--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: And that's why, when they want to get rid…" description: "\"And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the g..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/anonymous-1_coward_and-that-s-why-when-they-want-to-get-rid_1874602.jpg" --- # And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they… ![“And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the ghosts. But I always wondered if they didn't really drown 'em or cut their throats. I never quite believed in the ghosts. But those two cowards…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/anonymous-1_coward_and-that-s-why-when-they-want-to-get-rid_1874602.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/anonymous-1_coward_and-that-s-why-when-they-want-to-get-rid_1874602.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/anonymous-1_coward_and-that-s-why-when-they-want-to-get-rid_1874602.jpg) > “And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the ghosts. But I always wondered if they didn't really drown 'em or cut their throats. I never quite believed in the ghosts. But those two cowards you've just shot believed all right. They were more scared of taking me to my death than I was of going.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker doubts the official story of how enemies are eliminated, suspecting hidden cruelty beyond the supernatural explanation. **In simple terms:** Doubtful of official narratives about violent deaths. Key Takeaway Question hidden motives behind violent actions. Themes skepticism violence truth fear death Mood cautious tense inquisitive Type critical reflective philosophical When to use this quote - investigating crime - political oppression - personal survival Key Concepts conspiracy psychology morality Questions to Reflect On - What evidence supports the speaker’s suspicion? - How does fear influence perception of truth? A Different Perspective The quote may be fictional and lacks verifiable source. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Cowards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowards/) [Ghost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghost/) ## Related quotes > [“Are we ghosts? we wondered. Who could tell, this late at night. 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So I set out on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zak-bagans/my-name-is-zak-bagans-i-ve-never-believed-in-ghosts-until-i-came-face/) [Zak Bagans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zak-bagans/) > [“Like most people, my views about ghosts and haunted places were traditional while growing up. I believed ghosts were human spirits. Not that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristine-mcguire/like-most-people-my-views-about-ghosts-and-haunted-places-were/) Kristine McGuire > [If you have a problem with me, come talk to me face to face. Cowards talk behind backs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-have-a-problem-with-me-come-talk-to-me-face-to-face-cowards/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Ok so I have to put this out there. I'm so fucking tired of people trying to say people who are suicidal or cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ok-so-i-have-to-put-this-out-there-i-m-so-fucking-tired-of-people/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Where there are kings, there must be the greatest cowards. For men’s souls are enslaved and refuse to run risks readily and recklessly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/where-there-are-kings-there-must-be-the-greatest-cowards-for-men-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Only cowards are bullies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/only-cowards-are-bullies/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I relate to Dorthy.. I always seem to end up with guys who are cowards, heartless and have no brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-relate-to-dorthy-i-always-seem-to-end-up-with-guys-who-are-cowards/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The cowards think of what they can lose, the heroes of what they can win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-cowards-think-of-what-they-can-lose-the-heroes-of-what-they-can/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“...But that is a method for cowards; the brave man goes out into the hall, comes back with a stick, and says firmly, "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-that-is-a-method-for-cowards-the-brave-man-goes-out-into-the-hall/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The bravest people are the ones who dont mind looking like cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-bravest-people-are-the-ones-who-dont-mind-looking-like-cowards/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-bravest-people-are-the-ones-who-don-t-mind-looking-like-cowards/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Artists who say they do not want to mix up in politics are cowards who are not willing to come to terms with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/artists-who-say-they-do-not-want-to-mix-up-in-politics-are-cowards/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Coward quotes > [Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuel-jal/only-a-coward-will-use-a-gun-to-protect-and-get-respect-for-themselves/) [Emmanuel Jal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuel-jal/) > [“The Coward will run away from danger, only to strike in the dark. The Heroine will run through the dark, even though she knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-cleinman/the-coward-will-run-away-from-danger-only-to-strike-in-the-dark-the/) David A. Cleinman > [“A thousand times a coward and not once a dead man”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suad-amiry/a-thousand-times-a-coward-and-not-once-a-dead-man/) Suad Amiry > [Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/boasting-and-bravado-may-exist-in-the-breast-even-of-the-coward-if-he/) [Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/) > [“It is true that only a coward can be brave, as a man who feels no fear has conquered nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conn-david-iggulden/it-is-true-that-only-a-coward-can-be-brave-as-a-man-who-feels-no-fear/) Conn & David Iggulden > [If you're a generous person, when you get money and fame, you're going to be more generous. 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Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) > [My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/my-advice-to-you-if-you-should-ever-be-in-a-hold-up-is-to-line-up/) [O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/) > [People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-strindberg/people-who-keep-dogs-are-cowards-who-haven-t-got-the-guts-to-bite/) [August Strindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-strindberg/) > [Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/is-there-cowardice-with-the-acknowledgement-of-fear/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [It is the disease of cowards, who do not have the courage to speak upfront and so talk behind one's back... Watch out against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/it-is-the-disease-of-cowards-who-do-not-have-the-courage-to-speak/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretia-mott/if-our-principles-are-right-why-should-we-be-cowards/) [Lucretia Mott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretia-mott/) > [I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-howard/i-found-from-working-on-the-film-that-i-am-a-bigot-at-times-and-that/) [Terrence Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-howard/) > [A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dryden/a-coward-is-the-kindest-animal-tis-the-most-forgiving-creature-in-a/) [John Dryden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dryden/) Browse all 1,331 Coward quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the ghosts. But I always wondered if they didn't really drown 'em or cut their throats. I never quite believed in the ghosts. But those two cowards you've just shot believed all right. 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