"You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous."
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"This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me."
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"Maybe one of the monsters ate him," Daphne whimpered. "That would be awesome," Puck said. Sabrina flashed him an angry look. "Awesome in a terrible, heartbreakingly tragic way," Puck continued."
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"The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone."
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"I'm a logic monster, if things don't make sense I gotta make sense of them."
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"The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him."
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"I adore imaginary monsters, but I am terrified of real ones."
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"Not all the monsters have fangs."
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"Either the USSR was not the country of socialism, in which case socialism didn't exist anywhere and doubtless, wasn't possible: or else, socialism was that, this abominable monster, this police state, the power of beasts of prey."
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"No, I love watching autopsies of disgusting mutant monsters"
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"Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine."
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"Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit."
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"A monster which devours everything - that is familiarity."
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"We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36)"
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"I was just really appalled, and I really kept quiet until I saw the governor [Rick Perry] get on and repeat the same words that the prosecution had used in the penalty phase: that he [Todd Willingham] was a monster. And that got me to get on to the computer and connect with some of the media and say: "I have his letters. He wasn't a monster. He was a caring individual." Let them see another side."
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"Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst."
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"I don't think of myself as an evil monster and I hope I'm not."
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"Our media are completely lost in a wilderland of moral equivalence, eagerly prostituting themselves to monsters and terrorists."
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"If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he is a monster that passes all understanding."
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"Looking back, it's funny how the lighter family-friendly version of these classic Universal movie monsters that were satirized in The Munsters seduced me like a gateway drug into the genre."
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