Purged Quotes

“It was as though committing murders had purged him of lesser rudeness. Or perhaps, Starling thought, it excited him to see her marked in this particular way. She couldn't tell. The sparks in his eyes flew into his darkness like fireflies down a cave.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

“...and next thing you know, six of my best apprentices get purged for minor paperwork discrepancies and perhaps an unreported cock or two.”
― Kameron Hurley, Infidel