“ His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog… Moonshine Noire
“ Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I must avoid their company. Caspar David Friedrich
“ You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him. People are awar… Moliere
“ You are not special. You're just fucking not. You're a bland, boring motherfucker just like everybody else. You ever been to the mall and just looked in the eyes of the fellow travelers and seen how d… T.J. Kirk
“ Early in 1967 Highsmith's agent told her why her books did not sell in paperback in America. It was, said Patricia Schartle Myrer, because they were 'too subtle', combined with the fact that none of h… Andrew Wilson
“ [Patricia Highsmith] was an extremely unbalanced person, extremely hostile and misanthropic and totally incapable of any kind of relationship, not just intimate ones. I felt sorry for her, because it… Andrew Wilson
“ I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man from out… H.P. Lovecraft
“ A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ He was the only one who seemed to realize that she didn’t want to be left alone to her trauma and bad memories, even if she got annoyed when he inquired about her life. She hated to be all alone, a pa… Rebecca McNutt
“ …in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of the people all around him—in that moment his whole disgust for humank… Patrick Süskind
“ There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one i… Moliere
“ I'm tired of this back-slappin' "isn't humanity neat" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes. Bill Hicks
“ I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Samuel Johnson
“ The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals. Jasper Sole
“ Pero, en general, la humanidad me pareció siempre detestable. No tengo inconvenientes en manifestar que a veces me impedía comer en todo el día o me impedía pintar durante una semana el haber observad… Ernesto Sabato
“ Her favourite song was 'God Has Blotted Them Out,' which was meant to be about sins, but really was about anyone who had ever annoyed her, which was everyone. She just didn't like anyone and she just… Jeanette Winterson
