“No. Being a vampire for him meant revenge. Revenge against life itself. Every time he took a life it was revenge. It was no wonder then, that he appreciated nothing. The nuances of vampire existence weren't even available to him because he was focused with a maniacal vengeance upon the mortal life he'd left. Consumed with hatred, he looked back. Consumed with envy, nothing pleased him unless he could take it from others; and once having it, he grew cold and dissatisfied, not loving the thing for itself; and so he went after something else. Vengence, blind and sterile and contemptible.”
Source: Interview with the Vampire
“And night came, and it was such a night that one knew that human eyes would not witness it and survive.”
Source: If This Is a Man / The Truce
“When immortality comes at the cost of humanity, rebellion is inevitable."
― *Ascension Divide*”
Source: Ascension Divide
“This is one of the odder ironies of animal rights: it asks us to acknowledge all we share with animals, and then to act toward them in a most unanimalistic way.”
Source: Omnivore dilemma, vegetarian tagines and couscous [hardcover], slow cooker vegetarian recipe book and go lean vegan 4 books collection set
“The most morally troubling thing about slaughtering chickens is that it stops bring morally troubling after some time.”
“His birth, his death, the events of his life may have an interest for others, but he alone is directly concerned in them. He is born alone. He dies alone. Between one being and another, there is a gulf, a discontinuity.”
“A race rooted in rights not ritual,
I belong to the Race called Human.
A faith centered on people not doctrine,
I belong to the Order of Integration.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“I wish I could tell you that free and easy access to this information solves these problems. It doesn’t. People find their own wells of poison to drink from.”
“People do not need more information. They need a reason to care.”
Source: Wisdom by AI: The Leader's Compass
“Stereotypes are sanity of the jungle,
prejudice is sacred in the animal kingdom.
Flags are the poison, cosmos is (my) kin -
I am no stereotype, I am the Prototype Human.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper