„See, you’re like all the others. But don’t you understand that we can’t quarrel? We love each other. If I could hate him the way I hate myself, then of course I would abuse him. But neither of us deserves it. See?“

— Cesare Pavese

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„I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.“
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
„But I begin to fancy you don't like me. How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me. (Catherine Linton, nee Earnshaw)“
— Emily Brontë
„I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's alright really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breath. I tell you what. He hates you too, Ralph —""Me? Why me?""I dunno. You got him over the fire; an' you're chief an' he isn't.""But he's Jack Merridew!""I been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can't hurt you: but if you're standing out of the way he'd hurt the next thing. And that's me.""Piggy's right, Ralph. There's you and Jack. Go on being chief.“
— William Golding
„How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.“
— Emily Brontë