Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Kill nothing but time.

Kill nothing but time.

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

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

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

. . . 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.

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.

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.

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.