As ferocious in his quest for privacy as he is in his quest for fame, Bryant fumed when The Orange County Register reported that he had married in 2001.
The King Kong character, on the other hand, was "a ferocious gorilla in quest of a beautiful woman".
The book, which Quirk said would be 60% Austen and 40% tentacled chaos, sees Elinor and Marianne Dashwood contending with giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed serpents and other ferocious sea monsters as they set out on their quest for love.
Authentic obsessions, whether artistic influences or personal quests, drive the time-travelling sculptures with ferocious intensity.
Long nails, particularly when polished, give out the look of a kind of harpie, a woman who is ferocious, and is almost prepared to be bloodthirsty in her quest for a man.
Once Schilling finished his workout and put on a Walter Payton throwback jersey, he spoke giddily about the opportunity to return to the Red Sox organization, to be a central part of its quest for a World Series and, of course, to be a part of its ferocious rivalry with the Yankees.
He embarks on a quest to find his beloved Margalo, a little bird who is frightened away by the ferocious family cat, Snowbell.
The firm's quest to join the mega-miners may end up making it more pedestrian and conservative, blunting the ferocious competitive instincts that have served it so well.
Vikings (Thursdays 8.35pm, on SBS One) offers a more considered look at the ferocious spirit, survival tactics and social imperatives that impelled Norse warriors to venture forth during the 10th century in quest of pillage, plunder and power … and the advancement of their society.
