“«¿Cómo pueden (…) ellas, que son tan sensibles a los infortunios de los otros (…), cometer tan graves crímenes? —escribió un desconcertado reportero, impresionado por la cantidad de damas envenenadoras que llenaban las cárceles de la ciudad—. Son monstruos. No hemos de suponer que son como las demás; de hecho, parece más natural compararlas con los más perversos de los hombres.» Claro, resultaba tranquilizador —de aquella manera— imaginar que estas envenenadoras tenían más de hombres que de chicas, pero es que eso, sencillamente, no era verdad. Estos «monstruos» eran mujeres” MujeresCrimen Book:Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History Source: Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
“Poison is for weaklings, they say. The English poet Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650) may have been the first to coin the term “coward's weapon,” but the opinion has not dissipated in the centuries since; even a character in George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones recently sniped that poison was a gutless way to kill. Poison is sneaky, it’s slow, and you can poison someone without spilling a drop of their blood or awkwardly making eye contact with them midimpalement. As such, it doesn’t get a lot of cred for being scary. Poisoners simply don’t terrify people the way, say, disembowlers do. But that’s unfair, because poisoning requires advance planning and the stomach for a drawn-out death scene. You need to look into your victim’s trusting eyes day after day as you slowly snuff out their life. You have to play the role of nurse or parent or lover while you sustain your murderous intent at a pitch that would be unbearable for many of those who’ve shot a gun or swung a sword. You’ve got to mop up your victim’s vomit and act sympathetic when they beg for water. While they scream that their insides are on fire, you must steel yourself against the dreadful sight of encroaching death and give them another sip of the fatal drink. A coward’s weapon? Not so much. Poison is the weapon of the emotionless, the sociopathic, and the truly cruel.” MurderPoisonPoisoningLady Killer Book:Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History Source: Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History