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“All disgrace smells alike. Differences in ruin are only matters of degree.”

Matter Differences Degrees Shame Smell Ruins Disgrace

Book:The Birds Fall Down

Source: The Birds Fall Down

“I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.”

Mean Soul Self Reason Fall Evil Objects Gains Destruction Shame Sake Seeking Ruins Fallen Motive No Reason Wickedness Foul Shameful Self Destruction Depraved Firmament

Book:The Confessions

Source: The Confessions

“We moved together very slowly toward the house, trying to understand its ugliness and ruin and shame.”

Trying Together House Shame Moved Ruins Ugliness

Author:Shirley Jackson

“Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.”

Humans Science Values Scientist Shame Ruins Appeals Ashamed Imaginative

Author:Jacob Bronowski

“Since Love has made ruins of my heart The sun must come and illumine them. Such generosity has broken me with shame.”

Heart Made Spiritual Sun Broken My Heart Shame Ruins Generosity

Author:Rumi

“If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!”

Ifs May Hands Tears Sorrow Shame Lips Hearing Ruins Gentle Curse Poison Touched Spokes Belonging Shelter Roof

Book:Dombey and Son

Source: Dombey and Son

“A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.”

Sometimes Whole Bigs Might Missing Arms Goodness Shame Ruins Ashamed Over It Village Nuts Taboo Symmetry Killing Yourself Asymmetry

Author:Jasper Fforde

“A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.”

Ifs Men Want Character Able Earth Faces Lying House Tears Comfortable Shame Warm Ruins Boards Ruined

Book:Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

Source: Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

“I don’t know, Sage. You threw yourself in the line of pepper spray for me. You must like me just a little bit.” “I— I figured it’d be a shame to ruin your pretty face,” I stammered.”

Knows Littles Faces Bits Lines Little Bit Shame Like Me Ruins Sage Spray Peppers Pretty Face Your Pretty Pepper Spray

Book:The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel

Source: The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel

“Devil does not bring sinners to Hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. He thus leads them to eternal perdition. Before we fall into sin, the enemy labours to blind us, that we may not see the evil we do, and the ruin we bring upon ourselves by offending God. After we commit sin, he seeks to make us dumb, that, through shame, we may conceal our guilt in confession.”

Firsts May Doe Eye Fall Evil Sin Enemy Hell Devil Shame Blind Guilt Commit Ruins Dumb Labour Sinner Confession Malice Offending

Author:Alphonsus Liguori