Oryx and Crake II

Two good quotes in a book ain't half-bad. From Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood, 2003):

"That had been the milder form: the single man at the window, drinking himslef into oblivion to the mournful strains of the tango. But such things could escalate into violence. Extreme emotions could be lethal. If I can't have you nobody will, and so forth. Death could set in."

Sometimes, it is not what you say but how you say it.