The fear of murder
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches. Eric Schlosser
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The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches. Eric Schlosser
Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I’m not approaching it from the scientific point of view. I’m saying: Why do we need that? It’s a sordid story, a depressing story, a dark story. Why should I believe that I’m … Read more
My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, \”Where is your brother Abel?\” [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers \”Lo yadati, \”I don’t know\” or \”I didn’t know.\” Then comes a period, followed by \”Am I my brother’s keeper?\” Elie Wiesel
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it’s for … Read more
Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It, makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan’d The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour. Edward Young
We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of Cain. Edward Dahlberg
The ghost of the heart of manred Cain And the more murderous brain Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death Of his mother Earth, and tore Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived. Edith Sitwell
People cain’t help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don’t you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak. Fannie Flagg
You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant. We live in cynical times, Miss Cain. Derek Landy
You say one more thing that sounds like it’s ripped from the pages of a really bad gothic romance and I’m out of here, are we clear? – Valkyrie Cain Derek Landy