Quote by Joyce Tremel

“At the time of the murder, I had an airtight alibi: I spent the night in a Ziploc bag.”

— Jarod Kintz

“It was wrong. It was like arresting the gun for murder.”

— Ellery Queen

“If it was killing-and it was- then I thought it not murder, but a justifiable homicide, undertaken in desperate self defense.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“A month or two before, I would have been appalled at the idea of any murder at all. But that Sunday afternoon, as I…

— Donna Tartt

“He almost felt guilty about bringing even fictional murder and mayhem to such a place. Almost.”

— Nora Roberts

“It's an attempted murder. It's a suicide, but you're attempting to make it seem like a murder.”

— Ben H. Winters

“The whole scene was indecent, mad. It smacked of murder and assassination.”

— Charles Bukowski

“The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.”

— Cesare Beccaria

“Sure, I had been accused of murder by my family and was wrapped up in a bizarre investigation, but there were such cute boys…

— Tamara Summers

“He realised what a horrible mistake, crime even, he had been guilty of in demanding such a barbaric thing as a girl’s hand.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“I’m glad you think that murder is bad because of how someone can use it against you,”

— T.J. Klune

“getting away with murder must be quite easy provided that one’s motive is sufficiently inscrutable.”

— Tom Stoppard