"Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve a problem."

-- Raymond Chandler

#Struggle Quotes #Writing Quotes #Suspense Quotes

“Things are seldom what they seem.”
“I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.”
“Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on your list of things to do before you die. That's not really living: that is slavery with the occasional circus thrown in.”

Source : Tom Hodgkinson (2011). “Brave Old World: A Month-by-Month Guide to Husbandry, or the Fine Art of Looking After Yourself”, p.16, Penguin UK
“We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.”
“Set out on pilgrimage and triumph gloriously over the infidels in the East.”
“You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.”

Source : "Vampires in the Lemon Grove". Book by Karen Russell, February 12, 2013.
“At that point Ms Fox came in and said, "Hello, carry on as if I am not here." Then she lay down on the floor.”
“We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.”

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