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Mary McCarthy

"In violence, we forget who we are."

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"In violence, we forget who we are."

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"Four young men in motorcycle jackets... set upon the man in khaki shorts and beat him unconscious with his own sandwich board."

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"The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large."

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"He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. He laughed."

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"Unfortunately, violence has a way of overpowering even the strongest of wills."

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"I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains."

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"It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan."

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"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing."

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"There was nothing - and nothing - and then the car bumped up again. There was a muffled pop, the sound of a small pumpkin exploding in a microwave oven.Morris cut the wheel to the left and there was another bump as the Biscayne went back into the parking area. He looked in the mirror and saw that Curtis's head was gone."

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"His punch knocked her back a meter into the wall. His fist had moved of his own volition, carrying a rage and frustration all its own. To his dismay, she didn't fall. People so small as her always fell.No tears pooled in her eyes; instead they flared golden amber as she rubbed her jaw and pushed off the wall to stand rigid straight. A peculiar smile danced across her lips as blood trickled from the corner of her mouth and down her chin."

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Amber Hurdle

"I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence."

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