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“It was rare for Richard to have hands clear of broken blisters or his body unbruised. When he was weak of will, as his…

— Conn Iggulden

“There his tormentors yanked him from the ox’s belly, then reached in to pluck out the beast’s entrails, which they used to whip him…

— Thomas B. Allen

“And a severe and most grievous wound occurred upon the men who had the character of the beast, and upon those who adored the…

— The Biblescript

... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of…

— Plutarch

“Shower while there were two dead bodies in the bathtub, and he was sane. He drilled holes in the heads of living people to…

— Brian Masters

“He was the most wickedly handsome creature she had ever seen in all her days. His hair was black as night, his stature large,…

— Madison Thorne Grey

“cut the beast’s head clean”

— L. Frank Baum

“After resting in the cool, shadowy interior for a while, with feelings of both gratitude and distaste, he set off once more, and as…

— W.G. Sebald

“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible,…

— Simona Panova

“He was a ferocious man. He had been ill-made in the making. He had not been born right, and he had not been helped…

— Jack London

“Such moments passed and the wasting fires of lust sprang up again. The verses passed from his lips and the inarticulate cries and the…

— James Joyce

“[He] Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, Then cleft the man's brow square between the temples Cutting his head in two…

— Virgil