#murder

There are men who put the weight of a coffin into their deliberations as they bargain for Cashmere shawls for their wives, as they go up the staircase of a theatre, or think of going to the Bouffons, or of setting up a carriage; who are murderers in thought when dear ones, with the irresistable charm of innocence, hold up childish foreheads to be kissed with a ‘Good-night, father!’ Hourly they meet the gaze of eyes they would fain close forever, eyes that still open each morning to the light. . . God alone knows the number of those who are parricides in thought ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#men

all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#murder #poison #men

In life one of Midnight’s favourite movies had been It’s a Wonderful Life, a touching story where a man called George Bailey is shown how poor the world would have been if he’d never existed, but now the young ghost of Midnight Merlot was sat imagining himself not as the kind hero of his own narrative, but, - but as the anti-George. ↗

— Tom Conrad

#death #existence #ghosts #life #murder

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#altered #always #angry #anything #come

Murder will out, this my conclusion. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

#murder #out #will

The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him. Of course, I waited until another gunslinger gunned him down, but nevertheless, I still shot him. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#clever #cowboy #cowboys #creative #creativity

The more you love,the more love you have to give.It's the only feeling we have which is infinite... ↗

— Christina Westover

#christina-westover #courtney-love #family-relationships #gay #jealousy

Following the Second World War, we are a country of one ethnicity. After the moving of the borders, after the tragedy of the Holocaust and the murder of Polish Jews, we don't have large minority groups. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#borders #country #ethnicity #following #groups

Call me Sunshine again, and I will murder you, cocksucker. ↗

— Katja Millay

#murder

Black Creek Burning: “It was a polite, white lie,” Brie whispered. “I’ll have to remember you think that way,” Nathan said. ↗

— R.T. Wolfe

#black-creek-burning #gardening #murder #romantic-suspense #sweet