You know the difference between capitalism and socialism? In capitalism, man exploits man. In socialism, it’s the other way around.
For some, the pleasure is in the pain.
As an alienist, I treat mental and emotional disorders in my patients, and I try to alleviate their condition. I do not presume to cure them.
The Jesse Pomeroys and Japheth Durys of this world will take their secrets to the grave. But there will be others, I have no doubt. And from them, we might one day learn what compels a man to do evil.
Restlessness, above all. Your mind is never still. You wait at a street corner in case she happens to pass by. You attend a party that you’d otherwise dread in hopes she’s been invited. And you try to bring every conversation back to love.[Laszlo Kreizler: What does it feel like when you’re in the first throes?]
It’s not only love that resides in the heart, John. It’s pain.
If the need for salvation did not exist, the church would surely find its invention necessary.
