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“Anyone who says "Trust me" is the last motherfucker you should ever trust.”
R.D. Ronald

Behcet Kaya
“Sometimes he talked silently to himself, repeating the same thoughts. How long has the persistent brother been eluding me? How long has he had an arrangement with my wife? Am I not the humiliated one? Trusting them both?”
Behcet Kaya, Murder on the Naval Base

Irvine Welsh
“You just want tae fuck up on drugs so that everyone'll think how deep and fucking complex you are. It's pathetic, and fucking boring.”
Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“She knew how people slipped through cracks—not all at once, but in layers.”
D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel

Dashiell Hammett
“Studsy returned alone. "Maybe I'm wrong," he said as he sat down, "but I think somebody could do something with that cluck if they took hold of her right."
Morelli said: "By the throat."
Studsy grinned good-naturedly. "No. She's trying to get somewhere. She works hard at her singing lessons and -”
Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man

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