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Quotes About Murder

He kills her in her own humor.
~ Shakespeare
What are you doing sister? / Killing swine.
~ Shakespeare
The day that he accused a reigning King of murder was the day he signed his own death warrant, and he knew it.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
The British conquest of India was the invasion and destruction of a high civilization by a trading company [the British East India Company] utterly without scruple or principle, careless of art and greedy of gain, over-running with fire and sword a country temporarily disordered and helpless, bribing and murdering, annexing and stealing, and beginning that career of illegal and 'legal' plunder which has now [1930] gone on ruthlessly for one hundred and seventy-three years.
~ Shashi Tharoor
Look, this isn't The Mummy. It's not like a teenaged girl's diary could resurrect the dead or anything. It's just the story of her innocuous life. What on earth could an ancient girl have known that would be worth killing someone over? (Tory) You're asking me that question? People kill each other over a pair of shoes or for wearing the same jacket. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
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
We do not repay mercy with murder. Kindness grows kindness, and you will reap the harvest of whatever seeds you sow.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Kill her. Hide the body. If only he could…Damn, stupid conscience. Why had the gods given them that gift? It definitely should have come with a return policy.' (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
There's a human out there who is killing off Dark-Hunters, and someone needs to stop them." – Andy "Well, that's just plain rude." – Sundown
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Some fool beheaded him around one A.M." – Zarek "Are you talking about the Native American Dark-Hunter stationed here?" – Abigail "Say you didn't." – Sundown "Kill him? Fine. I didn't…but I did." – Abigail
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket.
~ Demetri Martin
Many young, beautiful, innocent people, living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. I won't call them monsters, because they would like that term.
~ Donald Trump
Our Adonais has drunk poisonoh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life's early cup with such a draught of woe?
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
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
The defining evidence that separates sex and murder is really only the amount of blood left behind on the bed. The amount of heartache afterward separates lust from love.
~ John Everson
His next book, One Foot in the Grave, focused on his time working in the cemetery. It laid out in graphic detail every aspect of burying bodies, using Chad's firsthand experience. Later, murder investigators would comb through it to see if he had utilized his unusual expertise.
~ John Glatt
It is not what happened before the murder that precipitated her downfall, but the astonishing events that followed it.
~ John Guy
The spirit that caused Cain to murder Abel was pride. The spirit that caused Israel to follow other gods was pride. And the spirit that sent Jesus to the cross … that lurked in the heart of every Pharisee … was the spirit of self-righteous pride. That same demonic spirit is destroying America; it deceives us in believing that we know how to run our lives and lead our nation better than God can.
~ John Hagee
El homicidio en primer grado no prescribe. La venganza tampoco. —Lo miró—. Supongo que parezco obsesiva, pero lo llevo en la sangre.
~ John Katzenbach
Tommy was persuaded that the murder charge was buttressed by that antagonism, which, from the prosecution's viewpoint, was probably ninety percent of their case. The bloodstains, being absent from the bunk room on the night of the murder, the discovery of the knife—all these things when taken together painted a compelling portrait. It was only upon examining each separately that the supposition unraveled somewhat.
~ John Katzenbach
La muerte es el gran juego en el que participa todo el mundo y en el que todo el mundo pierde en el silbido final. Pero el asesinato es ligeramente distinto porque es más parecido a ese momento dentro del partido cuando se decide el resultado. Nos sentamos en las gradas, sin saber cuándo se producirá ese momento preciso.
~ John Katzenbach
The German tried to struggle up, but Tommy's legs wrapped around him, so they fought almost as close as lovers, but with murder their only kiss
~ John Katzenbach
brings me great pleasure to say my next job is you. Don't you know killing is my business and business is good».
~ John Katzenbach
As Confucius says, under some circumstances murder can be forgiven; but unreasonableness never is.
~ John Lanchester