The Sacrificial Man Quotes

“...that realisation that I was the oddity, the statistical probability, life was predictable.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“...human beings have a distorted view of risk. They don't see the whole picture. Our perceptions are twisted by stories in the media, by films, by our own personalities and experiences. So, despite the unlikely odds, we still worry about being raped or murdered. We hear a sound in the night and think of burglars, not mice... It's kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“Pleasure and sin are the narcotics of the young. They’re too busy enjoying life to fear its loss”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man

“We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’s kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”
― Ruth Dugdall, The Sacrificial Man