“I’m no longer young.” “I’m bloody fucking aware of that.” “ ‘I’m aware’ would have sufficed. ‘Bloody fucking’ is superfluous and contributes nothing to the sentence in either connotation or denotation.” “I’ll bloody fucking decide what’s bloody fucking superfluous.” “You’re so … human. It’s inefficient.” “Wrong on that score. And efficiency is no guarantee of survival. Nor is intellect. What it takes to be the last one standing is an unquenchable hunger to live. He who wants it the most wins. It takes fire, willingness to burn down to your motherfucking core.”
