Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

Billy did not reply, but she heard him mutter hoarsely. She knew
he said "God damn them"; but when she asked, "What?" he made no
answer. His eyes were deep with troubled clouds, while the mouth
had hardened, and all his face was bleak.

To her it was a heart-stab. Was he, too, like the rest? Would he
kill other men who had families, like Bert, and Frank Davis, and
Chester Johnson had killed? Was he, too, a wild beast, a dog that
would snarl over a bone?