I felt an unmanly pity for the beasts we slew, for I fear I don't really have the killer instinct. I don't have the starving instinct either, though, and so I fired away. (Robert Silverberg)

I felt an unmanly pity for the beasts we slew, for I fear I don't really have the killer instinct. I don't have the starving instinct either, though, and so I fired away.

Robert Silverberg

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