There comes a time, however, when violence is seen as juvenile and boring. It is the repartee of the stupid and ignorant. - Anthony Burgess

Is the man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

She was an appetising woman with a full-cheeked smile, about thirty, a Nordic blonde but not icy, though ice was suggested in its tamed winter-sport aspects : the flush after skating, log-fires and hot rum and butter, fine heavy thighs, that would warm your hand like a muff, under a skirt that had swirled in a rink waltz. Her beaver lamb coat was thrust back from a green suit : solid charms, thoroughly wholesome, were indicated.

The modern State, whether in a totalitarian or a democratic country, has far too much power, and we are probably right to fear it.