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Quotes About Disgust

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance.
~ Mary Shelley
Oh cursed creator, why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turn from me in disgust?
~ Mary Shelley
I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
~ Mary Shelley
I had desired it with an ardor that far exceeded moderation, but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
~ Mary Shelley
sickened as I read. 'Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Cursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid from its very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested.' "These
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Me has dado sentimientos y pasiones, pero me has abandonado al desprecio y al asco de la humanidad.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
se desvanecía la belleza de mi sueño y el corazón se me llenaba de horror y disgusto.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
if I ever want to punish myself for something terrible, if I ever want to punish myself disgustingly—I'll marry you." She added: "Consider it a promise.
~ Ayn Rand
If a ray of light falls into a pigsty, it is the ray that shows us the muck and it is the ray that is offensive.
~ Ayn Rand
will put you off candy corn for life.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Rancid horse penises, sold as meat at the company store, triggered the walkout.
~ Stephen Kotkin
Defendant running for exit. Not to escape, but out of disgust. Judge wearing NOTHING under his robes.
~ Steve Martin
it stank to the heavens; when
~ Steven D. Levitt
Today we recognize that the emotion of disgust evolved as an unconscious defense against biological contamination.
~ Steven Pinker
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
~ William Hazlitt
There is a very fine line between love and nausea.
~ James Earl Jones
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal.
~ William Hazlitt
Así, las emociones negativas, por desagradables que resulten, nos protegen. Sentimos dolor, miedo, vergüenza y asco, y así evitamos sufrir daños. Y se trata de sentimientos que solemos sentir a menudo. De hecho, sentimos más emoción negativa ante una pérdida de un valor determinado que la positiva que experimentamos si conseguimos algo de ese mismo valor. El dolor es más contundente que el placer y la ansiedad, más que la esperanza.
~ Jordan B. Peterson
Quisiera entonces que no encuentren la lupa, que no miren de cerca lo difícil, eso no nuestro, tan desprecio, tan asco. Pero insisten y, como soy patriota, digo: "Sucede que los Incas". En donde queda, dí, dí qué le hicieron.
~ Jorge Enrique Adoum
I don't wish to meet people. They disgust me. Increasingly so. But I must have milk.
~ Erlend Loe
Watching Knotcher torment Casey while the rest of us just sat and watched filled me not only with self-loathing, but with disgust for my whole species. If there were other civilizations out there, why would they ever want to make contact with humanity? If this was how we treated each other, how much kindness could we possibly show to some race of bug-eyed beings from beyond?
~ Ernest Cline
When I saw several thugs attack a lone man, or a larger man a small one, or even when a mastiff attacked a toy Pomeranian, not virtue but plain disgust upset my insides. This early variety of defeatism later became an obsolete trait—damaging me in today's world.
~ Ernst Junger