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I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death.”
The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.
“One superstitious sailor can taint the whole ship’s company with his fear.”
Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing—with wave lengths, just as sound and light have. An evil place can, so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil.
“I hunt more dangerous game.”
No thrill left in tigers, no real danger. I live for danger, Mr. Rainsford.”
I have invented a new sensation.
had to invent a new animal to hunt,” he
must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.’”
“My dear fellow,” said the general, “there is one that can.”
“Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.”
“Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure.
“But they are men,” said Rainsford, hotly. “Precisely,” said the general. “That is why I use them. It gives me pleasure. They can reason, after a fashion. So they are dangerous.”
He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
