Killing Quotes

1591 Killing quotes by 1134 unique authors

... the best way of killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud. — Jose Saramago
Hope. An emotion that always kept suckering me in, time after time, despite my supposed retirement from the assassin business. Hope. The one thing that… — Jennifer Estep
Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is. — Veronica Roth
The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with… — Seth Grahame-Smith
But the only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. — Suzanne Collins
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the… — Hermann Hesse
They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence. — Heather Brewer
This isn't animal experimentation, where you an imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating.… — Jonathan Safran Foer
There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle.… — Michael Scott
Fine, than I will not have to blame you for killing my friends with your stupidity. -Haymitch — Suzanne Collins
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the… — Emma Goldman
It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something… — Ellen Hopkins
Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can… — Ned Vizzini
You can't just go around killing people. You're right. You can't go around killing people. — Cassandra Clare
This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting—to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to… — Michael Pollan
- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a… — Robert A. Heinlein
for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing. — Guillermo del Toro
Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward… — Diana Wynne Jones
And so it is with us; we serve as handmaidens to Death. When we are guided by His will, killing is a sacrament. — R.L. LaFevers
That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself. — Nick Hornby
You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of… — Anthony Horowitz
The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi. — Lisa Kleypas
There’s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn’t cruel or mean. He doesn’t claw an enemy… — Erin Hunter
Why can't I solve this problem by killing someone? she though petulantly, then comforted herself with the mantra that had kept her going in prison:… — Eoin Colfer
True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection. — Ilona Andrews

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