#murder

He was deciding whether to cut her throat or love her forever. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love #murder #death

Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up. ↗

— Louis Bayard

#heart #murder #death

Only the virtuous can count on life, the pursuer of evil can only ever count on death. ↗

— Travis Berketa

#death #evil #inspirational #life #murder

There are, fortunately, very few people who can say that they have actually attended a murder. ↗

— Margery Allingham

#crime #detective #murder #death

How came she by her death? How came she there? Was she slain by accident, or had she met with violence? were the questions that pressed upon our thoughts. But we said little then and after a time left her where we found her. It mattered not to her that the bed was hard or the air cold. ("A Night In An Old Castle") ↗

— George Payne Rainsford James

#dead #death #murder #death

(A murderer about their victim:) "He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed the real thing. ↗

— P.D. James

#murder #vicarious-doings #death

On the night of the murder I was at home, asleep. The characters in my dream can vouch for me. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #murder #surreal #dreams

The whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you're made to believe the spell can never be broken. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#abused #abused-women #anger #crime #crime-fiction

It's weird when you wake of from a bad dream and everything is still bad. ↗