1,246 Quotes About Murder

What mattered at fifty-eight was what had mattered at eighteen: breeding and good bone structure.

Simply put, she was the one who had to put up with me. That she did so with love and patience and encouragement instead of strangling me, throwing my remains into a wood chipper, and then pretending she had never been married to me at all is a testament to the fact that she is, in fact, the single best person I know.

[First line]“The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

Pack couldn’t go home at the conclusion of his shift at the Cunningham Aircraft plant and relax. He wasn’t Chester A. Riley. He was a sheepdog protecting his herd from wolves like Rick Jason. For Simon Pack, there could be no long recovery time. Wolves were on the prowl, and without his vigilance, and those like him, his herd would disappear. He would not permit his America to perish in the flames of hatred. Back to work tomorrow.

Everyone in a decadent society, Lorrain urges, is guilty. Everyone loves masking murder and everyone takes masochistic pleasure in the risk of discovery and punishment.

I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.

If we found a ticket to Disneyland would you think we should arrest Mickey Mouse?

I’m sure the ‘I wouldn’t fuck a murder conspirator’ argument wins over many an internal affairs review board. Bring him in. It’ll be in your favor.

I AM the current curator of the black trunk and the stories it holds within.