Death Wish Quotes

“He’s a very frightened man.’ “‘I had the feeling he was just the opposite. You get the impression he has steel cables for nerves.’ “‘Quite the reverse. He’s terrified. It’s only that his rage is even greater than his fear.’ “‘Do you think his fear is real or imaginary?’ “‘Fear is always real. The question is whether it’s justified by the actual conditions. If it isn’t you have paranoia in some form.”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“you know what a liberal is? A liberal is a guy who walks out of the room when the fight starts.”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“solipsism”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“timorous”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“callous”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“The longer he spent in the apartment the more terrifying the outside world became. He”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“saccharine”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“spurious”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“despondency;”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“periphery”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“cortege”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“innocuous”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“Everybody lived like a character in a one-act play that nobody understood; getting by from one moment to the next was like trying to hold on to your hat in a gusty wind.”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish

“play”
― Brian Garfield, Death Wish