Honor killing Quote by Al Stefanelli

“Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will…

— Rae Carson

“What is in that word "honor"? What is that "honor"? Air. A trim reckoning. Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he…

— William Shakespeare

“Honor? What do you care about honor? Honor gets people killed!' 'At least they die for something,' I say, and he doesn't protest further.”

— Ned Vizzini

For Islamic fundamentalists male "honor" is equated with control over the women in a man's family - to the extent that killing a woman…

— Riane Eisler

Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.

— Drew Karpyshyn

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

— H. L. Mencken

“Was failure to make tenure track justification for an honor killing?”

— Charles Stross

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

— William Davenant

“[What is honor]—I suspect that if, after reading this book, you were to go and ask the question of your friends and acquaintances, you…

— Jack Whyte

“The essence of a culture of honor is that it does not sanction predatory or instrumental violence, but only retaliation after an insult or…

— Steven Pinker

Honor is the presence of God in man.

— Pat Conroy

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down…

— Akhenaton