― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies