Killing Quotes - Page 38

• The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.

  Jose Saramago

  Rose, Promise, Bud

  "The Cave" by Jose Saramago, tr. Margaret Jull Costa, Vintage, (p. 89), 2003.

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• Hope. An emotion that always kept suckering me in, time after time, despite my supposed retirement from the assassin business. Hope. The one thing that always seemed to get me into more trouble than just killing people for money ever had. Ah, hope. Sometimes, I really hated it.

  Jennifer Estep

  Retirement, People, Assassins

  Jennifer Estep (2011). “Tangled Threads”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Men, Eagles, Giving

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• But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow.

  Suzanne Collins

  President Snow, Currents, Situation

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.329, Scholastic Inc.

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• We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness,all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing.

  Hermann Hesse

  War, Eye, Disrespect

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• They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence.

  Heather Brewer

  Running, Everyday, Months

  Heather Brewer (2011). “Twelfth Grade Kills #5: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, Penguin

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• This isn't animal experimentation, where you an imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating. Tell me something: Why is taste, the crudest of our sense, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other sense? If you stop and think about it, it's crazy. Why doesn't a horny person has as strong a claim to raping an animal as a hungry one does to killing and eating it?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Strong, Crazy, Animal

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• There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.

  Michael Scott

  War, Men, Honor

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• Fine, than I will not have to blame you for killing my friends with your stupidity. -Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupidity, Blame, Fine

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• It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something you can't get rid of because killing it means killing you.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Mean, Thinking, Addiction

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Identical”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't just go around killing people. You're right. You can't go around killing people.

  Cassandra Clare

  People, Clary Fray

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Blessing, Men, Helping

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• Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Wall, Boys, Doors

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• And so it is with us; we serve as handmaidens to Death. When we are guided by His will, killing is a sacrament.

  R.L. LaFevers

  Sacraments

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• That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself.

  Nick Hornby

  Mother, Cereal, Laughing

  Nick Hornby (1999). “About a Boy”, p.66, Penguin

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• You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Thinking, People, Trying

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Eagle Strike”, p.174, Penguin

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• The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Way, Needed

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• Why can't I solve this problem by killing someone? she though petulantly, then comforted herself with the mantra that had kept her going in prison: "Soon all the humans will be dead," she said, droning in the time-honored fashion of gurus everywhere. "And then Opal will be loved." And even if I'm not loved, she thought, at least all the humans will be dead.

  Eoin Colfer

  Fashion, Killing Someone, Opal

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• True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection.

  Ilona Andrews

  Needs, Opponents, Shields

  Ilona Andrews (2014). “Magic Breaks”, p.248, Penguin

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• I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts?

  Voltaire

  Heart, Hug, Weakness

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• Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I had practiced not saying anything the whole way from the airport, and it was still nearly killing me.

  Jojo Moyes

  Airports, Opposites, Atoms

  Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.352, Penguin

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• Can't make an omelette without killing a few people.

  Neil Gaiman

  People

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• I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.

  Stanislaw Lem

  Children, Killing Someone, Wife

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• That boy needs a hobby." "Stalking is a hobby." "So is serial killing.

  Darynda Jones

  Boys, Hobbies, Needs

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Death and the Girl Next Door”, p.18, Macmillan

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• I could have killed you.” “Or I could have killed you,” Percy said. Jason shrugged. “If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.” “I don’t need an ocean—” “Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.” Food first,” Percy said. “Please?

  Rick Riordan

  Ocean, Boys, Kansas

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