"My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other"
- Donna Leon
About this Quote
This quote by Donna Leon speaks to the complexity of human nature. On one hand, she can understand the human intention of greed and how it can lead to abhorrent acts such as murder and rape for revenue. However, she can not understand the voyeuristic desire to see such a film. This speaks with the duality of human nature, where we can understand the darker aspects of our nature, but also be repelled by them. It is a tip that we are capable of both excellent and wicked, which we need to aim to comprehend both in order to understand our world. It is a tip that we must make every effort to comprehend both the darkness and the light in order to make sense of our world.
This quote is written / told by Donna Leon somewhere between September 29, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 6 other quotes.
"The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it"
"It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen"
