An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers
There are people who just love to destroy other people. It saddens me to admit that, I think, at whatever state of human civilisation we arrive at, the will to destroy other people is something that is innate in some people.
Now you’re thinking like me. A little eye-gouging, some slit nostrils…I could seriously get into that. (Acheron)
The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.
Evil Genius Psychopathic caseLunaticBastard
1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
I'm very much a masochist at heart.
It’s much easier to be cruel than one might think.
William untucked the covers and stood, making a mental list of everything he'd need for the coming trip. A few blades, serrated and non serrated. A vial of acid. A bone saw. A spiked paddle. A cat-o'-nine-tails. And a bag of Gummy Bears.
She did not know what it was about him that had always made her want to see him broken.
We've always had a sadistic obsession with technology.
It is above all man's social position that decides whether he will sublimate his sadism as a butcher, surgeon, or policeman.
