Each chapter of Assassins Anonymous opens with a quote from someone famous, the kind of line that sets the mood before the scene even starts.

Sometimes the quote feels like advice. Sometimes it’s a warning. Sometimes it lands like a punchline. Either way, it frames what’s coming next, and it adds an extra layer to a story that’s already packed with tension, humor, and heart.

Below is a full compilation of the chapter-opening quotes from Assassins Anonymous, with a downloadable image for each so they’re easy to share on Instagram or anywhere else.

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Assassins Anonymous Chapter-Opening Quotes

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• Prologue: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal
  
• Chapter 1: “Why is a caterpillar wrapped in silk while it changes into a butterfly? So the other caterpillar can’t hear the screams. Change hurts.” – Rory Miller
• Chapter 2: “Mathilda: Is life always this hard, or is it just when you’re a kid? Léon: Always like this.” – The Professional
• Chapter 3: “Pain don’t hurt.” – Dalton
• Chapter 4: “At times, because of one man’s evil, ten thousand people suffer. So you kill that one man to let the tens of thousands live. Here, truly, the blade that deals death becomes the sword that saves lives.” – Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• Chapter 5: “The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.” – Niccolò Machiavelli
• Chapter 6: “Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you an opportunity to improve your technique.” – Jigoro Kano
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• Chapter 7: “It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you down. It’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali
• Chapter 8: “Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Chapter 9: “A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.” – Charles Darwin
• Chapter 10: “Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.” – Genghis Khan
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• Chapter 11: “You hit bottom when you stop digging.” – The Big Book
• Chapter 12: “Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.” – Brené Brown
• Chapter 13: “If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” – Sun Tzu
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• Chapter 14: “We’re all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass

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