Mary Doria Russell Quote
They were beaten [bullies]. Ninety-nine out of a hundred still are, inside. A man beats his boy, he wants a son who won't buck him. He's trying to make a coward. Mostly, it works...That's why a bully will fold. You just... at him, the way his old man did. It's not anger. It's scorn. A bully sees that look? He's nine years old again. Small and weak, like his pa wanted him. It's all he can do to keep from crying. [The hundred boy?] We can go either way. Kill the old man, or try to become a better one.
Mary Doria Russell
They were beaten [bullies]. Ninety-nine out of a hundred still are, inside. A man beats his boy, he wants a son who won't buck him. He's trying to make a coward. Mostly, it works...That's why a bully will fold. You just... at him, the way his old man did. It's not anger. It's scorn. A bully sees that look? He's nine years old again. Small and weak, like his pa wanted him. It's all he can do to keep from crying. [The hundred boy?] We can go either way. Kill the old man, or try to become a better one.
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