“In the sex-war, thoughtlessness is a weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Both are reciprocally generated, but a woman's desire for revenge outlasts all other emotion. Yet when every unkind word about women has been said, we have still to admit, with Byron, that they are nicer than men. They are more devoted, more unselfish and more emotionally sincere. When the long fuse of cruelty, deceit and revenge is set alight, it is male thoughtlessness which has fired it.” MenLongHas BeensSaidStillsWarDesireSexWomenEmotionWeaponsFemaleMalesRevengeCrueltyDeceitSincereDevotedUnkindUnselfishKind WordsFuseByronThoughtlessnessVindictivenessUnkind Words Author:Cyril Connolly
“Anger can serve a useful purpose if it is justified and directed appropriately. But when it's only a substitute for self-loathing and a justification for cruelty to others, the trigger in your brain can become horribly destructive and addicted to that emotion. It's like a tornado that blows away all of your pleasure and replaces it with emotional poison.” IfsSelfPurposePleasureEmotionBrainEmotionalAngerBlowCrueltyPoisonDestructiveSubstitutesJustificationJustifiedTriggersLoathingSelf LoathingTornadoes Author:G. Frank Lawlis
“Objectification is a critical reason why an abuser tends to get worse over time. As his conscience adapts to one level of cruelty-he builds to the next. By depersonalizing his partner, the abuser protects himself from the natural human emotions of guilt and empathy, so that he can sleep at night with a clear conscience. He distances himself so far from her humanity that her feelings no longer count, or simply cease to exist.” HumansReasonFeelingsNightHumanityNextNaturalSleepLevelsEmotionClearProtectEmpathyConscienceDistanceGuiltCriticalPartnersCeaseCrueltyReason WhyHuman EmotionsAbusersObjectificationClear Conscience Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Compassion is an emotion of which we ought never to be ashamed. Graceful, particularly in youth, is the tear of sympathy, and the heart that melts at the tale of woe. We should not permit ease and indulgence to contract our affections, and wrap us up in a selfish enjoyment; but we should accustom ourselves to think of the distresses of human, life, of the solitary cottage; the dying parent, and the weeping orphan. Nor ought we ever to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.” ThinkingShouldHumansHeartPainSportsParentEmotionCompassionDyingYouthTearsOughtTreatsAffectionSelfishTalesCrueltyEaseHuman LifeEnjoymentAshamedContractsPermitSolitaryDistressWoeInsectsAmusementWrapsWeepingIndulgenceOrphanCottagesWanton Author:Hugh Blair
“Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.” HumansHumanityGivenAnimalEmotionCrueltyAncestorHuman Emotions Author:Thomas Harris