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“And there are loners in rural communities who, at the equinox, are said to don new garments and stroll down to the cities, where great beasts await them, fat and docile.”
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“Seven billion who need to be kept happy, and docile, until the end. How do you do that? What's the best way to calm down a scared kid, get them to go back to sleep? Tell them a story. Some shit about Jesus or whatever.”
― Seveneves
― Seveneves

“Instead of making me docile, Lucinda鈥檚 curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally.”
― Ella Enchanted
― Ella Enchanted

“Golf is probably a CIA psyop. Think about it. Golf is the only thing that tames the wild FloridaMan. It turns even the hilariously hostile into the docile.”
― To be good at golf you must go full koala bear
― To be good at golf you must go full koala bear

“Sanity is to the mind, insanity is for the heart,
Docility is to the mind, wildness is to the heart,
Tamable is the mind, Untamable is the heart,
Freedom is to the mind, cages are for the heart.”
― Just the Way I Feel
Docility is to the mind, wildness is to the heart,
Tamable is the mind, Untamable is the heart,
Freedom is to the mind, cages are for the heart.”
― Just the Way I Feel

“You are sweet and docile and dumb.鈥�
I recoil. 鈥淓xcuse me?鈥�
She smirks. 鈥淎nother role to play. You鈥檙e very good at playing roles.鈥�
I鈥檓 tempted to look at S酶ren, who鈥檚 too busy rowing to talk but can certainly hear every word.
鈥淟et them believe you are dim,鈥� Artemisia continues. 鈥淭he King, his court, your suitors. If they believe you to be an idiot, they will underestimate you. Let them.”
― Lady Smoke
I recoil. 鈥淓xcuse me?鈥�
She smirks. 鈥淎nother role to play. You鈥檙e very good at playing roles.鈥�
I鈥檓 tempted to look at S酶ren, who鈥檚 too busy rowing to talk but can certainly hear every word.
鈥淟et them believe you are dim,鈥� Artemisia continues. 鈥淭he King, his court, your suitors. If they believe you to be an idiot, they will underestimate you. Let them.”
― Lady Smoke

“Don鈥檛 you find that it 鈥� hurts, not letting even half of your emotions out? I see you鈥檝e overcome your hatred for your parents with that easygoing love you were born with. And in the process you started thinking about things, and you ended up taking on this docile personality - but aren鈥檛 you really more spirited and free, more spoiled, and extremely into sex?”
― The Lake
― The Lake

“I imagine that a minority of people were born to be active participants, while a majority were meant to be passive observers.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“Thus the Christian School must not simply train docile children; it must also make it possible to supervise the parents, to gain information as to their way of life, their resources, their piety, their morals.”
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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