Quotes About Arson

Fire is often the weapon of choice for the insane.

What's taken God 200 years to create was wiped out in a couple of days by what was apparently an arsonist, And it just shows you what a sick world we live in nowadays.

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs.

Of course, if you ask, nobody was there when they torched the churches.

People think they're being saved from a Bolshevik revolution," Frunze said. "The Nazi press has them convinced that the Communists were about to launch a campaign of murder, arson, and poison in every town and village.

Banks frown when employees torch the home of their principal account holder.

And the girl who was there with them, Kaylie Rooney, she'd just gotten out of juvenile detention for arson. It was easier to deflect blame toward her than to try to pin it on nature.

And then he burned down the opera house," Miranda whispered. "He burned down the Rose." Ashley's gaze misted over. "Both Roses. He destroyed both Roses." For a long moment, they all seemed lost in their own thoughts. Then Parker spoke up. "Yeah." Tilting his chair back, he winked at Gage and Etienne. "That's the way to a girl's heart, all right. Give her poison, then burn down her house.

Eco ardiente (Echo Burning)

Do you spend a lot of nights keeping the fire department in hysterics with creative acts of arson?" "Everyone needs a hobby," he said. Then

There was some kind of passion between them. It gave off a faint wrong smoky odor, like something burning where it shouldn't be, arson committed by children playing with matches. I

In such circumstances there can be no argument; the necessary minimum of agreement cannot be reached ... It is as though in the middle of a chess tournament one competitor should suddenly begin screaming that the other is guilty of arson or bigamy. The point that is really at issue remains untouched.

A row of gas cans was waiting for them. "Start on that side and work your way back to me." She massaged one bicep with her free hand. "Lighting Logan's house on fire was hard work. I should probably go to the gym more often.

All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.

Mike Cabral's task force came to believe that John Orr was responsible for the vast majority of all the arsons they were studying, and by way of unverifiable proof, they pointed to the astounding statistic that showed a 90 percent drop in brush-fire activity since his arrest. In the county foothill area, brush fires had averaged sixty-seven a year clear back to 1981. After his arrest the average had dropped to one per year.

Some guys say it with flowers," Tucker said. "I bring you arson reports.

It was only when these nefarious doings were satisfactorily completed that Steerpike visited the aunts for the second time and re-primed them in their very simple rôles as arsonists.

The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance.

An arson investigator I met described Peak entering a courtroom "with all that hair," as if his hair existed independently.

In the saga of humankind, most things are done for money—arson especially—but there is no money to be made by burning libraries. Instead, libraries are usually burned because they contain ideas that someone finds problematic.

I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.

What if one of these scummy guys on the street decides he's tired of handing out dirty business cards, and decides that a little arson is in order. And when I look at one of them—really look at him, I see it in his face, and I know that he's the one. I've gotten a powerful premonition, almost like a voice, telling me I can't go back to our hotel.

Don Marquis: 'Mayhem, death and arson have followed many a thoughtless kiss not sanctioned by a person.' There

So would you like to try on some clothes? Beth nodded at what was in her arms. I don't have many dresses but Fritz can get you some. You know what? Marissa eyed the blue jeans the queen had on. I've never worn a pair of pants before. I've got two pairs here if you want to try them out. Well, wasn't this a night for firsts. Sex. Arson. Pants.