"No one but a fool would say that a man who seethes inside like a volcano is calm. I only know that when I… — John Wyndham
"No one but a fool would say that a man who seethes inside like a volcano is calm.
I only know that when I see a man so tormented and cheated, and with such a look in his eyes, he is dangerous."
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