"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 for the one in trouble."

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Source : Ross Macdonald (2010). “Sleeping Beauty”, p.65, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Ross Macdonald

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“Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it.”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (2011). “Parents and Children”, p.28, A&C Black
“I watch Glenn Beck and he's taught me well. Progressive is the new word for Communist”
“Genius hath electric power; Which earth can never tame; Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower; Its flash is still the same.”
“I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.”
“I look at people's lives and you see what's not working in their lives and it usually comes from an undisciplined mind.”

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“A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.”
“After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?”
“I know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want to cause that pain to any other person or creature. But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such as with cosmetics or food. We say to ourselves, I'm going to use this animal. I'm going to say it doesn't have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these cruel things. And that just isn't fair.”

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