“...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...”
“...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.”
“... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the ear, and will pursue an overdue-book fine with the ferocity of a rabid ferret.”
“I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.”
“Motherhood isn't soft and cozy and sweet; it's selfish ferocity, red in tooth and claw.”
“When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.”