[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Death was not the scariest thing out there; no, the denial of it could be far worse.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

Nightmares are seldom a foreshadowing of real events, but always a showing of real fears.

Ask very pointed questions. Sharp as sword blades, or laser blasts, if you catch my meaning.

Die Folter war [...] praktizierte Schutzpflicht des Souveräns für seine Untertanen.

He paused, gasping for breath, but continued in a soft, steady voice. "Allie, I...I love you.

The only thing that makes the present palatable is the fact that the past was, at times, torture.

Coaching 101: First you build the team, and then you build the torture chamber for underperformers.

The silkiness of his voice was a torturous caress that I could have endured for the rest of my life.

I spend all my time trying to capture the moment. And when I do, I'll interrogate and torture it.

The survival of religion is on the basis of torture and punishment; end of torture is end of religion.

I killed him, but that doesn’t mean I enjoyed every second of every month of the torture process.

Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being.