Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes

That night it felt that somehow by flicking them off the roof, the matches would burn down everything, the sparks from the tips of the flames, torching the world and all the heartbroken people in it.

Cause I lit him on fire,” I shrugged and brushed dust from my pants.

Burning is no answer.

I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.

All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.

She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.

Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.

I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.

Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.

No sane person with a life really wants to be a political activist. When activism is exciting, it tends to involve the risk of bodily harm or incarceration, and when it's safe, it is often tedious, dry, and boring. Activism tends to put one into contact with extremely unpleasant people, whether they are media interviewers, riot cops, or at times, your fellow activists. Not only that, it generates enormous feelings of frustration and rage, makes your throat sore from shouting, and hurts your feet.

No flipping tables over any more for me.

What are Slipknot angry about? Everything, man!

There's always something to rage about, right?

He wanted to heave the glasses against the wall. Break them, break everything he could reach. Beat it, rend it. He stared out the window, imagined the city in flames, consumed to ashes. And still it wasn't enough.

The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.

It was a pleasure to burn.

Grrratch luuug Raaaach aaarg

Captain Niall, having apparently resigned himself to losing his quarry, was savaging her horsehair petticoat into teeny, tiny shreds. "Really, what did my poor petticoat do to offend?

He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.

Do you get the anger that is out here?

We put a President up there, and then we set fire to him because he's not solving all our problems.

Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.

One man puts the fire out, the other lights the fuse.

Factory windows are always brokenOther windows are let alone.No one throws through the chapel-windowThe bitter, snarling, derisive stone.

If they asked how I died tell them: Still angry.