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Good vs. Evil Quotes
And he told me that he had been plannin to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. Said he knew he was goin to hell. (1.1.1)
Mortality and Ethics Quotes
The last time [I visited] was the day of his execution. I didnt have to go but I did. I sure didnt want to. (1.1.1)
Violence Quotes
The deputy's right carotid artery burst and a jet of blood shot across the room and hit the wall and ran down it. (1.2.4)
Old Age Quotes
I wont push my chips forward and stand up and go out to meet him. It aint just bein older. I wish that it was. I cant say that it's even what you are willin to do. (1.1.2)
Drugs and Alcohol Quotes
He kept one eye on the man and got out his knife and cut a slit in one of the parcels. A loose brown powder dribbled out. (1.3.22)
Choices Quotes
The papers said it was a crime of passion and he told me there wasnt no passion to it. (1.1.1)
Perseverance Quotes
He ran cold water of his wrists until they stopped bleeding and he tore strips from a handtowel with his teeth and wrapped his wrists and went back into the office. (1.2.5)
Criminality Quotes
I sent one boy to the gaschamber at Huntsville. One and only one. My arrest and testimony. (1.1.1)