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1 " To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing. "
― Ayn Rand
2 " The average man has no central core of moral assurance, no spring within his breast, no inner strength to place him above the need for repeated psychological shots to give him the courage to go on living. He has become a parasite on the world, drawing his life from his environment, unable to live a day apart from the stimulation which society affords him. "
― A.W. Tozer
3 " Hate is a parasite that will eat all compassion. "
4 " With jealousy, a parasite takes root in your heart. It becomes a cancer that eats away at your soul. "
― Haruki Murakami , Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
5 " Did they love me? The question is beside the point, somehow. Certainly they each spoiled me, mainly by giving me the false impression that I was entitled to attention nearly all the the time. They played. THEY were like children, if you consider that one of the things about being a child is that you are a parasite of sorts and have to brazen out self-righteously. I want. They were good at wanting and I shared much more common ground with them than with my mother when I was three or four years old. "
― Lorna Sage , Bad Blood
6 " When I’d confronted him, he’d left me and, like a parasite finding a fresh host, moved in with her. "
7 " Without pride, man becomes a parasite – and there are already too many parasites. "
― Carla H. Krueger , From the Horse’s Mouth
8 " He was distracted by a brief surge of adrenaline as he remembered the girl’s blood-soaked body. Flesh separated and puckered, he had left her in such a manner that her sacrification would be remembered.The recollection aroused him. Death and sensuality combined to create a unique vision of purity and abhorrence. Though he had experienced doubts since beginning, he knew the mission he had been tasked with was necessary. It had given him a purity of purpose. These women needed to be punished, all in her name. And yet he felt guilt. Not enough to consume him, but enough to have it niggling away in the back of his mind like a parasite infecting his very soul.May God forgive me for the deeds I committed on Kelly, no heart no heart. "
9 " Abuse is a parasite that feeds off hate and shame, growing in size and strength with silence. "
― Nikki Sex , Accuse (Abuse, #2)
10 " Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow. "
