Murder Quotes - Page 23

• Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder

  John Green

  Sports, Goal, One Day

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?" "Every one of them," Yossarian told him. "Every one of whom?" "Every one of whom do you think?" "I haven't any idea." "Then how do you know they aren't?" "Because..." Clevinger sputtered, and turned speechless with frustration. Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all.

  Joseph Heller

  Thinking, Frustration, Ideas

  "Catch-22". Book by Joseph Heller, ch. 2, p. 24, 1961.

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• She wanted to tell him so mach, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof is their armies. If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. If they ask you to burn the flag, wave it. If they ask you to murder, re-create.

  Colum McCann

  Running, Army, Men

  Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.74, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• My father hired you to protect me," Ahmed said, "not to go off chasing men." Grandma leaned forward, keeping her eye on the Taurus. "We think this guy killed Fred." "Who's Fred?" "My uncle," I told him. "He's married to Mabel." "Ah so you're avenging a murder in the family. This is a good thing.

  Janet Evanovich

  Uncles, Father, Grandma

  Janet Evanovich (2007). “More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six”, p.529, Macmillan

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• But Peter had seen too much, knew too well that men-kind didn't need an excuse to be cruel and murder one another.

  Brom

  Men, Needs, Too Much

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• Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.

  Lois Duncan

  Murder Mysteries, Goal, Survival

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• One more thing: Linda, can you get to Canterbury and take over my Chaucerian Society? They're at Dovecote Hostelry in the old city. We're visiting all the scenes of the great murders. Tomorrow they want to see where Becket was killed. They're a bloodthirsty lot, it seems.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Cities, Want, Tomorrow

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• I’d never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues.

  Charlaine Harris

  Dancing, Trials, Goes On

  Charlaine Harris (2008). “All Together Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.309, Penguin

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• I can't keep my head above water one minute to the next: it's not just the parties and the goo-gooing with what's-her-name, I've got the decide how long the Five Hundredth Anniversary Parade is going to be and where does it start and when does it start and which nobleman gets to march in front of which other nobleman so that everyone's still speaking to me at the end of it, plus I've got a wife to murder and a country to frame for it, plus I've got to get the war going once that's all happened, and all this is stuff I've got to do myself. Here's what it all comes down to: I'm just swamped, Ty.

  William Goldman

  Country, War, Party

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• It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.

  George MacDonald

  Passion, Heart, Men

  George Macdonald (2012). “Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• Redd turned to her assassins. "What is it I always say?" The Cat, Sacrenoir, and the others bandied uncertain glances about. "Don’t be stupid?" ventured Alistaire. "I should kill you now?" offered The Cat. "Do I have to murder everyone myself?" tried Siren. "No, idiots! When in doubt, go for the head. That’s what I always say.

  Frank Beddor

  Stupid, Cat, Doubt

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• murder takes presedence over watching my boyfriend strip" -ID, Anita to Nathaniel

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  My Boyfriend

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• Jealousy can’t sour someone to this extreme, can it? (Aiden) It can and it does. Believe me. I’ve seen a lot worse than this in my billion or so years of existence – the first murder man committed was one brother against the other for no other reason than that one petty emotion. Jealousy turns to hatred which then turns to poison. It infects and it destroys until it eats someone alive. (Deimos)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Brother, Believe, Men

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• I can’t believe this night. I was supposed to be applauded and instead, I’m ruined. I swear to God in heaven if I ever see that man again, I will commit murder. (Tory) Well, if you need help moving the body, you know where Kim and I live. (Pam)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Believe, Moving, Night

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.483, Macmillan

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• Where is he? Bridgerton!" he bellowed. Three chestnut heads swiveled in his direction. Simon stomped across the grass, murder in his eyes. "I meant the idiot Bridgerton." "That, I believe," Anthony said mildly, tilting his chin toward Colin, "would refer to you.

  Julia Quinn

  Believe, Eye, Three

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• almost any object, including this book you hold, can turn up as Exhibit A in a murder trial.

  Tom Robbins

  Book, Trials, Turns

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.80, Bantam

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• Apparently, dancing for him and throwing herself at him weren't enough. Apparently, she had to nearly commit murder to arouse him enough to attack her.

  Gena Showalter

  Dancing, Enough, Throwing

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Kiss”, p.53, HQN Books

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• What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.

  Agatha Christie

  Mean, House, Might

  Agatha Christie (1985). “Agatha Christie, five Miss Marple mysteries”

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• You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits so well. Your movies and radio programs are full of murder.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Wise, Men, Humanity

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• The evil of one murder is infinite, and my guilt is like my beauty - eternal. I cannot be forgiven, for there is no one to forgive me for all I've done.

  Anne Rice

  Evil, Forgive Me, Forgiving

  Anne Rice (1992). “The Tale of the Body Thief”, A.A. Knopf Canada

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• There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Soul, Gold

  Aidan Coleman, Shane Barnes, William Shakespeare (2008). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.133, Insight Publications

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• In a fallen world marked by human depravity and deep-seated sin, in a world where Hitler and Stalin had recruited millions of followers to commit mass murder, love must harness power and seek justice in order to have moral meaning. Love without power remained impotent, and power without love was bankrupt.

  Timothy B. Tyson

  Order, Justice, Fallen World

  Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.67, Broadway Books

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• I’m telling you right now I could make him pop an aneurysm and no one would know. (Nero) Doesn’t that kind of murder bother you at all? (Alix) Given everything people have done to me in my life, little girl, especially in my childhood when I was helpless against them, humanity is lucky I’m not on a perpetual killing spree. As for the Merjacks…I owe them a debt that no amount of violence on my part will settle. So, no. Nothing about killing him would bother me. (Nero)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, People, Childhood

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• Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder. The dominant sign in that paradise of provincial frivolity was fear of the unknown.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Order, People, World

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• If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.

  Orson Scott Card

  Beautiful, Sacrifice, Giving

  Orson Scott Card (2003). “Wyrms”, p.68, Macmillan

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