Killing Quotes - Page 31

• For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

  Elie Wiesel

  Memories, Past, Collective Memory

  Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.14, Macmillan

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• This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does not have sons, and a boat cannot protect itself, and a wounded boat does not heal.

  John Steinbeck

  Son, Men, Thinking

  John Steinbeck (1994). “The Pearl”, p.60, Penguin

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• If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

  Holly Black

  People, Corny, Murderer

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• "That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."

  Ray Bradbury

  Hunting, Shame, Hounds

  "Fahrenheit 451". Book by Ray Bradbury, 1953.

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• Never admit defeat and ask for a quick death! Die first, then admit defeat! If you are defeated but didn't die, it just means you were lucky! At those times, think only about survival! Survive and think only about killing the one who failed to kill you!

  Tite Kubo

  Mean, Thinking, Survival

  "Bleach". Manga by Tite Kubo, 2001-2016.

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• Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Fashion, Responsibility, Animal

  "The Abolition Of Torture". newrepublic.com. December 19, 2005.

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• The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Humor, Doctors

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• Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go.

  Oscar Wilde

  Bed, Oscars, Lasts

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• I had the same sensation as when we watch someone sleep. When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the state of slumber we can do no wrong and are unconscious of life, the greatest criminal and most self- absorbed egotist are holy, by a natural magic, as long as they're sleeping. For me there's no discernible difference between killing a child and killing a sleeping man.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Children, Sleep, Men

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• Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
  Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
  God said, "No" Abe say, "What?"
  God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but
  The next time you see me comin', you better run"
  Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
  God said, "Out on Highway 61".

  Bob Dylan

  Running, Son, Men

  "Highway 61 Revisited". Song by Bob Dylan, 1965.

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• One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.

  James M. Barrie

  Pirate, Weapons, Lovable

  James M. Barrie (2015). “Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.44, 谷月社

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• Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present?

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Rain, Acres, Forests

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• smarter than me. But here's the thing my life did get better. I made a decision to let go of my dreams, because they were killing me, and I stopped asking the impossible of myself. I changed my attitude and decided to focus on what I had rather than what i didn't have.

  Marian Keyes

  Letting Go, Dream, Attitude

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• Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can; But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Men, Needs, May

  Rudyard Kipling (2012). “Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems”, p.58, Courier Corporation

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• I didn't want to believe that killing was deep inside of me. I didn't want to think about the part of me that took a dark joy in gathering all the power it could and using it as I saw fit, everything else be damned. There was power to be had in hatred, too, in anger and in lust, in selfishness and in pride. And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos.

  Jim Butcher

  Fun, Believe, Pride

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.438, Penguin

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• So you decided to help us by killing the guy we were talking to?" Clary demanded "Because you thought he had a shady past? Who- who does that? It doesnt make any sense.

  Cassandra Clare

  Past, Talking, Guy

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1139, Simon and Schuster

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• I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is 'Abortion', because it is a war against the child... A direct killing of the innocent child, 'Murder' by the mother herself... And if we can accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love... And we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Hurt, Children

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• Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.

  Clare B. Dunkle

  People

  Clare B. Dunkle (2006). “Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy”, p.16, Macmillan

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• "I forgot that's what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things." "I like anyone killing things, especially me." he said with a smile.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Hot, Jace

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 27, 2007.

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• She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your lover, being broke, men called Daddy, women who dress like men, working, praying for rain. Jail and trains. Whiskey and morphine. She tells stories between verses and everyone in the place shouts out how true it all is.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Song, Rain, Men

  Ann-Marie Macdonald (2010). “Fall on Your Knees”, p.474, Vintage Canada

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• We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy.

  Joshua Ferris

  Reality, Paper, Way

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• Killing is easy," said Mo, "Dying is harder.

  Cornelia Funke

  Dying, Easy, Said

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• After dinner or lunch or whatever it was -- with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what -- I said, "Look, baby, I'm sorry, but don't you realize that this job is driving me crazy? Look, let's give it up. Let's just lay around and make love and take walks and talk a little. Let's go to the zoo. Let's look at animals. Let's drive down and look at the ocean. It's only 45 minutes. Let's play games in the arcades. Let's go to the races, the Art Museum, the boxing matches. Let's have friends. Let's laugh. This kind of life like everybody else's kind of life: it's killing us.

  Charles Bukowski

  Baby, Art, Jobs

  Charles Bukowski (2014). “Charles Bukowski Fiction Collection”, Harper Collins

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• Momiji Sohma: Are you sure? Shigure said it hurt really bad. Hatori Sohma: Yes, well, I did that on purpose. Shigure Sohma: Oh, Ha'ri, you're killing me! Why would you be so cruel? Hatori Sohma: It seemed to be the only way to shut you up at the time.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Hurt, Purpose, Way

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• Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Trying, Killing Yourself

  Augusten Burroughs (2010). “Running with Scissors: A Memoir”, p.18, Macmillan

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