Showing posts with label beastly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beastly. Show all posts
Monday, 23 May 2011
Much beastliness
Like much beastliness in the world, suttee is inspired by religion, which means there’s no sense or reason to it…
Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.130, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, suttee.
Friday, 13 August 2010
Beastly, stupid and helpless
I know the heathen, and their oppressors, pretty well, you see, and the folly of sitting smug in judgement years after, stuffed with piety and ignorance and book-learned bias. Humanity is beastly and stupid, aye, and helpless, and there’s an end to it. and that’s as true for Crazy Horse as it was for Custer…
Flashman and the Redskins, p.21, Pan Books edition, 1983.
Tags:Flashman, Flashman quotes, humanity.
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