On Monsters Quotes

“Wherever we find monsters, there, too, we also find heroes.”
― Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

“Though it may seem a remote possibility to us now, during the formation of the human brain the fear of being grabbed by sharp claws, dragged into a dark hole, and eaten alive was not an abstraction.”
― Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

“Are we really powerless in the face of such monstrous inner drives, or is this just a weak and cowardly characterization built by snivelers who refuse to master themselves?”
― Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears