“Tell me some true things about fighting.''Tell me you love me.''I love you,' the girl said. 'You can publish it in the Gazzettino if you like. I love your hard, flat body and your strange eyes that frighten me when they become wicked. I love your hand and all your other wounded places.” IfsSaidHardBodyHandsEyeGirlFightingLove YouStrangeWickedFlatsWoundedPublishTrue ThingsTell Me You Love Me Book:Across the River and Into the Trees Source: Across the River and Into the Trees
“The idea ... that collective society should take hold of Evil and set it down hard in its chair and make it cry seems to many of us absolutely sound. Of course, we feel that it is not for us, those who love righteousness, to jump on the necks of the wicked. We prefer to have it attended to in a more dignified, impersonal way by Society as a whole.” WayFeelsShouldIdeasHardWholeSeemsCoursesEvilSoundCryWickedNecksChairsCollectivesRighteousness Book:Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy Source: Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy