Jorge

“In the sudden change that had come over her heart she no longer recognized herself”
― Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

“As if one killed by calculation! A person kills only from an impulse that springs from his blood and sinews, from the vestiges of ancient struggles, from the need to live and the joy of being strong.”
― Émile Zola, La Bête humaine

“There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“He met failure as one day he would probably meet death, with cynical resentment and the courage of a solitary.”
― John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold