“It could have been a thief or a murderer. I considered crying out. A thief would run away, but a murderer would murder me. On the other hand, the murderer would probably murder me if I didn't too. That was his whole thing.”
“Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.”
“I only know it would have been nice to be making love instead of attempting murder.”
“Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee?”
“I could buy that she would murder me in a fit of rage, poison me out of flaming jealousy, or bomb my car out of sheer, stubborn pique. But she would never do it and feel nothing.”
“I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it. ”