#murder

The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks for celebrations, and the white man came along and said, Holy shit, we can use this to kill people. What better way to celebrate than that?
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— Jarod Kintz

#celebration #chaos #chinese #death #destroy

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

There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#philosophy #experience

People often speak of hell, not wanting to go there, avoiding it..etc. I never had that problem because hell is a state of mind. Look around you; rape, murder, wars, hatred, envy...my friend; you're already there!! ↗

— Sandra Chami Kassis

#cruelty #faith #heaven #hell #injustice