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Author - Ross Macdonald
Quotes by : Ross Macdonald
past
The past was filling the room like a tide of whispers.
sex
Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.
living
Some men spend their lives looking for ways to punish themselves for having been born.
dirty money
You are joking. You must want money. You work for money, don't you?""I want it very badly," I said. "But....
drinking
Pour alcohol on a bundle of nerves and it generally turns into a can of worms.
fire
Flames entered the room like dancers, orange-colored and whirring.
mercy
I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people.
politicians
He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.
sea
The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded....
loneliness
Try listening to yourself sometime, alone in a transient room in a strange town. The worst is when you....
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