"It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving, Filson Young, Canon Brookes, William Bolitho, and Harold Eaton--have not devoted more space to the Greene tragedy; for here, surely, is one of the outstanding murder mysteries of modern times--a case practically unique in the annals of latter-day crime."

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Source : S.S. Van Dine (1956). “The Greene Murder Case”

S. S. Van Dine

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“Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit.”
“To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.”

Source : Kate Millett (2000). “Sita”, p.181, University of Illinois Press
“Life is a school of the spirit.”
“I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?”
“If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and 'Brethren, if I were to tell you all I know of the kingdom of God, I do know that you would rise up and kill me.”
“Nobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane.”

Source : "The Man Who Paints Those Big Eyes: The Phenomenal Success of Walter Keane" by Jane Howard, Life Magazine ' 59, no. 9, p. 39, August 27, 1965.
“I'm so good and so loving that men don't believe it.”
“I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had this freedom of body.”

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