The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present.
There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a yea… - Ross Macdonald
There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a yea…
- Ross Macdonald
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. - Ross Macdonald
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure. - Ross Macdonald
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.
I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people. - Ross Macdonald
I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.
An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing. - Ross Macdonald
An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.
The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake. - Ross Macdonald
The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.
Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart. - Ross Macdonald
Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart.
When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances … - Ross Macdonald
When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances …
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we le… - Ross Macdonald
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we le…
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