Aberration quotes
35 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Homosexuality appeared as one of the forms of sexuality when it was transposed from the practice of sodomy into a kind of interior androgyny, a hermaphroditism of the soul. The sodomite had been a temporary aberration; the homosexual was now a species."
"By what aberration has suicide, the only truly normal action, become the attribute of the flawed?"
"Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic and electoral pressures, of what socialism is all about. ... In short, the state [is] everything and the individual nothing."
"The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry."
"It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools."
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"We are fundamentally good, and evil is an aberration."
"Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy."
"The only aberration is denial of self."
