“Who were we fighting, and who was fighting us? Like Flight, I felt a need to be persecuted, and yearned for a constant and devoted--yes, devoted--enemy who would satisfy my needs by persecuting me. But I didn't have such an enemy. Nobody was persecuting me.” ViolenceFascismPersecutionRadicalization Book:Il tempo materiale Source: Il tempo materiale
“And yet for the three of us, who could perceive it, there was a ferment, an excitement, a need to be ravenous, for something to pick us up and sweep us along, for something to concentrate on. The struggle, for example. Because that was the heart of it. The word struggle contained sex, anger, and dream. We tried to say it under our breath, brazenly, and link it to an action. But at that point opaqueness resumed--the frosting that separated purpose from its fulfillment.” ViolenceYouthTerrorismYearningRadicalization Book:Il tempo materiale Source: Il tempo materiale