“And with the laws, the punishments—and there were only two—a quick and murderous fight or ostracism; and ostracism was the worst.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“You can never correct criminals by your severe reproach or punishment. You can save them only through your sympathy and love, by… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“We all have the potential to commit the crime. We chose not to. Every single day, we chose not to. I am… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Private landlords as well as public landlords are free to discriminate against people with criminal records for the rest of their lives.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Rape is a crime against sleep and memory; it's after image imprints itself like an irreversible negative from the camera obscure of… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that,… — Zachary Lazar Copy Share Image
There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory as it is - in our country particularly,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are… — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
adolescence is a sort of underworld we have to live through. Everything is in us, even vice and crime. At the same… — Grace Zaring Stone Copy Share Image
“Violence is one way to silence people, to deny their voice and their credibility, to assert your right to control over their… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for… — Kevin Sabet Copy Share Image
“A young girl’s body is the most dangerous place in the world, as it is the spot where violence is most likely… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“LOOK! EVEN I HAVE DONE WRONG, I HAVE BEEN SENT INTO JAIL. WHAT IS THE USE OF STRIKE? GO STRIKE. BUT THE… — Fahmid Hassan Prohor Copy Share Image
I was exposed to violence while I was still in the womb - my father punched my mother in the stomach while… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I've bought the same used car from the same man since I was 16 - a Buick every time. They always work,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I am held to answer for the crime of color when I was not consulted in the matter. Had I been consulted… — James T. Rapier Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that a crime was committed?” the female reporter asked in that excessively empathetic way that’s designed to make inferior… — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
“She smiled as though someone had just offered her, the oldest virgin in town, a fully functioning Kingsize Vibro vibrator and a… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
What is the difference between me and a criminal? My crimes were not caught. Those of us whose crimes were not caught… — Nana Patekar Copy Share Image
When a novel is based on an actual crime, it should do much more than loosely fictionalize it. The novel must stand… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong - I'll put $25 on the ground and then if you pick it up and we have sex… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
On TV, the nitty-gritty of trials takes place between commercial breaks, whereas, of course, reality is infinitely more complex. True crime also… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
No more astounding relic of the subjection of women survives in western civilization than the status of the prostitute… In connection with… — Crystal Eastman Copy Share Image
“Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.” — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I don't want to get them in trouble for crimes in the early '90s - but there was usually like one pub… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
