I object

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Murder is unique

"Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness."

~W.H. Auden

Evil is

"Evil is always unspectacular and always human. And shares our bed...and eats at our table."

~W.H. Auden

Who so sheddeth

"Who so sheddeth man's blood
by man shall his blood be shed."

~Genesis 9:6

There is no hunting

"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else."

~Ernest Hemingway

There are certain clues

"There are certain clues at a crime scene which by their very nature do not lend themselves to being collected or examined. How's one collect love, rage, hatred, fear...? These are things that we're trained to look for."

~James Reese Gideon, Criminal Minds

The healthy man

"The healthy man does not torture others. Generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."

~Carl Jung

I discovered

I discovered, much to my surprise – and particularly if I was writing in the first person – that I could become a psychopath quite easily. I could think like one and I could devise a manner of unfortunate occurrences. So I probably gave up a flourishing, lucrative career as a mass murderer.

~Robert Bloch

A census taker

" A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

Have you seen

"Have you seen blood in the moonlight? It appears quite black."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

Bowels

"Bowels in or bowels out?"

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

Remarkable boy

"Remarkable boy. I do admire your courage. I think I'll eat your heart."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

On a similar note

"On a similar note I must confess to you, I'm giving very serious thought... to eating your wife."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

OK boys

OK, boys; let's go make a withdrawal.

~John Dillinger

Now nobody get nervous

Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!

~John Dillinger

My buddies

My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money!

~John Dillinger

I rob banks

I rob banks for a living, what do you do?

~John Dillinger

All my life

All my life I wanted to be a bank robber. Carry a gun and wear a mask. Now that it's happened I guess I'm just about the best bank robber they ever had. And I sure am happy.

~John Dillinger

These few dollars

These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life; don't make it your last!

~John Dillinger

Yeah, who cares

Yeah, who cares who lives or dies in prison? We read the names in the morning paper and they mean nothing to us. They're faceless. Truth is, we don't wanna put a face on 'em. We don't want to know who they really are. Because then it might hit too close to home, and home is what it's all about, right? Ma...king a home no matter where you are, no matter who you are. At the end of the day, everybody wants somewhere to rest, somewhere to lay their bones, even if it's in a land called Oz. Yeah, like Dorothy says when she wakes up in her own bed back at Aunt Em's, "There's no place like home." There's no fucking place like home.

~Augustus Hill, OZ