Quote by Ann Rule Download Open image “The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.” — Ann Rule ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder. — Octave Mirbeau Copy Share Image
One's thoughts are one's most crucial adventures. Seriously and strongly and intently to contemplate doing murder is everyway more exciting, more romantic, more profoundly… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
“Murder is something you read about, listen to on a wireless, see at the pictures, discover in print every Sunday morning when you open… — Molly Lefebure Copy Share Image
“Might it also be that creating narratives around murder allows a measure of comfort? Murder in the abstract is terrifying; in the details, you… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder! — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
It's the very awfulness of [murder] that makes reading about it feel so cozy. — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so bracing as planning a murder. I recommend it to the weak-willed and those with a leaky sense of self. It is fortifying as a drop of coagulant in a solution. I had planned (The word is too strong. Imagined. Anticipated?) this particular murder for so many years that it had taken on an air of performance… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share
“Murder is the thoroughbred stable. Murder is a shine and a dazzle, a smooth ripple like honed muscle, take your breath away. Murder is… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“It reinforces a sense of safety, even of pleasure, to know that murder is possible, just not here. At the start of the nineteenth… — Judith Flanders Copy Share Image
“Spite, financial gain, thrills, emotional satisfaction. Murder always offered a reward. Why else would it remain so popular?” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose’s scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose. —Francis… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“The whole four to five weeks that we've been here in this courtroom has been for one reason. And that is because Theodore Robert… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“Why did Fred Hugi, a private man, a loner, choose to be a courtroom lawyer in the first place? He detested publicity. Unlike many… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
I always say that bad women are fewer than men, but when you get one, they're fascinating because they're so rotten. — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work. — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“I ended that letter, 'There is nothing in this life that is a complete tragedy - nothing - try to remember that.' Looking back,… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“Yet, in reality, Ted loved things more than he loved people. He could find life in an abandoned bicycle or an old car, and… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
“. . .three percent of all males are deemed to be antisocial and without conscience, while only one percent of females seem to lack… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image