“Danger has a bracing effect.”
“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.”
“Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it.”
“Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.”
“As history has repeatedly suggested, nothing is more effective for demolishing traditional legal protections than the combined claims that a crime is uniquely dangerous, and that those behind it have exceptional powers of resistance. [On witchburning in France during the 16th Century.]”
“...the air has that bracing autumnal bite so that all you want to do is bob for apples or hang a witch or something.”