Every once in a while, I get the urge. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? The urge for destruction. The urge to hurt, maim, kill. It’s quite a thing, to experience that urge, to let it wash over you, to give in to it. It’s addictive. It’s all-consuming. You lose yourself to it. It’s quite, quite wonderful. I can feel it, even as I speak, tapping around the edges of my mind, trying to prise me open, slip its fingers in. And it would be so easy to let it happen. But we’re all like that, aren’t we? We’re all barbarians at our core. We’re all savage, murderous beasts. I know I am. I’m sure you are. The only difference between us, Mr Prave, is how loudly we roar. I know I roar very loudly indeed. How about you? Do you think you can match me? . Derek Landy
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The quote "I get the urge" is saying that when you are in an intense situation it is almost impossible to control your feelings. The word ‘urge’ means a strong desire to do something, all of a sudden. In this case, it is a strong desire to hurt someone.The sentence "I know I am a savage" is a type of self-depreciation. Many people feel that they are barbaric because they have high self-esteem and sometimes tend to see themselves as better than other people. But this kind of thinking can turn them from being nice people to cruel people who don’t want the world to be peaceful and happy because they feel that they can’t tolerate any weak people in their life.

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