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• Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.

  George Henry Lewes

  Running, Talent, Seems

  'The Physiology of Common Life' (1859) ch. 12

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• No one will ever kill me, they wouldn't dare

  Carmine Galante

  Mafia, Criminals, Mobster

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• Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil.

  Emo Philips

  Funny, Humor, Reality

  "E=MO²". Album by Emo Philips. Track: 'A Fine How Ya Do', 1985.

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• When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Sports, Men, Compassion

  1903 Man and Superman,'Maxims for Revolutionists: Crime and Punishment'.

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• You can't slit the throat of everyone whose character it would improve.

  Al Swearengen

  Character, Pimp, Criminals

  "Fictional character: Al Swearengen". "Deadwood" TV series, Season 1, Episode 10: "Mister Wu", May 23, 2004.

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• Murder may pass unpunishd for a time, But tardy justice will oertake the crime.

  John Dryden

  Justice, May, Crime

  John Dryden, “The Cock And The Fox: Or, The Tale Of The Nun's Priest”

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• From our best qualities come our worst. From our urge to pull together comes our tendency to tear each other apart. From our devotion to a higher good comes our propensity to the foulest atrocities. From our commitment to ideals comes our excuse to hate. Since the beginning of history, we have been blinded by evil's ability to don a selfless disguise. We have failed to see that our finest qualities often lead us to the actions we most abhor, murder, torture, genocide and war.

  Howard Bloom

  War, Hate, Commitment

  "The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History". Book by Howard Bloom, 1997.

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• The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.

  Ann Rule

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• I saw the horrible way that people could treat each other. That may be the saddest thing of all. I saw greed and anger and murder and a total lack of concern for human life. It was a wicked side of the human soul that I saw... and it saddened me to know that such a dark place existed.

  D. J. MacHale

  Dark, People, Greed

  D.J. MacHale (2002). “The Merchant of Death”, p.360, Simon and Schuster

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• I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings

  Agatha Christie

  Cheer, Book, Said

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• Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Mankind, Adore, Savior

  Taylor Caldwell (2016). “Captains and the Kings: A Novel”, p.303, Open Road Media

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• It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

  Voltaire

  Peace, Crazy, War

  "Rights". Book by Voltaire, 1771.

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• Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Funny, Witty, Smart

  In Observer 19 Dec. 1965

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• There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Humorous, Profound, Insane

  Ambrose Bierce (1997). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce”, p.139, Рипол Классик

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• It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.

  Friedrich Durrenmatt

  Criminal Mind, Sincere, Stills

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• Why does anyone commit murder?' he asked in a low voice. 'I-'I blinked.'How should I know?' 'Three reasons,' Christopher said. He held up one finger. 'Love.' Another finger. 'Revenge.' And finally, a third finger. 'Profit...

  Meg Cabot

  Revenge, Voice, Doe

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• Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

  W. H. Auden

  Forgiveness, Party, Unique

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• We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Children, War

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• For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.

  William Shakespeare

  Denmark In Hamlet, Tongue, Speak

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [625]

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• Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.

  Suzanne Collins

  People, Cost, Innocent

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.

  Judith McNaught

  Missing

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• Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.

  Ovid

  Law, Plot

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• If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don't want it.

  Hiro Mashima

  Peace, Killing Someone, Want

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• Naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk... It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes 'Jew' and 'Gypsy.'

  Noam Chomsky

  Weapons, Gypsy, Fighter

  "Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death". www.guernicamag.com. May 6, 2011.

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• What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

  Stephen King

  Smart, Mean, People

  FaceBook post by Stephen King from Jan 15, 2014

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