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“They were silent, humiliated by this return of the defeated, furious at their own silence, but the more it was prolonged the less capable…

— Albert Camus

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“Who had been fighting with someone they loved? Going at it long enough to unleash the irretrievable words they knew to say only because…

— Bill Clegg

“It was a formidable cry of anger … Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?”

— George Orwell

“Excuses were for those willing to concede that weakness was their strongest ally.”

— Randy Wayne White

“...attack being the best form of defence, and never ever show that you might be in pain. That would only invite more violence because…

— Meera Syal

“The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you.”

— Tarjei Vesaas

“shock troops in the assault on the last remaining constraints keeping us from going to war all the time. The little darlings were terribly…

— Rachel Maddow

“Somehow this is what I wanted to happen. I was holding my ground under attack from my enemies, lashing out at them until they…

— Ian Cross

“Your emotion is big enemy. Fight with it. It hurts you.”

— Williamjohns_Fargion

“They didn’t want to kill me. They wanted to hurt me. And they were good at it.”

— Jim Butcher

“Sense entered into a short, violent skirmish with instinct and inclination, and was overwhelmed.”

— Robert Galbraith