"Death is never very pretty."

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Source : Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo (2010). “Cop Killer: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (9)”, p.6, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Maj Sjowall

“I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.”

Source : "Killer heels and a prize turkey". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2009.
“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”

Source : Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945”
“I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.”
“Writers need each other.”
“And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap.”

Source : Joe Meno (2012). “Office Girl”, p.167, Akashic Books
“The secret of success is to find a need and fill it, to find a hurt and heal it, to find somebody with a problem and offer to help solve it.”
“As you get older, I think everyone feels that, no matter what the job: to try a hand at running the business as opposed to simply being an employee.”
“I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.”

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