“Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you--these are unpleasant feelings. But they are precisely the things that produce genuine Dark Ones.” PeopleFeelingsDarkLonelinessProduceGenuinePityContempt Book:Day watch Source: Day watch
“He ["the male"] is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is, first of all, capable of a large array of negative feelings that the apes aren't - hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, disgrace, doubt - and, secondly, he is aware of what he is and isn't.” FirstsHumansFeelingsHateDoubtCapableNegativeShameGuiltMalesZoneContemptTwilightDisgustingTrappedHalfwayDisgraceApesTwilight ZoneNegative Feelings Author:Valerie Solanas
“Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.” MenWayFeelingsDesireWinningInspireVanityVainContemptGraciousDesire To Win Author:Arthur Alfred Lynch