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Quotes About Murder

The latest victim was the youngest yet:
~ James Patterson
We've got something," I said, starting down the stairs again. "We've got a killer at large in this goddamned building. As for Madison Tyler, we've got another dead end.
~ James Patterson
LAMONT AND McGeary both turned to me, their eyes asking if I was crazy. You want to watch her being murdered a second time? No, I didn't. Not a chance. Watching it the first time made me so nauseous I thought I'd throw up right there on the floor.
~ James Patterson
He's got good reason to worry," said Del Rio. "Whoever killed Shelby got in and out of the house with the skill of a Beverly Hills proctologist. I'm looking into contract killers. I've got a couple of leads. We're going to break this one, Jack.
~ James Patterson
What would it mean to murder the only person in the world whom you loved?
~ James Patterson
with all these serial killer Waynes, anyway? Wayne Williams. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Patrick Wayne Hearney, who dismembered thirty-two human beings on the West Coast.
~ James Patterson
He would say to a suitor, "What is the difference in the length of my legs?" and if the youth replied, "Why, one is shorter than the other," the Duke would run him through with the sword he carried in his swordcane and feed him to the geese. The suitor was supposed to say, "Why, one is longer than the other.
~ James Thurber
Mrs. Berch, who witnessed the shooting, said she thought she recognized the man who killed her husband, but authorities Tuesday said they had no clews as to the identify of the members of the mob. They were not masked.
~ James W. Loewen
Nothing Personal? You've harrassed my mother, stolen my car, and now you're telling people I've gotten you pregnant! In my opinion, getting someone pregnant is pretty fucking personal! Jesus, isn't it enough I'm accused of murder? What are you the bounty hunter from hell?
~ Janet Evanovich
It's been almost a month since you found a body. I knew you were due. Carl Costanza - Seven Up
~ Janet Evanovich
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
We were discussing a grisly double murder and Rodriguez was telling us all this in the same sort of conversational tone a person might use to pass on a favorite lasagna recipe. And I was responding with the same enthusiasm a new cook might show. I was simultaneously horrified and impressed with myself.
~ Janet Evanovich
Nothing personal? You've harassed my mother, stolen my car, and now you're telling people I've gotten you pregnant! In my opinion, getting someone pregnant is pretty fucking personal! Jesus, isn't it enough I'm accused of murder? What are you, the bounty hunter from hell?
~ Janet Evanovich
This was the second time in less than forty-eight hours that a man stopped fondling me because his phone rang. And both times it was because someone had been killed. If I wasn't a well-adjusted, emotionally healthy person I might be bothered by this.
~ Janet Evanovich
Did the little girl witness a murder?" "No. She stole a medal that was worth a suitcase full of money." Ranger raised his eyebrows and grinned. "Good for her. I like to see enterprise in kids.
~ Janet Evanovich
Darkness coiled between what he wanted them to believe and the self he despised. It only made him more alone. How could you save someone when he didn't let you kno him? What a waste. The beauty he murdered in this place. He could never see what he had, only what he failed to achieve.
~ Janet Fitch
On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?
~ Sharon Tate
I always make a point of keeping the most pleasant-sounding name for the murderer. As he or she is bound to come to an unpleasant end, it seems the very least the author can do.
~ Ngaio Marsh
What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd have something for the lower-level readers. When you get up into the upper levels, there's nothing that will engage you or compel you or get your emotions churning like a murder. It's the ultimate stakes.
~ Alane Ferguson
I'll just say it was a combination of a lot of people within the AEW upper office that decided that it was a good idea to have the 'Murder Hawk Monster' on AEW television.
~ Lance Archer
Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
~ Alfred Hitchcock
Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
~ Alfred Hitchcock
Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.
~ Jeff Lindsay
If Inigo Montoya were around now, he wouldn't need to storm the castle to bring his father's murderer to justice; the police would do it for him, and fewer people would have to die.
~ Paul Bloom