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'He couldn't stop,' Brub denied. 'He was a murderer.'
Dix lifted his eyebrows. 'You mean a murderer is a murderer?
As a detective is a detective? A waiter a waiter?' No… I mean a murderer is a murderer as... an actor is an actor. He can stop acting professionally but he’s still an actor. He acts. Or an artist. If he never picks up another brush, he will still see and think and react as an artist.

“He took a deep breath outside to expel the odor of Maude from his lungs. He'd like to meet her on a dark corner. It would be a service to humanity.”

“The only exciting thing that had ever happened to her was to be raped and murdered. Even then she'd only been subbing for someone else.”

I want him gone! So disgusted.

“Los Angeles is too big - too sprawling. You can't patrol every street every night, all night. He's safe. A maniac walking the streets, looking just as normal as you or me, more normal probably.' “