What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it read more

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of read more

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is read more

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, read more

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to read more

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.