From the Basement tapes Eric outdid Dylan with the apologies. To the untrained eye, he seemed sincere. The psychologists on the case found Eric less convincing. They saw a psychopath. Classic. He even pulled the stunt of self-diagnosing to dismiss it. "I wish I was a fucking sociopath so I didn't have any remorse, " Eric said. "But I do." Watching that made Dr. Fuselier angry. Remorse meant a deep desire to correct a mistake. Eric hadn't done it yet. He excused his actions several times on the tapes. Fuselier was tough to rattle, but that got to him." Those are the most worthless apologies I've ever heard in my life, " he said. It got more ludicrous later, when Eric willed some of his stuff to two buddies, "if you guys live."" If you live?" Fuselier repeated. "They are going to go in there and quite possibly kill their friends. If they were the least bit sorry they would not do it!. Dave Cullen
There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
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Charlaine Harris
I write because, if I don't, my characters will murder me in my sleep.
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Astrid Artistikem Cruz
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Sylvia Plath
He had also learned that there is no use murdering people; there are always so many left, and if you tried to murder them all you would never get anything else done.
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Will Cuppy
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Miles Watson
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From the Basement tapes Eric outdid Dylan with the apologies. To the untrained eye, he seemed sincere. The psychologists on the case found Eric less convincing. They saw a psychopath. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Classic. He even pulled the stunt of self-diagnosing to dismiss it. "I wish...
