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I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.
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all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi
∞08:36 pm: vermillionwish
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Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.
Margaret Atwood in Surfacing
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Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut
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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut
Conversation
Leslie:Well, you can relax. All I'm going to do is go in and just say, "We're so sorry. It's entirely our fault."
Scott:No, no, no. You can't say any of that. It admits liability. You can't say "I'm sorry" or "I apologize." It implies guilt.
Leslie:That's insane. I have to apologize. Andy was a victim...
Scott:You can't say "victim".
Leslie:...in an extremely unfortunate situation.
Scott:Can't say "unfortunate" and you can't say "situation".
Leslie:I can't say the word "situation"?
Scott:No. It implies there was a situation.
Leslie:Can I give him the pig?
Scott:[pause] Yeah. Pig's fine.
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This is outrageous. Where are the armed men who come in to take the protestors away? Where are they? This kind of behavior is never tolerated in Baraqua. You shout like that they put you in jail. Right away. No trial, no nothing. Journalists, we have a special jail for journalists. You are stealing: right to jail. You are playing music too loud: right to jail, right away. Driving too fast: jail. Slow: jail. You are charging too high prices for sweaters, glasses: you right to jail. You undercook fish? Believe it or not, jail. You overcook chicken, also jail. Undercook, overcook. You make an appointment with the dentist and you don’t show up, believe it or not, jail, right away. We have the best patients in the world because of jail.
Raul in Parks and Recreation: Sister City [2.5]
Conversation
Leslie:What if he shows up with another woman? What if one of my sleeves catches on fire and it spreads rapidly? What if instead of Tic-Tacs I accidentally pop a couple of Ambien and I have to keep punching my leg to stay awake?
Ann:Those are all insane hypotheticals and I promise you they won't happen.
Leslie:They have happened. All of these have happened to me.
[cut to Leslie being interviewed]
Leslie:Uh, no, there's more. One time I accidentally drank an entire bottle of vinegar. I thought it was terrible wine. Once I went out with a guy who wore 3-D glasses the entire evening. Oh, one time I rode in a sidecar on a guy's motorcycle, and the sidecar detached and went down a flight of stairs. Another time I went to a really boring movie with a guy and while I was asleep he tried to pull out one of my teeth. I literally woke up with his hand in my mouth. We went out a couple times after that but then he got weird.
