Ian Brady Quotes

“Death is the meaning of life, the race against oblivion; man being the only animal who is conscious that he will one day die; there lies the seed of self-destruction, greed for more, even if only to be remembered a short time longer than others, as if it mattered to the other walking dead.”
― Alan Keightley, Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer

“He couldn’t see any point in absorbing information in a formal setting and reproducing it on demand for the sake of gaining a certificate.”
― Alan Keightley, Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer

“Did you ever share the same innocent obsession that I have? Forever being drawn back compulsively to places of childhood. Localities of spiritual renewal. Touchstones to recharge the flagging batteries. Places where the feet itched to make contact with the soil of your roots, hands ached to caress the texture of old buildings and trees you once knew well but had almost forgotten? They look much older and smaller than you remembered them, of course, more vulnerable, in need of tactile comfort. It is mutual. A touch of sympathetic energy spans the lapsed years. For that moment you forget your quarrels with the world. You are innocent again.”
― Alan Keightley, Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer

“Loners probably experience life at a more profound level than the self-consciously gregarious who know nothing of individuality, or who lack the courage to go their own way.”
― Alan Keightley, Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer

“when I slip into the past, I become it.”
― Alan Keightley, Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer