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Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest — Neal Stephenson
It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads? — Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at best — Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doin — Criss Jami, Healology
When a fixed code of laws, which must be observed to the letter, leaves no further care to the judge than to examine the — Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings
- Escute mais isso. Por outro lado, forças jovens, frescas, sucumbem em vão por falta de apoio, e isso aos milhares, e i — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime e Castigo
Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at — Christopher Hitchens
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not? — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, c — Criss Jami, Killosophy
The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are t — Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
When people can get away with crimes just because they are wealthy or have the right connections, the scales are tipped — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
From time to timeI once wondered how one wanders from time to timeAnd think up the paradox lineSpeak of Epoch's crimeOh — Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many peo — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Humility is a virtue of the heavenly, not arrogance. Are we the most superior beast on earth? No, not in strength and no — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They a — Sidney Knight
but the crime is more important than the punishment. I enliven all of me in my happy instinct for destruction. — Clarice Lispector
Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books. — J.D. Robb
An emotion clamped down on her heart. It squeezed her into a terrible silence. But he said nothing after that, only her — Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime
Love enters later in life through the cracks left by the first heartbreak. — D. Biswas, A to Z Stories of Life and Death