Nothing Violence Quotes

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Quote #10

Noses were beaten askew, eyebrows had been cut, teeth were missing, lips were gashed and swollen, eyes were red and bruised, an ear was all but torn away, and one or two looked like they could hardly keep themselves upright. All were smeared with blood and sawdust. But that wasn't what I saw. What I saw was the hatred. (23.39)

Is meaning as necessary for hatred as it is for happiness? After all, if the items on the heap of meaning were actually meaningless, there would be nothing to fight about, right?