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Rita said:
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I started and finished a horror type genre called Seeing Eye by Jack Ellis. It was a refreshing change as I searched for true crime read and rediscovered this book I found in my basement. It was an easy read but it kept you guessing and I found it p
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“Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”
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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
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“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”
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“I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When you find something at which you have talent, you do that thing (what ever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes pop out of your head.”
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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