“Monsters can be part of the moral imagination as a way to define what we don’t want to be. An obvious case would be a jihadi, who cuts off the head of a journalist. But there’s also subtle permutations like Ebenezer Scrooge. Our literature and culture creates icons of immorality, and they help shape…”— Stephen T. Asma, nautil.us
“I think every person is capable of committing monstrous acts, but true monsters are quite rare.”— Stephen T. Asma, nautil.us
“There’s a xenophobia running through the whole history of monsters. If you’re different from us, we’ll have a disgust-response or will be afraid and on guard. You see that in the ancient world. You see it through the medieval period and all the way up to the present, in the way we cast our enemies.”— Stephen T. Asma, nautil.us
“I never said I hated anyone, but just because I feel sympathy, compassion, and forgiveness for others such as Hitler means I am now a monster? All for trying to open your eyes to the truth that Hitler was NOT as bad as he was painted out to be?”— Tila Tequila, metro.us
“You want me to believe that my dad is responsible for turning people into monsters, right? That he did this to Trent.”— Kristine Huntley, Barrett McIntyre, Tyler Chase, imdb.com
“But perhaps the monsters needed to look out for each other every now and then.”— Sarah J. Maas, amazon.com
“Let’s vow to never become the monsters that we are trying to protect ourselves from.”— Rudy Francisco, twitter.com
“I saw something moving round the foot of the bed, which at first I could not accurately distinguish. But I soon saw that it was a sooty-black animal that resembled a monstrous cat. It appeared to me about four or five feet long for it measured fully the length of the hearthrug as it passed over it;…”— J. Sheridan Le Fanu, amazon.com
“Don't let nobody know that you a monster. Keep it on the tuck and then surprise 'em.”— Kevin Gates, open.spotify.com
“Hungries toggle between two states. They’re frozen in place most of the time, just standing there like they’re never going to move again. Then they smell prey, or hear it, or catch sight of it, and they break into that terrifying dead sprint. No warm-up, no warning. Warp factor nine.”— M.R. Carey, amazon.com
“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“You worry too much about the monsters hiding under your bed and cling close to the monster sleeping next to you instead.”— Holly Riordan, amazon.com
“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”— Mary Shelley, amazon.com
“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren’t.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“The truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win.”— Stephen King, amazon.com