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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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“Every day, no matter how you fight it, you learn a little more about yourself, and all most of it does is teach humility.”
― John D. MacDonald, One Fearful Yellow Eye

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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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“It is that flavor exuded by women who have fashioned an earthy and simplified sexual adjustment to their environment, borne their young, achieved an unthinking physical confidence. They are often placidly unkempt, even grubby, taking no interest in the niceties of posture. They have a slow relish for the physical spectrum of food, sun, deep sleep, the needs of children, the caressess of affection. There is a tiny magnificance about them, like the sultry dignity of she-lions.”
― John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-By

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