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“When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.”
― John D. MacDonald, The Green Ripper

tags: introspection, tears, ugliness

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“Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.”
― John D. MacDonald, The Green Ripper

tags: adulthood

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“Please not yet. Those are the three eternal words. Please not yet.”
― John D. MacDonald, A Deadly Shade of Gold

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“Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I am turned off by humorless fanaticism, whether it's revolutionary mumbo-jumbo by a young one, or loud lessons from scripture by and old one. We are all comical, touching, slapstick animals, walking on our hind legs, trying to make it a noble journey from womb to tomb, and the people who can't see it all that way bore hell out of me.”
― John D. MacDonald, Dress Her in Indigo

tags: travis-mcgee

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“...I do not function too well on emotional motivations. I am wary of them. And I am wary of a lot of other things, such as plastic credit cards, payroll deductions, insurance programs, retirement benefits, savings accounts, Green Stamps, time clocks, newspapers, mortgages, sermons, miracle fabrics, deodorants, check lists, time payments, political parties, lending libraries, television, actresses, junior chambers of commerce, pageants, progress, and manifest destiny.”
― John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-By

tags: actresses, mortgages, newspapers, sermons, wary

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