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“It’s quite unlikely that your finger will actually penetrate the eyeball. If it does, it only gets wet. It’s no slimier than gelatin.

There will be large amounts of blood, and the criminal whose eyes you gouge will scream like a banshee. The pain and shock are enough that many people will actually pass out when their eyeballs are ruptured. It’s tough to live with afterward, but when you realize that it’s your life and your eyeballs on the line, if you don’t do it first, you can do it if you know beforehand that you’re capable.

I have put my thumbs into eyes, and I know what it feels like for my thumb or my index finger to pierce the tough sclera (outer eye membrane) and gouge through the aqueous tissue beneath. It’s no ickier than grabbing a handful of Jell-O out of the refrigerator or pulling the gizzard out of your family’s Thanksgiving turkey.”

— Massad Ayoob, from The Truth About Self-Protection (p. 243)