Crime Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“Her dullness made her own punishment.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg…

— Stieg Larsson

“Had she punished him enough? How could she be sure?”

— Anne Taintor

“It was not fair, she felt, to treat people as if they were finished beings. Everyone was always becoming and unbecoming.”

— Kathleen Winter

“Don't punish yourself,' she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”

— Markus Zusak

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever…

— Jude Morgan

“Was it worth saying that she was no longer going to do anything for anyone since it seemed to her that the more generous…

— Joanna Trollope

“the way he talked to her. It was outrageous. It was blunt. It was impossible. And it was ... precisely what she needed, the…

— Courtney Milan

“She enjoyed this part, despite the out-and-out ban on fiction, but it was always a pleasure soaked in guilt.”

— Nikita Lalwani

“She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have…

— Edward St Aubyn

“He was beginning to understand how those ridiculous tales had made her a prisoner of others’ expectations.”

— Tessa Dare

“The old sorceress was not given to berating herself herself, but she could not help but think she had made a mistake. Possibly the…

— Vivian French