““He’ll get a life sentence for the illegal trafficking alone and probably a death sentence for the people he killed along the way.” He sighed slightly. “I always did fancy happy endings.””

“He's scattered, his sentences trail off, he sighs frequently, as though he's so intelligent he's always frustrated by the formulaic nature of speech (each sentence a ride you can't get off once the attendant buckles you into the car).”

Edmund White (1940) American novelist and LGBT essayist

“All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death;”

Oscar Wilde book De Profundis

“Never end a sentence with a preposition,” he recited.
“Not never; just seldom.”

Ross Thomas (1926–1995) 1926-1995 American writer

“When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home."”

Diogenes of Sinope (-404–-322 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy

“I used to think that a man was sentenced to death or imprisonment because he was guilty; now I know that he is found guilty because he is disliked.”

Lu Xun (1881–1936) Chinese novelist and essayist

“If the skeptic still wants to complain that God killed women and children in the Old Testament, he should realize that He did more than that. He proclaimed the death sentence on the entire human race - every man, woman, and child. We will all die because we have sinned against God.”

Ray Comfort (1949) New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist

“A logo is the period at the end of a sentence, not the sentence itself.”

Sagi Haviv (1974) Israeli graphic designer

“He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people.”

Colin Dexter (1930–2017) British writer

“Say it,” she said, and he said, “I love you. I’ll always love you. Forever. It’s a life sentence. Now put the damn ring on.”

Jennifer Crusie book Welcome to Temptation