Feralness Quotes

“He was aware that the way things really were was far different than most people believed. The world a wilder, more feral, more abnormal environment than ordinary civilians were able to accept. Ordinary civilians lived in a state of innocence, veiling their eyes against the truth. The world unveiled would scare them, destroy their moral certainties, lead to losses of nerve or retreats into religion or drink.”
― Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

“Every muscle in Clikit's body began to shake. Each atom of his feral soul quivered against its neighbor.”
― Samuel R. Delany, Distant Stars