Quotes / Genuine Human Hide

Comic Books

Demon Yuppie 1: Not only does he gatecrash our bash and vandalize our premises - now he offers us violence. I think we're going to skin him and tan his hide.
Demon Yuppie 2: Good, I need some new seat-covers for the BMW.

— Hellblazer: Going For It

Literature

Of course I don't step on people's throats using my own heels. Have you seen how gorgeous these boots are? I'm not getting blood on these beauties: it takes at least two princes to get the right amount of skin, and duke leather just isn't the same.

— Dread Emperor Nihilis I, the Tanner, A Practical Guide to Evil

He's making himself a "woman suit," Mr. Crawford - out of real women! And he can sew, this guy, he's really skilled. A dressmaker, or a tailor... that's why they're all so big - because he needs a lot of skin. He keeps them alive to starve them a while, to loosen their skin...

— Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs

Live-Action TV

Dennis Reynolds: Dee? I swear you would be of more use to me if I skinned you and turned your skin into a lampshade. Or fashioned you into a piece of high-end luggage. I can even add you to my collection!
Dee Reynolds: (horrified) Are you saying that you have a collection of skin luggage?
Dennis Reynolds: Of course I'm not, Dee. Don't be ridiculous. Think of the smell. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THE SMELL, YOU BITCH! Now you say another word and I swear to God I will dice you into a million little pieces. And put those pieces in a box, a glass box, that I will display on my mantel.

—It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Tabletop Games

The Second Key of Ablamerch? I bound it in my first son's skin as my initiation to the Mysteries. Fastening his hands and feet with manacles, I cut out his tongue and stuffed his mouth with it so no screams would betray my work. I was, as my patron promised, a long and bloody task. My arms ached long before I was through, and my hands twitched as I pulled the skin down. I started with the face, so that I might not remember that my source of parchment once sprang from my loins. Later, when I repeated the task with Katherina, I left her face for last.

— Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade - Infernalism

When the Aztecs served the Culhuacan tribe (whom they hated) as mercenaries and slaves, they offered to marry the chief's daughter to cement their alliance. The Culhuacan chief agreed and arrived at their temple to witness his daughter's marriage; the priest greeting him, however, wore a dress of flayed human skin... his daughter's skin and face, to be precise. The Aztecs had sacrificed the chief's daughter to announce their split from the Culhuacan. There is one Sabbat who still practices this ancient ritual by using Vicissitude to slip his victim's skin over his own, but nobody remembers his name or original face. He is large because, my vatos say, he wears at least one hundred skins and never removes the flesh of his previous victims. Instead, the layers stretch and crack, covering him with crevasses inches deep. We call him Husk.

— Vampire: The Masquerade - Mexico City By Night

Video Games

Wearing human leather is disturbing. Who could do this? (-2 Mood)
I'm dressed like an insane person. (-4 Mood)
I think there may be a face on my clothes. Oh, no, my clothes are a face. (-6 Mood)
I look like a freak from a horror show, and I feel like I'm in a horror show. (-8 Mood)

— Colonist mood penalties for wearing an increasing amount of Human Leather clothing, RimWorld

I enjoy wearing the suffering of others. (+2 Mood)
This will scare them. All will know my power. (+4 Mood)
The faces on my clothes aren't smiling, but they make me happy. (+6 Mood)
The flesh! The flesh signals my triumph! (+8 Mood)

— Psychopathic or Cannibal Colonists' mood bonuses for wearing an increasing amount of Human Leather clothing, RimWorld

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