"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 leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete."

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Source : Ross Macdonald (1967). “Archer in Hollywood: three exciting novels: The moving target, The way some people die [and] The barbarous coast”

Ross Macdonald

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“Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.”
“May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order that through you the oneness of humanity may establish its temple in the world of mankind, for you are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.”
“Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.”
“My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.”
“When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.”

Source : "Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage". Book by Barbara Cooper, www.today.com. 2012.
“I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.”

Source : "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.
“Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.”

Source : Nikki Haley RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.
“Money will come when you are doing the right thing.”

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