Murder Quotes - Page 26

• I love you," Jake whispered. "Are you strong enough for this?" I made myself comfortable. Said over my shoulder, "Sure." "Would you tell me if you weren't?" I grinned. "Maybe. I can't think of a nicer way to commit suicide." "That's good. I can't think of a more pleasant way to commit murder.

  Josh Lanyon

  Suicide, Strong, Love You

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• It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement.

  Ann Patchett

  Sleep, America, Afternoon

  Ann Patchett (2011). “State of Wonder”, p.173, A&C Black

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• Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Sarcasm, Uggs, Warfare

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• I spent months searching for some secret code before I realized that common sense has nothing to do with it. Hysteria, psychosis, torture, depression: I was told that if something is unpleasant it's probably feminine. This encouraged me, but the theory was blown by such masculine nouns as murder, toothache, and rollerblade. I have no problem learning the words themselves, it's the sexes that trip me up and refuse to stick.

  David Sedaris

  Sex, Psychosis, Hysteria

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• I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

  Derek Landy

  Littering, Conspiracy, Skulduggery Pleasant

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• After further introductions were made, we settled in the family room. Yes, the living room would have been nicer, but I wanted comfortable surroundings while plotting to murder one famed historical figure with another one. ~Cat

  Jeaniene Frost

  Historical, Rooms, Figures

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “At Grave's End: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.93, Hachette UK

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• And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "Use it well, use it wisely.

  John Steinbeck

  Hands, Eden, Soldier

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.25, Penguin

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• if you were really busy, you could almost forget about it, but when you stopped moving, it was murder

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Moving, Busy, Forget

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.596, Scholastic Inc.

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• If I turn up suicided in the morning, it was murder.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Morning, Turns, Ifs

  Chuck Palahniuk (1999). “Survivor: A Novel”, Anchor

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• Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children! Burn your credit cards and wear high heels! Asylum doors stand open! Fill the suburbs with murder and rape! Divine madness! Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets! Laugh and the world laughs with you!

  Grant Morrison

  Children, Honesty, Dirty

  "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth". Comic book by Grant Morrison, 1989.

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• Here I saw, with my own eyes, that laughter was the most terrible weapon: you can kill anything with laughter - even murder itself.

  Yevgeny Zamyatin

  Laughter, Eye, Weapons

  Yevgeny Zamyatin (2007). “We”, p.184, Modern Library

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• Scapegrace leaped up. “I am the Killer Supreme! I make murder into an art form!” Skulduggery hit him again and Scapegrace did a little twirl before falling.

  Derek Landy

  Art, Fall, Littles

  Derek Landy (2009). “Playing With Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2)”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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• When I say I'll murder my baby's mother, maybe I wanted to but I didn't. Anybody who takes it literally is 10 times sicker than I am.

  Eminem

  Mother, Baby, Wanted

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• One thought-murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away.

  Saul Bellow

  Existentialism, Psychiatrist

  Saul Bellow (1976). “Herzog”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• It was official. I now wanted to murder a ghost, a notion I'd discarded as unlikely only twenty minutes before. (Cat)

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Twenties, Ghost

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• Well that's too bad, because this is an assassination." "No, this is an execution." "The difference would be...?" "Assassination is murder. Execution is justice.

  Rachel Vincent

  Differences, Justice, Would Be

  Rachel Vincent (2011). “Blood Bound”, p.76, Harlequin

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• Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder!

  Patricia Highsmith

  People, Littles, Honestly

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• He just didn't look like the kind of creep that would messily murder a woman in her hotel room; he looked like the kind of creep that could line her up in the sights of an assassins rifle without a shred of emotion.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Sight, Rifles, Looks

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.40, Dell

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• There's lots of law these days, but not much justice. Celebrities murder their wives and go free. A mother kills her children, and the news people on TV say she's the victim and want you to send money to her lawyers. When everything's upside down like this, what fool just sits back and thinks justice will prevail?

  Dean Koontz

  Mother, Children, Thinking

  Dean Koontz (2012). “One Door Away from Heaven: A superb thriller of redemption, fear and wonder”, p.466, Hachette UK

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• Everyone things children are sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder. Kids get away with it.

  Jennifer L. Holm

  Sweet, Children, Kids

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• I‟m going to kill her,” Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no one else present. “Who are you talking to?” Hyacinth demanded. “God,” Francesca said baldly. “And I do believe I have been given divine leave to murder you.” “Hmmph,” was Hyacinth‟s response. “If it was that easy, I‟d have asked permission to eliminate half the ton years ago.” Francesca decided just then that not all of Hyacinth‟s statements required a rejoinder. In fact, few of them did.

  Julia Quinn

  Believe, Talking, Years

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• There you are," he said when she bobbed up. "I was getting worried." "What are you doing?" "Waiting till you're ready to drown." He smiled and eased back down on the seat. "And then I'm going to save your life. Dan did it for Phoebe and I'm going to do it for you." "Dan didn't try to murder her first!" she screamed. "I go the extra mile.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Waiting, Trying, Firsts

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2013). “This Heart Of Mine: Number 5 in series”, p.238, Hachette UK

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• Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder.

  Kristin Cashore

  Mercy, Harder, Frightening

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.170, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with murder suspects?' He waved his hand. 'Oh, I was only joking about that. I don't really think you murdered someone. Unless you did, in which case I reserve the right to say I knew it all along.

  Derek Landy

  Thinking, Hands, Rooms

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• Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Men, Justice, Praise

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.209, DOSER Reads

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