Quotes by Jeffrey Dahmer

I think in some way I wanted it to end, even if it meant my own destruction.

It's hard for me to believe that a human being could have done what I've done, but I know that I did it.

If I was killed in prison. That would be a blessing right now.

I don't even know if I have the capacity for normal emotions or not because I haven't cried for a long time. You just stifle them for so long that maybe you lose them.

If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then - then what's the point of trying to modify your behaviour to keep it within acceptable ranges?

The killing was a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with uric acid in the drill, but it never worked. I just wanted to have the person under my complete control, not having to consider their wishes, being able to keep them there as long as I wanted.

I had these obsessive desires and thoughts wanting to control them, to - I don't know how to put it - possess them permanently.

To this day I don't know what started it. The person to blame is sitting right across from you. It's the only person. Not parents, not society, not p-rnography. I mean, those are just excuses.

It's a process, it doesn't happen overnight, when you depersonalize another person and view them as just an object. An object for pleasure and not a living breathing human being. It seems to make it easier to do things you shouldn't do.

Yes, I always had that sense it was wrong. I don't think anybody can kill somebody and think that it's right.

I could completely control a person - a person that I found physically attractive, and keep them with me as long as possible, even if it meant just keeping a part of them.

Your honor, it is over now. This has never been a case of trying to get free. I didn't ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself. This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did not for reasons of hate, I hated no one. I know I was sick or evil, or both. Now I believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness and now I have some peace.

Looking back on my life, I know I have made others suffer as much as I have suffered.

When I was a little kid, I was just like anybody else.