FRANK WHEELER - CHARACTER QUOTES

a command to clench them into fist

would’ve sent him whimpering to his knees

no single moment of his life had ever contained a better proof of his manhood. than that, if any proof were needed

than holding that tamed submissive girl

the idea he had to sell after all

was clearly on the side of the angels

You in a trap! You in a trap!

Jesus, don’t make me laugh

Did the swan apologise to Leda? Did an eagle apologise? Did a lion apologise?

Hell no.

he could take pleasure in the sight of his own

flexed thigh, lean and straining

the way for a man to ride

was erect and out in the open

his main tactical problem

in the initial stage of the campaign

he was sinking helplessly into the cushions, and the paper and the bodies of his children

like a man in quicksand

I just felt this terrific sense of life

I felt full of blood

he gave up trying to control his face, which now hung

acheing with joy over her shoulder