#ena

He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics. ↗

— John Grisham

#death

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#government #death

Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#fantasy-lover #grace #sherrilyn-kenyon #death

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. ↗

— W. L. George

#cats #confinement #food #how #know

If all we've got to look forward to is disloyalty and treachery, why do we even make friends?" "Again, human nature. Hoping for the best is what drives us. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#gena-showalter #intertwined #mary-ann #nature

The hangman is a disgrace to any civilized country. ↗

— Koestler Arthur

#death

Žena zna, žene uvijek znaju, makar ništa ne bilo rečeno, i prije će pomisliti da jest nego da nije. ↗

— Meša Selimović

#meša-selimović #žena #žene #death

Nature is bent on new beginning and death has not a chance of winning... ↗

— Rosy Cole

#great-quotes #nature #poetry #rebirth #rejuvenation

Being shaken to death by a Hawaiian tourist look-alike was not how Arena imagined her death. ↗

— Lynn Blackmar

#adventure #espionage #spy #surfing #teenage-spies

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments." [On Water] ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#government #people #punishment #retribution #revolts