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Killing Quotes (page 56)

The prospect that a person will be killed according to the policy he promulgates prompts the [priest] to urge clemency, an incomprehensible position logically. Helen Prejean
Let's examine the nature of the beast, so to speak. The male animal. Isn't there a fund, a pool, a reservoir of potential violence in the male psyche? Isn't there a deep field, a sort of crude oil deposit that one might tap if and when the occasion warrants? A great dark lake of male rage. ... Isn't there a sludgy region you'd rather not know about? A remnant of some prehistoric period when dinosaurs roamed the earth and men fought with flint tools? When to kill was to live? ... Only your... Don DeLillo
It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think that a thousand square miles are a thousand times more wonderful than one square mile . . . That is not imagination. No, it kills it. . . . Your universities? Oh, yes, you have learned men who collect . . . facts, and facts, and empires of facts. But which of them will rekindle the light within? E. M. Forster
George R. R. Martin quote: "You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs..."
You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday. George R. R. Martin
Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live Toni Morrison
Nelson Mandela quote: "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will..."
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela
Frederick Douglass quote: "it was worth half-cent to kill a "nigger", and a half-cent to..."
it was worth half-cent to kill a "nigger", and a half-cent to bury one. Frederick Douglass
Charles Bukowski quote: "True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad..."
True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion. Charles Bukowski
Um," Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition."But I feel better," Jared answered, sullen. Doc smiled the tiniest smile. "Well, maybe a few more minutes of unconsciousness won't kill him. Stephenie Meyer
Orson Scott Card quote: "You killed more people than anybody in history."Be the best at..."
You killed more people than anybody in history."Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me. Orson Scott Card
Jodi Picoult quote: "In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all..."
In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself. Jodi Picoult
I added to my mental list of the odd things I'd done that day. I'd entertained the police, sunbathed, visited at a mall with some fairies, weeded and killed someone. Now it was powdered-corpse removal time. And the day wasn't over yet. Charlaine Harris
Let's kill the big one with the red whiskers then," another suggested. "He looks like he might be troublesome, and he's probably too stupid to know anything useful." "I want that one," Barak whispered. David Eddings
Suzanne Collins quote: "Just last year i wanted to kill him, but now it is my duty to..."
Just last year i wanted to kill him, but now it is my duty to save him. Suzanne Collins
She said, “I’m going to have you fired.” I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.” Go ahead, be my guest. I’m wearing a green velvet costume; it doesn’t get any worse than this. Who do these people think they are? I’m going to have you fired!” and I wanted to lean over and say, “I’m going to have you killed. David Sedaris

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