It was as though I had been dying of thirst and the librarian had handed me a five gallon bucket of water.… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
The men and women who work in our prisons are the unsung heroes of the criminal justice system. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
“At first, the drudgery of mastering your craft is a prison—boring, slow, and with an awareness of how much time you’ll have… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There`s a division in most major police departments called, `Special Victims Unit,` which is what sex crimes are euphemistically called. They`re considered… — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
“I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
The most savage and voracious animal never kills to increase his wealth, or open a way to grandeur. It slays to satisfy… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
“Emotional speculation is to deductive reasoning what weeds are to a garden – at first sight they appear to belong, but eventually… — Lord Patterson Coats Copy Share Image
Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all… — Allan Massie Copy Share Image
When one in three Black men are in prison, those larger systemic injustices become a part of what it means to love… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Free yourself from the prisons of your past or you're going to serve the rest of your life in that miserable place. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Violence is a dark contrast to what so many of us still believe in -- love. — Robi Ludwig Copy Share Image
It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. — Jalal Ad-Din Rumi Copy Share Image
I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor,… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
You may think a crime horrible because you could never commit it. I think it is horrible because I could commit it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I can smack a ball-bearing between your abusive fiancé’s eyes before his wingtips hit the sidewalk.” — M.S.M. Barkawitz Copy Share Image
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
