„Do you see me as a monster?“

— Ulysses S. Grant
„He had become a monster. You just couldn't see it… because it wore the face of a friend.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?“
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
„I know there are monsters on this earth,' said Tessa. 'You cannot tell me otherwise. I have seen them.“
— Cassandra Clare
„The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.“
— Anaïs Nin