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“He wanted a fight. He wanted to jump down there and bloody their faces with his fists. Wanted them to know exactly what he was, which was their worst nightmare – uncivilized, brutal, violent.”

This was a great turn of events. Goddamn boy.

“Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.
And rage, of course, came from madness.”

“He felt like no matter how hard he breathed, he could not get enough air.
‘Do you know what I mean?’”

“Their minds, enriched with new sounds and words, were like sleek muscles waiting to be stretched. They were ready to make magic.”

At times, I feel like an idiot trying to read this book… Which is usually a sign I will love a book.

I fucking love this.

“…here, alone in the middle of the ocean with no relatives and nothing to his name, he could not summon the ire. He had no fire left in him. He was only scared, and so very tired.”

Of course now I’m reading Babel. I’m ready for you to destroy my heart again Rebecca.