Murder Quotes - Page 25

• Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

  Khalil Gibran

  Passion, Funeral, Soul

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.54, Lulu.com

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• But I had no plans to end my own life, and accidents couldn't be predicted. Neither could murder, unless my aunt and uncle were planning to take me out themselves.

  Rachel Vincent

  Uncles, Aunt, Planning

  Rachel Vincent (2009). “My Soul to Take”, p.100, Harlequin

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• If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once and without any difficulty, men would either die of boredom or hang themselves; or there would be wars, massacres, and murders; so that in the end mankind would inflict more suffering on itself than it has now to accept at the hands of Nature.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  War, Men, Milk And Honey

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Suffering of the World”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too quietly for her to hear them. Some would argue that things were going so insiduously wrong that the neurons themselves initiated events that would lead to their own destruction. Whether it was molecular murder or cellular suicide, they were unable to warn her of what was happening before they died.

  Lisa Genova

  Suicide, Years, Events

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.

  William Wordsworth

  Sweet, Nature, Shapes

  "The Sayings of William Wordsworth".

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• I didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it.

  Josh Lanyon

  People, Principles, Begging

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• So let me get this straight," he said. "After everything that's happened on this campus-the murder, the stalking, the kidnapping-you want to go up into the woods-by yourself, in the middle of the night, based on something a ghost in a dream told you-and dig a hole?" Well when he put it that way.

  Kate Brian

  Dream, Night, Want

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• Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take even the most walk-shy tourists to their chosen destination. As a bonus, there is traditionally at least one murder on board each trip--a "consideration" to the head steward will ensure that it is not you.

  Jasper Fforde

  Journey, Genre Is, Rivers

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• Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried.

  Judith McNaught

  Missing, Reason Why, Said

  Judith McNaught (2000). “Whitney, My Love”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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• God help me if I ever injure my back," Clayton quipped. "God help you if you ever turn it," Whitney snapped, "for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.

  Judith McNaught

  Heartbroken, Husband, Knives

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• The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Suicide, Believe, Envy

  "The Idiot". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (p. 2151), 1874.

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• ...my soul always reverts to the Old Testament and to Shakespeare. There at least one feels that it's human beings talking. There people hate, people love, people murder their enemy and curse his descendants through all generations, there people sin.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Hate, Talking, People

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• That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Suicide, These Days, Young

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• ROMEO There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murders in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with me To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Farewell, Men, Soul

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1850). “The Family Shakspeare, in One Volume: In which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read in a Family”, p.840

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• Then, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, "He writes murder mysteries.

  Josh Lanyon

  Writing, Murder Mysteries, Mystery

  Josh Lanyon (2002). “A Dangerous Thing”, Millivres Books

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• That's blackmail on top of attempted murder, Kye. I can officially kill you

  Keri Arthur

  Blackmail, I Can

  Keri Arthur (2009). “Bound to Shadows: A Riley Jenson Guardian Novel”, p.125, Dell

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• Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  People, May, Matter

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• Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face for all occasions

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Grieving, Tears

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.549

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• My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty!, guilty!

  William Shakespeare

  Degrees, Bars, Tongue

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 194

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• If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Hurt, Eye, Animal

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• What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate with hate, there's no longer much meaning in asking whose ax is bloodier. Evil, on evil, piled on evil. Was there any justification in our 'police action' in space? How can we know? Certainly there was no justification for what they did - or was there? We only know what that thing says, and that thing is a captive. The Asian radio has to say what will least displease it's government; ours has to say what will least displease our fine patriotic opinionated rabble, which is what, coincidentally, the government wants it to say anyhow, so where's the difference?

  Walter M. Miller, Jr.

  Hate, Patriotic, Government

  "A Canticle for Leibowitz". Book by Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1960.

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• Rose: My mum's here. The Doctor: Oh, that's just what I need! Don't you dare make this place domestic! Mickey Smith: You ruined my life, Doctor. [the Doctor turns and looks at him, irritated] They thought she was dead, I was a murder suspect because of you! The Doctor: [looks at Rose] See what I mean? Domestic! Mickey: I bet you don't even remember my name! The Doctor: Ricky. Mickey: It's Mickey! The Doctor: No, it's Ricky. Mickey: I think I know my own name! The Doctor: You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?

  Russell T Davies

  Stupid, Mean, Thinking

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• Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!)

  Ilona Andrews

  Congratulations, Love You, Suffering

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.115, Penguin

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• I can't hate people that much. Don't get me wrong. I want to murder every last Keeper I can find. But that's not hate. That's vengeance.

  Ilona Andrews

  Hate, People, Want

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.204, Penguin

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• Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.

  Victor Hugo

  Suicide, Sublime, Doe

  Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Llewellyn William, Frederick Lokes Slous, Mrs. Camilla Dufour (Toulmin) " Crosland (Newton Crosland, ") (1907*). “Les misérables, book 5. Hans of Iceland”

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