"Dead," muttered Mycroft with a resigned air. "Never been that before. Not even once. Are you quite sure?" - Jasper Fforde

You’ll excuse me if I’m not convinced by your supposed altruism.

"I'll be honest," I said, "I have nothing against anyone who believes, but I think it's a dangerous nonsense."

“James Crometty!” demanded Bowden. “Did you kill him?”
“I kill a lot of people,” whispered Felix7. “I don’t remember names.”
“You shot him six times in the face.”
The dying killer smiled.
“That I remember.”
“Six times! Why?”
Felix7 frowned and started to shiver.
“Six was all I had,” he answered simply.