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• You do realize that the cost of that bracelet is within spitting distance of my going rate as an assassin, right?” “You mean your going rate back when you were actually killing people for money,” Finn said. “Or as I like to call them— the good ole days.

  Jennifer Estep

  Distance, Mean, People

  Jennifer Estep (2013). “Deadly Sting”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• Once upon a time, a fisherman went out to sea. He caught many fish and threw them all into a large bucket on his boat. The fish were not yet dead, so the man decided to ease their suffering by killing them swiftly. While he worked, the cold air made his eyes water. One of the wounded fish saw this and said to the other: "What a kind heart this fisherman has- see how he cries for us." The other fish replied: "Ignore his tears and watch what he is doing with his hands.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Heart, Eye, Men

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• Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like this ... The real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness.

  Tsugumi Ohba

  Real, Thinking, People

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• That sounds so weird: "kill yourself." It makes it sound like you tried to murder someone, only that someone is you. But killing someone is wrong, and I don't think suicide is. It's my life, right? I should be able to end it if I want to. I don't think it's a sin.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Suicide, Thinking, Killing Someone

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• She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her PJs on the bed anymore. Lucas, eyes wide, sat on the foot of her bed, about four feet from where she stood completely naked. She squealed. He laughed. She dashed for the towel. Once she had it around her, she glared from a still grinning Lucas to the door. "I'm killing Della!" He laughed again. "I'm afraid I might have to protect her for this one.

  C.C. Hunter

  Eye, Pjs, Doors

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• I'm killing time and it's dying hard.

  Raymond Chandler

  Dying, Time To Kill, Hard

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• Each killing steals a bit of humanity until a murderer is nothing more than an animal. A hunger replaces the spirit. A want for what was lost, but as with innocence, the soul can never be replaced. Joy, love, and peace flee such a vessel and in their stead blooms a desire for blood and death.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Animal, Blood, Joy

  Michael J Sullivan (2013). “The Crown Tower: Book 1 of The Riyria Chronicles”, p.35, Hachette UK

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• Since I had a soft spot for zombies and my curiosity was killing me, I opted for plan Z.

  Darynda Jones

  Curiosity, Zombie, Spots

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.564, St. Martin's Press

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• Then you don't know. You can't know what it feels like to meet a person and suddenly know without a doubt that the whole purpose of your life so far-every choice you made, every twist of fate along the way-was just a journey to get you to that person. My life started when I met Clea. Every minute without her is just killing time until we can be together again.

  Hilary Duff

  Meaningful, Fate, Journey

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• Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you’re afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back. You shouldn’t be alone. It’s killing you; it’s undermining you. All the time, every day, you should be somewhere with people.

  Philip K. Dick

  Hate, People, Should

  "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said". Book by Philip K. Dick, Chapter 21 (p. 171), 1974.

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• Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

  Robert Jordan

  Men, Light, Evil

  Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.1344, Macmillan

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• The silence was killing me. And that's all there ever was. Silence. It was all I knew. Keep quiet. Pretend nothing had happened, that nothing was wrong. And look how well that was turning out.

  J. Lynn

  Silence, Looks, Quiet

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• Sorry we’re late,” Jason said. “Is this the guy who needs killing?

  Rick Riordan

  Sorry, Guy, Jason

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• I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope.

  Scott Lynch

  Names, Poison, I Can

  Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.45, Del Rey

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• I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid." "Not that, just very focused on killing.

  Ann Aguirre

  Stupid, People, Assuming

  Ann Aguirre (2014). “The Razorland Trilogy”, p.816, Macmillan

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• Eleanor had never thought about killing herself – ever – but she thought a lot about stopping. Just running until she couldn’t run anymore. Jumping from something so high that she’d never hit the bottom.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Running, Jumping, Stopping

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.264, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I thought if war did not include killing, I'd like to see one every year.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, War, Years

  1974 On the end of World War II. Gather Together In My Name, prologue.

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• Killing time is not an easy job.

  Haruki Murakami

  Time, Jobs, Easy

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Dance Dance Dance”, p.36, Random House

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• Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.

  Herbert Spencer

  Time, Men, Always Trying

  "The Dictionary of Essential Quotations" by Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, (p. 154), 1983.

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• I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

  John Shelby Spong

  Girl, God, Son

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• Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is what happened on the banks.

  Will Durant

  Love, Motivational, Faith

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• America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Country, America, People

  "Cindy Sheehan Unplugged". Cindy Sheehan's speech at a rally to honor Lynne Stewart at San Francisco State University, archive.frontpagemag.com. April 27, 2005.

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• The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America." No, no, no, God d*mn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.

  Jeremiah Wright

  Government, Law, America

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 25, 2008.

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• We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collateral damage and military incompetence leading to US bombers killing British soldiers is cosily described as friendly fire. Those who are in favour of peace are described as mavericks and troublemakers, whereas the real militants are those who want the war.

  Tony Benn

  Peace, Military, Real

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• The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.

  Molly Ivins

  Running, Peace, Children

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