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> [“Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is the price. One hundred lives for each we took. That seems fair. That's how we get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/murderers-don-t-get-forgiven-just-because-we-promise-to-be-good-from/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

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## More by Bill Willingham

> [“ Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie’s books, had I not met her in person. The reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/confession-time-i-doubt-i-would-ever-have-picked-up-one-of-marjorie-s/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“One of the advantages of -- of this -- is that dying men are allowed complete and brutal candor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/one-of-the-advantages-of-of-this-is-that-dying-men-are-allowed/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/murderers-don-t-get-forgiven-just-because-we-promise-to-be-good-from/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Nothing like a good war to forget a night of exquisite soul-killing humiliation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/nothing-like-a-good-war-to-forget-a-night-of-exquisite-soul-killing/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“We have to harden our hearts and think of the greater good." "The plan is, our exposure to her is supposed to purify us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/we-have-to-harden-our-hearts-and-think-of-the-greater-good-the-plan/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Perhaps only that revenge is ultimately unsatisfying. It cant make up for the evil done to you, but it can destroy the remaining good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/perhaps-only-that-revenge-is-ultimately-unsatisfying-it-cant-make-up/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/freedom-is-sloppy-but-since-tyranny-s-the-only-guaranteed-byproduct/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“I love you, Snow, and have since the hour we first met. Hell, I wanted you even before then. Since before we existed. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/i-love-you-snow-and-have-since-the-hour-we-first-met-hell-i-wanted/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Stories create stories, create stories, create stories, or nothing gets done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/stories-create-stories-create-stories-create-stories-or-nothing-gets/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/i-m-about-to-start-reading-it-again-because-what-good-is-a-story-you/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Wooden 1: "How many kinds of guns have you meatheads created?" Gun Shop Clerk: "Thousands. Hundreds of thousands?" Wooden 2: "That's extravagance beyond credulity."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/wooden-1-how-many-kinds-of-guns-have-you-meatheads-created-gun-shop/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Sometimes impossible things are entirely possible, if there's magic enough in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/sometimes-impossible-things-are-entirely-possible-if-there-s-magic/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“Isn't there a statute of limitation on playing the poor abused victim?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/isn-t-there-a-statute-of-limitation-on-playing-the-poor-abused-victim/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [It is my fondest desire to bust a host of caps into multitudes of fleshy personages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/it-is-my-fondest-desire-to-bust-a-host-of-caps-into-multitudes-of/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

> [“The turtle stands on a turtle, which stands on a turtle. That's the universe in whole, boy. It's turtles all the way down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-willingham/the-turtle-stands-on-a-turtle-which-stands-on-a-turtle-that-s-the/)

[Bill Willingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-willingham/)

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