Crime Quote by JM Coetzee Download Open image ““There is no shame in being the object of a crime. You did not choose to be the object. (111)”” — JM Coetzee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Crime Did Object Crime Shame Shame Object
“Lucy, my dearest, why don’t you want to tell? It was a crime. There is no shame in being the object of a crime.… — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
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“There are crimes that are truly uncomely. With crimes, whatever they may be, the more blood, the more horror there is, the more imposing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Why should people feel ashamed or humiliated because they have been the victim of a crime? I” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“there is no crime of which I cannot conceive myself guilty.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“And if there was little honor in thieving from a thief, he imagined he would feel little shame in it, either.” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“Being punished for something you did not do. Or being an innocent victim. It’s just something that I never want to experience.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“There is no shame in what happened to you. There is only shame in being too much of a coward to carry on. In… — Morgan Rice Copy Share Image
“I did not want to lose sight of the fact that for every criminal I have to deal with, no matter how big or… — Melisa Mel Copy Share Image
“...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride,… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Lucy, my dearest, why don’t you want to tell? It was a crime. There is no shame in being the object of a crime.… — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“I was a servant of Eros: that is what he wants to say, but does he have the effrontery? It was a god who… — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“No, that is true, they are not tight up against each other in the sky, there is a tiny gap between them. That is… — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“My case rests on the rights of desire,’ he says. ‘On the god who makes even the small birds quiver.” — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“A risk to own anything: a car, a pair of shoes, a packet of cigarettes. Not enough to go around, not enough cars, shoes,… — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“No animal will accept the justice of being punished for following its instincts. (90)” — JM Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image