Famous quotes containing the word killed:
“Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“Squats on a toad-stool under a tree
A bodiless childfull of life in the gloom,
Crying with frog voice, What shall I be?
Poor unborn ghost, for my mother killed me
Scarcely alive in her wicked womb.”
—Thomas Lovell Beddoes (18031849)
“Mrs. Grayle: You know, thisll be the first time Ive ever killed anyone I knew so little and liked so well. Whats your name?
Philip Marlowe: Philip for short.
Mrs. Grayle: Philip. Philip Marlowe. A name for a duke. Youre just a nice mug.”
—John Paxton (19111985)