“Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!”
Solomon Northup book Twelve Years a Slave
Source: Twelve Years a Slave
“They looked so dangerous, like alligators. Really fast alligators wearing black. Ninja alligators. I decided not to use that one on Megan.”
Source: Steelheart
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