Carolina QuotesJust then came a major turning point in my life. Like a Phoenix, I burst from the ashes of my despair to a glorious new hope. I thought I wanted to kill that psychiatrist because the future looked utterly empty to me. I felt I wouldn't care if I died. And so I said to myself why not really kill the psychiatrist and anyone else whom I hate.… I will kill, but I will make at least some effort to avoid detection so that I can kill again.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
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Memoir, describing his decision in 1966 to become a serial killer
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- 1966
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