Violence, once committed, lingered behind and subtly…

We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups. The fact…

— Linda Sarsour

“The one great universal in the study of violence is that most of it is committed by fifteen-to-thirty-year-old men.”

— Steven Pinker

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They…

— Wendell Berry

The real violence is committed in the writing of history, the records of the legal system, the reporting of news, through the manipulation of…

— Bryant H. McGill

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing…

— Arthur Koestler

“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.”

— Seth Daniel Parker

“I lingered a bit longer. The tug of kinship held me there, bound me to the place and to a man I had never…

— Daniel James Brown

“She lingered by the door, in a tunic of deep blue and gold, unbuttoned with careless grace at the neck, her hair loose at…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Then, like now, she had lingered on the brink of a decision, and had not found in his favour. Now, perhaps, she has. He…

— Laura Barnett

“city, but still it lingered, like a tune or an aroma, set in motion whenever”

— Joan London

“Even when he was gone, some fragment of his spirit lingered behind.”

— Stephanie Perkins

But the actual touch of her lingered, inside his heart. That remained. In all the years of his life ahead, the long years without…

— Philip K. Dick

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

— Jack London

“Darkness lingered in those blue eyes, like ghosts haunted him despite only the two of them standing in this cabin.”

— Katherine McIntyre

“Their fights didn’t so much end as dissipate, like a drop of ink in a bowl of water, with a residual taint that lingered.”

— Khaled Hosseini