" Confrontation,' he declared, 'is the essence of nature!'
He shook his silvery braid loose and let his hair stream out behind him.
'Confrontation is the rhythm of life,' he went on. 'In nature violence is pure and purposeful, one species against another in an act of survival!'
Terrific, Decker thought. Marlin Perkins on PCP. "
― Carl Hiaasen , Double Whammy (Skink #1)