“Betrayal is a cliché … Lies are so suburban. But murder is nice and clean.”

—  Carole Morin

Spying on Strange Men (2013)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Betrayal is a cliché … Lies are so suburban. But murder is nice and clean." by Carole Morin?
Carole Morin photo
Carole Morin 23
British writer

Related quotes

Amy Tan photo
Czeslaw Milosz photo
Erica Jong photo

“Betrayal does that -- betrays the betrayer.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic

Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)

R. Scott Bakker photo
Jeanette Winterson photo
George Orwell photo

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Context: Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Ernest Hemingway photo
Chris Hedges photo

Related topics