Victor Hugo Quotes
Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.
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I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.
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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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Kids take work, effort, love, blood, sweat and tears and are a full time job. You have to commit, for better or worse and then give your all and hope for the best. The one thing you can never, ever do is give up and say, 'Oooops, never mind, my bad, you can take this one back!'
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I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.
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I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.
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The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense comes from.
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Nothing is not only nothing. It is also our prison.
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We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.
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Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.
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'I don’t know.' That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.
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I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other.
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Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood.
