The Dull Fire Quotes

“Perhaps you were just bathing in the overtly macho atmosphere. Besides you are talking about taking advantage, why haven’t you done so yet? These people would bow to your command,” said Blanche.
Jérémie looked at her and then looked away. She shook her head and said, “I mean all of them, us and them.”
― Mel Vil, The Dull Fire: A novel

“If anything, it’s a destructive tendency, I have,” said Sebald. “I should stop, but if only they’d open this place already. I thought the gates of hell were supposed to be open night and day. First port of call is the cubicle to see if I can’t get this brain of mine more focussed on the important objective of doing some discreet rooting and tooting on the dance floor in-between bouts of indiscreet shaking and raking.”
― Mel Vil, The Dull Fire: A novel

“If anything, it’s a destructive tendency, I have,” said Sebald. “I should stop, but if only they’d open this place already. I thought the gates of hell were supposed to be open night and day. First port of call is the cubicle to see if I can’t get this brain of mine more focussed on the important objective of doing some discreet rooting and tooting on dance floor in-between bouts of indiscreet shaking and raking.”
― Mel Vil, The Dull Fire: A novel