Robert Scott Leyse channels Baudelaire's Queen of Spades and Jack of Hearts, speaking darkly of dead loves, in this new book. He… — Kris Saknussemm Copy Share Image
Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is bad, but it's not the worst vice in the world. If I declared “murder is wrong” and then killed somebody,… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Simply put, she was the one who had to put up with me. That she did so with love and patience and… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“Simon Koertig took no pleasure from the act of murder. That wasn’t true, exactly. He took tremendous pleasure from the art of… — Craig Schaefer Copy Share Image
The rush to attribute culpability to a minority after an act of mass murder is a rush to exonerate the general public… — Ari Ne'eman Copy Share Image
“And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism and war,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Obviously, if Christianity is going to survive as more than a respecter and comforter of profitable inquiries, then Christians, regardless of their… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I myself, as I'm writing, don't know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have just been through the process of killing a cistudo for the sake of science; but I cannot excuse myself for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. It should be documentary style, because documentary… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
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They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
What happened on September 11 wasn't the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
“The least dignified thing that can happen to a man is to be murdered. If he dies in his sleep he gets… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“. . . In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a… — Baron D'Holbach Copy Share Image
Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - ''possessive'', even. You know more about him… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
...the first murmurings from the liberal part of the U.S.A. that we were somehow in the wrong, brutal killers, bullying other countries;… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
Vous eprouves trop d'emotion, Hastings, It affects your hands and your wits. Is that a way to fold a coat? And regard… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty;… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“ Constance: Tell me, what happened to William's little maid? I never saw her again after that dinner. Mary Maceachran: Elsie? --… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Who does not know that kings and rulers sprang from men who were ignorant of God, who assumed because of blind greed… — Pope Gregory VII Copy Share Image
These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“The Nazis are not justified by saying, Don't you know that there is more than just the issue of the Jews? The… — Joseph Bayly Copy Share Image
“None of these apparent sightings interested Hawksmoor, since it was quite usual for members of the public to come forward with such… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Night terrors are in deep sleep, and they're more common in kids, as are nightmares, but what happens in a night terror… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
“Do I need to ask if you had anything to do with what I’m not wearing?” She wouldn’t freak out. She would… — Mercy Celeste Copy Share Image
MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their master is one of perpetual confident boredom. All they… — Robley Wilson Copy Share Image
“I do not possess the ability to draw or paint. I can’t sing or dance. I can’t knit or sew. But I… — Aubrey Becker Copy Share Image
The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more… — Inge Genefke Copy Share Image
“I remember one Gentleman objected to the Christian Faith, that it made Men insolent, quarrelsom and ill-natur'd. From whence I concluded, (as… — William Stephens Copy Share Image
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