Quotes about kill
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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

God

“Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.”

Woody Allen Without Feathers

"Selections from the Allen Notebooks".
Source: Without Feathers (1975)

Food

“Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient.”

Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl

Source: Artemis Fowl

Way

“Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.”

Glenn Greenwald (1967) American journalist, lawyer and writer

“It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.”

Erica Jong book Fear of Flying

Source: Fear of Flying

Life, Waiting, Despair

“Fine. I'll train. But I'm going to the stinking capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself." Says Johanna.
"Probably best not to bring that up in training," I say. "But it's nice to know I'll have a ride.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

Flying, Training

“You should be more careful. You could have broken your neck or as big as you are landed on someone and killed them. (Tory)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

“The rules are the rules for a reason. Being a Shadowhunter, a good one, is about more than just training fourteen hours a day and knowing sixty-five ways of killing a man with salad tongs.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

Way, Training

“DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME, JEZEBEL! DON'T YOU DARE! Or I'll follow you to the next world and KILL you.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Huntress

World

“Every one of my books had killed me a little more.”

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate

Books

“I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.'
Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?'
'You could wring me out.' I reply”

Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire

Source: Catching Fire

Smile, Cry

“Look at her -- I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way -- what bliss.”

Charles Addams (1912–1988) Cartoonist

Way

“We must kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing.”

Hélène Cixous (1937) French philosopher and writer

Falseness

“I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!”

Georgette Heyer book Cotillion

Source: Cotillion

“Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

World, Thinking

“There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls with his musical skills—which were nonexistent. In fact, his music was so awful that he might have discovered a new way to kill Strigoi.”

Richelle Mead Blood Promise

Source: Blood Promise

Food, Music, Way, Guy

“As a reader I loathe introductions… Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

Pleasure, Joy

“Come to think of it, an Aes Sedai would probably follow a man off a cliff, too, if only to explain to him - in detail - all the things he was doing incorrectly in the way he went about killing himself.”

Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time

Source: A Memory of Light

Way, Thinking

“There’s a big difference between death threats and love letters–even if the person writing the death threats still claims to actually love you. Of course, considering I once tried to kill someone I loved, maybe I had no right to judge.”

Richelle Mead book Spirit Bound

Source: Spirit Bound

Love, Death, Personality

“What are you, a baby? Jeez, if you’re going to kill humans, the least you could do is learn to die with some dignity. (Wulf)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Kiss of the Night

Learning, Baby

“If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Credited to Shaw in the lead in to the mockumentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) and other recent works, but this or slight variants of it are also sometimes attributed to W. C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, and Oscar Wilde. It might possibly be derived from Shaw's statement in John Bull's Other Island (1907): "My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world."
Another possibility is that it is derived from Shaw's characteristic of Mark Twain: "He has to put things in such a way as to make people who would otherwise hang him believe he is joking."
Variants:
If you are going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise, they'll kill you.
If you're going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise, they'll kill you.
Disputed

People, Truth, Funny

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) British naturalist, author of "On the origin of species, by means of natural selection"

Source: More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol 2

Truth, Error

“I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

Life, Happiness, Time, Waiting

“There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.”

Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician

Question Time (22 March 2007).
2000s
Context: I was born about a quarter of a mile from where we are sitting now and I was here in London during the Blitz. And every night I went down into the shelter. 500 people killed, my brother was killed, my friends were killed. And when the Charter of the UN was read to me, I was a pilot coming home in a troop ship: 'We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.' That was the pledge my generation gave to the younger generation and you tore it up. And it's a war crime that's been committed in Iraq, because there is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.

People, Suicide

“If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Isabelle to Alec, pg. 329
Variant: If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think ur kewl,' I'm going to kill you.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

Thinking

“You can't just go around killing people.
You're right. You can't go around killing people.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

People

“escape from the black widow spider
is a miracle as great as art.
what a web she can weave
slowly drawing you to her
she'll embrace you
then when she's satisfied
she'll kill you
still in her embrace
and suck the blood from you.”

Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

Art, Drawing

“If a wolf attacks his sheep, the shepard kills the wolf, but he eats the sheep when he's hungry.”

Charlie Higson book The Enemy

Source: The Enemy

Wolf

“But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.”

Garth Nix (1963) Australian fantasy writer

“I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.”

David Levithan book Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Kill you all!" The clown was laughing and screaming. "Try to stop me and I'll kill you all! Drive you crazy and then kill you all! You can't stop me!”

Stephen King book It

Source: It

“Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time theto kill-though not theto kill.”

Agatha Christie Curtain

Source: Curtain

Time

“Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.”

Trudi Canavan (1969) Australian writer

Source: Voice of the Gods

God

“People with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is notuntil he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he?”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: The Hero of Ages

War, People, Passion

“We must never forget that we are cosmic revolutionaries, not stooges conscripted to advance a natural order that kills everybody.”

Alan Harrington (1933–2019) Welsh footballer

Nature, Forgetting

“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

“I suppose you should her it from me that I met your mother" he smiled a litte sadly. "well… When I say met I mean one time I tried to kill her."
"Do me a favor" Zach's voice was low and dark and dangerous. "Next time don't just try”

Ally Carter Out of Sight, Out of Time

Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time

Smile, Time

“One of my favorite things about hanging out with the monsters is the healing. Straight humans seemed to get killed on me a lot. Monsters survived. Let's hear it for the monsters.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins

Source: Cerulean Sins

“You're killing me because you want me to give a message to God for you?" Jace shook his head, the point of the blade scraping across his throat. "You're crazier than I thought”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

God

“Don't talk. Kill it."
That might be the sweetest thing a woman's ever said to me on a first date.”

Richard Kadrey (1957) San Francisco-based novelist, freelance writer, and photographer

Source: Kill the Dead

“And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn’t enough madness left inside him? The truth is an endless death agony. The truth is death. You have to choose: death or lies. I’ve never been able to kill myself.”

Louis-ferdinand Céline book Journey to the End of the Night

Source: Journey to the End of the Night

Death, Truth, Madness

“The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

Women, Men, Family, Strong

“A man kills the thing he loves, and he must die a little himself.”

Clive Barker book Imajica

Source: Imajica

Love

“Every man kills the things that he loves. Some with a look, some with flattery, the coward with a kiss.”

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961) American author

Source: Cheaters

Love, Kiss

“Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

Source: Eye Scream

Love, Help

“I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Books, Thinking, Time, Reading

“If Sasha’s threatened, Astrid’s upset. If Astrid’s upset, I’m going to kill whatever’s upsetting her until she’s happy again. (Zarek)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Dead After Dark

Happiness

“Damn it," I said. "I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton."

He smiled at me, his teeth very white in the darkness of his face. "Eat him," he said.”

Patricia Briggs book Blood Bound

Source: Blood Bound

Smile, Idea

“That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside."

"Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Death Bringer

Chance

“I’ll give you a choice. Kill me.”
“By definition ‘choice’ mandates a minimum of two possible avenues of action.”
“I wasn’t done. Or kiss me. But do one or the other. Before I do one or the other to you.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Burned

Kiss

Zoë Heller (1965) British writer

Source: What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

Way, Feeling

“It's the thinking that gets you killed.”

Mitch Albom book The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Thinking

“Being told that love is forbidden does not kill love. It strengthens it.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

Love

“Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc.”

Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)

Source: On Suicide: A Study in Sociology

Suicide

“Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life."
"How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?"
Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.”

Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist

Source: The Warrior Heir

Life, Flowers

“The Mollusks—generous hosts when they weren’t trying to kill you.”

Dave Barry book Peter and the Starcatchers

Source: Peter and the Starcatchers

“I believe it, Chronicler found himself thinking. Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. This is the face of a man who has killed an angel.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

Angels, Thinking

“It would be nice if you’d stop almost killing me because you don’t want to screw other people.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Danse Macabre

Source: Danse Macabre

“I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.”

Susanna Kaysen (1948) American writer

Smile, Hurt

“So that means that Peter…" I swallowed. "That his full name was Peter Parker."
"Yeah"
I burst into tears. "Oh, my God! I killed Spiderman!”

Michelle Rowen (1971) Canadian writer

Source: Fanged & Fabulous

God, Tear

“No matter how bad things get, you've got to go on living, even if it kills you.”

Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) Yiddish author and playwright

“I did indeed say you could have lovers. But I never promised that I would not kill them.”

Madeline Hunter (1952) American novelist

Source: Ravishing in Red

Lovers

“That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their way. They killed us to suit themselves.”

Richard Adams book Watership Down

Source: Watership Down

Way

“Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.”

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002) American historian

Source: Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

“Nike could start you two fighting easily.” Percy gave her a sideways smile. “Yeah, we can’t have another incident like in Kansas. I might kill my bro Jason.” “Or I might kill my bro Percy,” Jason said amiably. “Which proves my point,” Annabeth said.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Smile, Fight

“I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.”

Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

People

“I hate this place,” Tiara whimpered. “It’s super creepy. Like a haunted Chuck E. Cheese’s where the games all want to kill you and you never get your pizza.”

Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer

Source: Beauty Queens

Hate, Game

“There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.”

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

Wisdom

“But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in the desert. I had made him up. And he could have killed me. You've got to stop the ride sometimes. Stop it and get off.”

Deb Caletti (1963) American writer

Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming

Water

“There's always the dinner rolls," said Will, pointing to a covered basket. "Though I warn you, they're as hard as stones. You could use them to kill black beetles, if any beetles bother you in the middle of the night.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Night

“The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” said Ripred.”

Suzanne Collins (1962) American television writer and novelist

Sleep

“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”

William Goldman book The Princess Bride

Source: The Princess Bride

“If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you’re going to have to kill them.”

Don Winslow book Savages

Source: Savages

People

“If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.”

Patricia Briggs book Hunting Ground

Source: Hunting Ground

Books, Way, Wolf

“And to those who believe that adventures are i say try routine: it kills you far more quickly.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Afraid to Change

“Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.”

Douglas Coupland The Gum Thief

Source: The Gum Thief

Life

“Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.”

Clare B. Dunkle (1964) American writer

Source: Close Kin

People

“Well there you go. Even a psychopath recognized your worth enough to want to kill someone else first."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Cry

“I took a straight picture that made me look like a thirty-year-old Italian who'd kill anybody who said something against his mother.”

Jack Kerouac book On the Road

Source: On the Road

“With his fantastic mane of multicoloured hair, Phury should have been in Hollywood's league with the ladies, but he'd stuck with his vow of celibacy. There was room for one and only one love in his life, and it had been slowly killing him for years.”

Jessica Bird book Dark Lover

Source: Dark Lover

Love, Life

“I'd killed him in the end, but revenge only makes things all better in the movies. In real life, once the villain is dead the trauma lives on inside the victims.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Bullet

Source: Bullet

Life, Revenge, Dead

“You’re different,” he said, touching my face.
Of course I was. The man I loved had killed for me. A lot of things became inconsequential after a sacrifice like that.”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

Source: Entwined with You

Love

“If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

“Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.”

Richelle Mead book Spirit Bound

Variant: So they finally gave you the license to kill, about time.
Source: Spirit Bound

Time

“If we could only find out who's in charge, we could kill him.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“A dreamgirl, on the other hand, won't kill herself to impress anyone.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

“Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.”

John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author

Source: 1890s, The Mountains of California (1894), chapter 5: The Passes 
Context: Accidents in the mountains are less common than in the lowlands, and these mountain mansions are decent, delightful, even divine, places to die in, compared with the doleful chambers of civilization. Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain-passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action. Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand.

World, Fear, Home, Mountain