#murder

"Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young."

"Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her."

"Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer."

"Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power."

"If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong."

"And at that moment, Thibaut knew he was a murderer. He had murdered his brother that night; he had taken away his brother's soul."

"Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it."

"Death cannot stop true love. That’s why it’s pointless for me to try to murder all my adoring female fans."

"I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that your house hasn't burned down, you don't have cancer, and your daughter hasn't been raped or murdered. The bad news is that I ran over your dog. And your son. And his wife. But not before I ran out of gas to achieve all of that."

"The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks for celebrations, and the white man came along and said, Holy shit, we can use this to kill people. What better way to celebrate than that?"

"If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder."

"Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living."

"The police seemed to think I killed her, which is crazy, because I loved her like a thousand drops of blood dripping down a dagger."

"rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying."

"There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged."

"Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death."

"On the night of the murder I was at home, asleep. The characters in my dream can vouch for me."

"Please,"he says. "I'm begging you to stop."I still. "I can't stomach your pain,"he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please,"he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or guilty. You've done nothing wrong.""I'm sorry-""Don't be sorry, either,"he says. "God, the only reason I'm not going to kill Kent for this is because I know it would only upset you more."

"He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart."

"I’ve always felt that the best place to hide a body is in the trunk of a cop car, with a note affixed to the body that reads, “I’m sorry."