“The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I’m kidding. But killing helps.”
“I’m not going to kill you, Nora. I don’t kill people who are important to me. And you top the list.”
“Greed kills us all.”
“Disappear where?" You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself.”
“My neighbors have long since left, or they are dead. Some I killed. It was either kill or be eaten alive, which is not on my top-ten list of ways to die.”
“So it was surprising that I killed it as a babysitter. Er, maybe “killed it” is a wrong and potentially troubling way to express what I’m trying to say.”