Human Nature
1. “We are beset with peril and it is not weapons. The real danger resides in the human heart.” (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – motion picture)
Humanity
2. “… primness is the most everlasting, indestructible trait of humanity. It can outface the Sphinx. It is destructible only by death.” (James Stephens, The Horses)
Hunger
3. “No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstitions, beliefs, and what you may call principles, they are less than chaff in a breeze.” (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness)
4. “It takes a man all his inborn strength to fight hunger properly. It’s really easier to face bereavement, dishonour, and the perdition of one’s soul – than this kind of prolonged hunger.” (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness)
5. “Hunger and a lack of blood-corpuscles take all the manhood from a man.” (H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau)
Husbands
6. “A permanent husband is a bore, and we do not know what to do with him. He cannot be put on a shelf. He cannot be hung on a nail. He will not go out of the house. There is no escape from him, and he is always the same.” (James Stephens, The Triangle)
7. “There is no satisfaction in owning that which nobody else covets. Our silver is no more than second-hand, tarnished metal until someone else speaks of it in terms of envy. Our husbands are barely tolerable until a lady friend has endeavored to abstract their cloying attentions. Then only do we comprehend that our possessions are unique, beautiful, well worth guarding.” (James Stephens, The Triangle)
8. “A husband belongs to his wife.” (James Stephens, Etched in Moonlight)
9. “What husband would be seen in the company of a man who’s chasing after his life?” (Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi – Book One: The Way of the Samurai)
Hygiene
10. “… not only was cleanliness next to Godliness, dirtiness was the inventor of misery.” (Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
