I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.

Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort.

Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort.

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.

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.

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.

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

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow read more

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.