"Anger does not come easy to me. It is something I have to encourage, like a greyhound in second place."

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Source : Joe Dunthorne (2011). “Submarine”, p.33, Penguin UK

Joe Dunthorne

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“It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.”
“The best thing is the combined effect of nicotine with alcohol, greater than the sum of the two parts.”

Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books
“It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach.”

Source : "Gov. Rick Scott rejects request to ban concealed weapons outside GOP convention in Tampa", www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2012.
“I remember hearing myself start to whimper, a five-year-old, crouched by the side of the road, staring into my father's eyes, whimpering because it was so dark and there was no one coming to help, whimpering because my mother was back in the crushed car, not moving, and my father was lying here in the dirt, not answering me, not holding me, not comforting me, not helping my mother get out of the car, and there was blood, so much blood, and broken glass everywhere, and it was so dark and so cold and no one was coming to help.”
“I'm an optimist, so I think everything can be worked out and fixed. But from having cancer I learned that even if you're even an optimist, sometimes you just have to face the facts that certain things are broken.”
“Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.”
“I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.”
“It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.”

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