Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire. Stephen King
Intelligence and free will here come into play, and these mystic forces are outside the law of conservation of energy as understood by physicists. William Crookes
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection. Truman Capote
Moralists can always justify going outside the law when it suits their sense of righteous timing. David Brin