One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.
Gustave FlaubertI'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.
Jon KrakauerDefined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt.
Proper StudiesFanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Friedrich NietzscheIn any society, fanatics who hate don't hate only me - they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
Elie Wiesel