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“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Ernest Hemingway, “The Old Man and the Sea” - 1952

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” - 2007

“The things we love destroy us every time” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.” John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley” - 1962

“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might...” George Orwell, “1984” - 1949

“The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries in itself the causes of its destruction.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract” - 1762

“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.” Barack Obama, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 2009

“Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.” Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo” - 1845

“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“Possibly this is woman's nature. When her passion is roused she loses her sensibility for all that is outside it. When, like the river, we women keep to our banks, we give nourishment with all that we have: when we overflow them we destroy with...” Rabindranath Tagore, “The Home and the World” - 1916

“Hence it is that all armed prophets have conquered, and the unarmed ones have been destroyed.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.” Sun Tzu, “The Art of War” - 5th century BC

“What did it avail to pray when he knew that his soul lusted after its own destruction?” James Joyce, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” - 1916

“what fire does not destroy, it hardens.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“I am too idle to destroy for nothing.” Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights” - 1847

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