"For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency."

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Source : Eric Ambler (2001). “A Coffin for Dimitrios”, Vintage

Eric Ambler

#Law Quotes #Should Quotes #Skeptic Quotes

“I thank God that I wasn't born perfect.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Normally book ideas come to me in a moment.”

Source : "Tracy Chevalier: 'Slavery has to be raised until it's put to bed'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.
“The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.”
“I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them.”
“My heroes are Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker, Ed Harris, Tommy Lee Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Sean Penn.”
“I'm being accused of being a murderer! I'M being ACCUSED of being a molester!... They say my idea of a fun day is a dark lonely field and the urunj of a car, and a large stick and a roll of duct tape! My MOM shops at Wal-Mart! She gets calls all the time now; she's worried about me! I'm not the most emotionally stable guy in the world; I'll admit that... I do have some problems, but my God, I'm not a murderer!”
“He made a weak attempt to look innocent, but I knew better. "Should I guess how many concealed weapons you have or should I strip search you?" "A strip search is the only way to be absolutely certain." Valek's deep blue eyes danced with delight.”
“I used to worry about losing my husband to another woman. Now, I'm more afraid of losing my nanny to another woman.”

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