“Sometimes freedom comes at an ugly price.”


“She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.”
― Summer by the Sea
― Summer by the Sea

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Ender's Game
― Ender's Game

“Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. Not even the person it falls upon knows where it comes from, in most cases. It is like a two-edged sword. When you cut the other person, you cut yourself. The more violently you hack at the other person, the more violently you hack at yourself. It can often be fatal. But it is not easy to dispose of. Please be careful, Mr.Okada. It is very dangerous. Once it has taken root in your heart, hatred is the most difficult think in the world to shake off.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters

“I can't take it anymore. The waiting. The wanting. Something inside me snaps. I hate myself. I hate that I have to deal with this. I hate my life. And I hate how I can't count on anyone to be completely there when I need them, exactly the way I need them to be.”
― Waiting for You
― Waiting for You
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