“Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into the slit, pinpointed malignant eyes of reality as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts.”
Caitlin Thomas
“How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.”
Voltaire
“What still alive at twenty-two. / A clean, upstanding chap like you! / Sure, if your throat is hard to slit, / Slit your girl's and swing for it.”
Hugh Kingsmill
“Swerve to the left, son Roger, he said, / When you catch his eyes through the helmet-slit, / Swerve to the left, then out at his head, / And the Lord God give you the joy of it!”
William Morris
“It is for the teenagers who can be hours away from slitting their wrists that I am out.”
Courtney Wilson
“Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.”
Christiane Amanpour
“Ben has been much maligned as far as his helicopters go but we've learnt to catch the ball side-on, so that's a bonus.”
Mick Malthouse
