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21 " The hostility and venomous response the topic of sexual trauma and rape in the military brings up, especially with men from my Era, is revealing. This opposition speaks to their guilt and toward the truth that stays hidden. "
― , Conduct Unbecoming: Rape, Torture, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from Military Commanders
22 " The shrub that half concealed her was a malignant plant, a Madagascan tanghin tree with wide, box-like leaves with whitish stems, whose smallest veins distilled a venomous fluid. At a moment when Louise and Maxime laughed more loudly in the reflected yellow light of the sunset in the little boudoir, Renée, her mind wandering, her mouth dry and parched, took between her lips a sprig of the tanghin tree that was level with her mouth, and sank her teeth into one of its bitter leaves. "
― Émile Zola , La Curée
23 " Sweet are the uses of adversity Which like the toad ugly and venomous Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. "
24 " These monstrous views ... these venomous teachings. "
25 " For acting thus you will remain innocent among the hissings of the serpents, and like a sweet strawberry you will receive no venom from the contact of venomous tongues. "
― Francis de Sales
26 " You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny. "
