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Quotes About Killing

Unshakable, impregnable Empire has always been the dream of virile nations, and now at last it's turned into a nightmare reality. A monster that is killing us.
~ Katharine Burdekin
This is going to be murder," Fransic whispered to Mr. Trimes. "Pure murder." "I'm glad to see your confidence returning, Mr. Tucket. Just a few minutes ago you were ready to give up. Now you're talking about killing him." "I meant it the other way." "Oh.
~ Gary Paulsen
earth. If you thought that the earth was not created to be a servant to humanity, but humanity was created to be a servant to the earth, then treating humans as servants and slaves would not be outrageous at all. Killing them might even be a good thing in this view. Perhaps this was also why the satyrs went to great lengths to protect the births of animals in the flocks but regularly caused miscarriages in her fellow nymphs, killing any infants that accidently survived.
~ Brian Godawa
Goliath was ready for a killing. Finally, he saw an opponent approaching him by the stream that flowed through the valley. Finally. Over forty days for these pathetic Hebrews to muster up the courage to face him.
~ Brian Godawa
Say what you will of the Romans, they were no incompetents when it came to killing. They knew better than to nail some poor bugger up by his palms; the bones are too small.
~ Brian Hodge
After the third killing in May 1980 he says he was growing less and less 'emotional' about it and was simply resigned to the knowledge that he was a compulsive killer.
~ Brian Masters
I never sensed the feeling of killing as such, only a feeling of stopping something terrible from happening, a compulsion to squeeze the person by the throat to relieve and absolve him and me from something terrible.
~ Brian Masters
I got bitten by fangs that went to sink'n'drink, but somewhere between swilling'n'killing, the vampire messed up and turned me into a big fat mistake.
~ Brian Meehl
The War-god has no favourites: he has been known to kill the man who thought he was going to do the killing
~ Homer
In his particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him.
~ Ian Fleming
The double 0 numerals signify an agent who has killed and who is privileged to kill on active service.
~ Ian Fleming
How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit? I can't make that promise. Small talk with the dragon. How are you? Eaten any adventurers lately? Sure, just had one this morning. Look, I still got his femur stuck in my teeth. Is that upsetting to you?
~ Ilona Andrews
I would really like to know, he said with genuine curiosity. The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out.
~ Ilona Andrews
I'm an angel of death. I don't need night school, woman. You should just give up on this detective shit and start killing people for a living. It's simple, honest work, and you ain't got the brains for anything else.
~ Ilona Andrews
I raged across the field, killing all before me. They ran when they saw me coming, and I chased them down, and killed them before they could take someone else's friend away from them.
~ Ilona Andrews
I really would like to know," he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out." "How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit?" "I can't make that promise.
~ Ilona Andrews
I'd been in Atlanta for less than a day. It was entirely too early to start killing people.
~ Ilona Andrews
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
~ Leonard Cohen
I'd love to direct a film, but I don't think I have the temperament for it. I'm very hyper, and I want things to be done ASAP. If I turn director, I might end up killing my actors.
~ Shilpa Shetty
Abe said, where do you want this killing done? God said, out on highway 61.
~ Bob Dylan
There were looks that killed, and then there were looks that conducted torture.
~ Steven Erikson
War needs no gods, only mortal contestants, two enemies and whatever reasons they invent in order to justify killing each other.
~ Steven Erikson
There were enough thugs in the world – and those thugs could well be wearing the raiment of a noble, or a Fist, or indeed a priest's robes or a scholar's vestments – enough of them, without question, who lusted for chaos and the opportunities it provided. For senseless cruelty, for the unleashing of hatred, for killing and rape. Any excuse would suffice, or even none at all.
~ Steven Erikson
There's nothing usual about killing and dying, about pain and terror.
~ Steven Erikson