Rational emotions such as fear and anxiety occur primarily in those who love life, who believe in the future and the people they hold dear, and don’t want to lose any of these things. But when hatred takes over, love is forced aside, and with it, fear.

I drive a taxi and a car and a truck and a T-55 tank and also a T-62 and armored cars and the motorcycles with and without sidecars.

Carl sent a message from his brain to his hands that it was still illegal to strangle people.

Smoking is extremely hazardous to you and those around you” it said on the label. He glanced around. The few termites that might thrive down here could probably handle it.

This was what Ditlev loved: ceaseless gunfire, ceaseless killing, flapping specks in the sky terminated in an orgy of color. The slow drizzle of birds’ bodies falling from above. The eagerness of the men to reload their weapons.

Who would kill the one person who made life worth living?

A disguise often had the same effect on people as alcohol, as they both strengthened courage as well as the characteristics that didn’t normally see the light of day.

It came from down where laughter is a defense and not an outstretched hand.

Carl closed his eyes and tried to recall a couple of significant moments in his life. After a few seconds of nothingness, he opened them again.

Strah je istini dobar drug, a oholosti laž.