Andrew Solomon Quotes

Isaac Cline was a creature of his times. He embodied the hubris of his times and, in many ways, was a victim of the storm, not just in material ways - loss of a family member and damage to the town - but also in metaphoric terms.

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

Nothing but disaster follows from applause.

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It's just heartbreaking.

I'm not sure we think it's a win to talk about what you're taking out.

You’ve damaged yourself, you have damaged another person, you’ve damaged your peers, and quite honestly you have damaged your own race

All advantages are attended with disadvantages.

There's nothing funny about violence. Death is a real thing.

Daniel had ruined that couple’s life. Killed their daughter. All because he’d been some hotshot angel who saw something he wanted and went after it.

Teach us the names of what we have destroyed.

It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave.

The harm done is often difficult to repair.

What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness?

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster

What happens to the rest of something when you smash its heart?

One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back.

If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing.

destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

The destruction of the personality is the great evil of the time.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike ...We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.