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Books were a solace now. A way to escape the truths of my life and dive into someone else’s fantasies.
“Sometimes the worst thing that happens to us turns out to be the best thing”
― One Summer in Savannah
― One Summer in Savannah
“What causes crime?" Hercule Poirot demanded rhetorically. "It is a question, that. What stimulus is needed? What inbred predisposition does there have to be? Is every one capable of crime- of some crime? And what happens that is what I have asked myself from the beginning, what happens when people who have been protected from real life-from its assaults and ravages--are suddenly deprived of that protection?”
― Taken at the Flood
― Taken at the Flood
“No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.”
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“For all that "home" was considered a word of warmth and comfort, policemen knew better. Home is where the heart is, and the heart could be a dark and damaged place.”
― Homecoming
― Homecoming
“There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.”
― The Moving Finger
― The Moving Finger
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