"Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right - a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five. All those potential killers passing their plates."

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Source : Sue Grafton (2010). “"A" is for Alibi”, p.8, Macmillan

Sue Grafton

#Believe Quotes #Police Quotes #Dinner Quotes

“Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than running from - the utter absurdity of life.”

Source : Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)”, p.233, Pan Macmillan
“It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.”
“More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny.”
“My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence.”
“Faith is powerful spiritual dynamic, and it is something God responds to and blesses.”
“People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.”
“If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”

Source : Christopher Moore (2009). “The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror”, p.91, Hachette UK
“Suffering attracts fixers the way road-kills attract vultures.”

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