“How many times, by God’s bloody prick, have I longed to be able to detonate planets, to destroy the sun itself, to pluck it from the universe and crash it into the earth, annihilating all Creation and replacing it with a lightless void of violence. Ah, that would be a crime! A cosmic crime, dwarfing the petty misdemeanours we are committing here, limited as we are to snuffing out a few meaningless souls” PassionViolenceCrimeNihilismSadismLibertineSadeSodom Book:The 120 Days of Sodom Source: The 120 Days of Sodom
“I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends with the ideal of Sodom.” DisappointmentCorruptionInnocenceCynicalCynicismIdealismCynicSodom Book:The Brothers Karamazov Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“I could see Mount Sodom beyond the distant shores, where the goat had been chosen as a sacrifice to redeem the wicked tribe.” ReligionSacrificeRedemptionJudaismAtonementScapegoatBlack SheepScapegoatingYom KippurSodom Book:Narcissistic Family Dynamics: Collected Essays Source: Narcissistic Family Dynamics: Collected Essays
“The story of Sodom is God's reminder to the modern world.” WorldGodModernStoryReminderSodom Author:Sunday Adelaja