“…all old men do is talk of their past and drink. Now that I am an old man I know this to be true. There builds in you a great desire to share what you are. What you have done and seen of the world. It is not so much to tell others how to be but to show that you were busy in life.” (144).
The Dogfighter: A Novel – Marc Bojanowski

• “They called him Ferdinand the Fierce and all the Banderilleros were afraid of him and the Picadores were afraid of him and the Matador was scared stiff.” (56).