8 April 1891The obscenity of nostrils and mouths; the ignominious cupidity of smiles and women encountered in the street; the shifty baseness on every side, as of hyenas and wild beasts ready to bite: tradesmen in their shops and strollers on their pavements. How long must I suffer this? I have suffered it before, as a child, when, descending by chance to the servant's quarters, I overheard in astonishment their vile gossip, tearing up my own kind with their lovely teeth. This hostility to the entire race, this muted detestation of lynxes in human form, I must have rediscovered it later while at school. I had a repugnance and horror for all base instincts, but am I not myself instinctively violent and lewd, murderous and sensual? Am I any different, in essence, from the members of the riotous and murderous mob of a hundred years ago, who hurled the town sergeants into the Seine and cried, 'String up the aristas!' just as they shout 'Down with the army!' or 'Death to the Jews!

— Jean Lorrain

A beast barely able to restrain itself carried a risk to its master.

— Robert Ferrigno

An anomaly has his own ambitions. You can try reasoning with him, but that's like using money to bribe a beast.

— Criss Jami

Are you going to let me be eaten?' Billy Beech am looks stunned.' Don't you know that sometimes Beast collectors get collected?' I ask him.' But you're a virgin.'' Virgins were never sacrifices,' I say. "Not to this kind of Beast. Virgin are collaborators.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

Are you going to let me be eaten?' Billy Beech am looks stunned.' Don't you know that sometimes Beast collectors get collected?' I ask him.' But you're a virgin.'' Virgins were never sacrifices,' I say. "Not to this kind of Beast. Virgins are collaborators.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

As he shook off his servant’s grip and staggered heavily to his feet, the sunlight streaming through the outside door struck him full in the face. Samantha gasped. A fresh scar, still red and angry, bisected the corner of his left eye and descended his cheek in a jagged lightning bolt, drawing the surrounding skin taut. It had once been an angel’s face with the sort of masculine beauty reserved only for princes and seraphic.

— Teresa Medeiros

As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.

— Robin McKinley

A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth. Their classroom was nature. They studied the lessons to be learned from animals, knowing that much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. Animals are constantly teaching us things about ourselves and the way of the universe, but most people are too blind to watch and listen.

— Suzy Kassem

Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

— Veronica Roth

Being a werewolf, an alpha more so, isn't about being aggressive over others but controlling yourself, the wolf's wild virus inside my DNA, and emotions that comes with the beast.

— Jazz Feylynn