There are situations in lif... by Russell Hoban, an American Novelist

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“There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.”

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Name: Russell Hoban

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Feb 4, 1925

Profession: Novelist

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When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?

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