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Harold Schechter
“this person saw Mrs. Gunness as “a maniac of the much-dreaded type that includes the White Chapel murderer.” It is “not money” that drives such killers “but the constantly growing appetite for blood, to cut deep and watch the blood flow, to dabble the hands in it, to revel in the odor of it.” One “distinguishing features of these criminals is their invariable use of the same methods in every case. Mrs. Gunness decapitated every one of her victims. In every case she severed the limbs. Always there was the maximum of mutilation.”[9]”
Harold Schechter, Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

“Each of my advisers undoubtedly had their own political opinions and views. They were human beings, after all. They also had spouses, friends, or family members who had their own points of view as well. But I didn’t know what those views were. I never heard anyone on our team—not one—take a position that seemed driven by their personal political motivations. And more than that: I never heard an argument or observation I thought came from a political bias. Never.”
James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

Ashlee Vance
“Within the next few years, SpaceX expects to cut its price to at least one-tenth that of its rivals.”
Ashlee Vance, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

“I knew how badly Obama had wanted Hillary Clinton to win the White House. He had campaigned tirelessly for her and, by some accounts, harder for her than any other president had for their hoped-for successor.”
James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

Jennifer Worth
“Someone once said that youth is wasted on the young.* Not a bit of it. Only the young have the impulsive energy to tackle the impossible and enjoy it; the courage to follow their instincts and brave the new; the stamina to work all day, all night and all the next day without tiring. For the young everything is possible. None of us, twenty years later, could do the things we did in our youth. Though the vision burns still bright, the energy has gone.”
Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

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