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We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.

It's a tricky, complex, indifferent society, Puss. It's a loophole world. And there are a lot of cle...

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A woman who does not guard and treasure herself cannot be of very much value to anyone else.

The Deep Blue Good-By

I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering to...

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The Deep Blue Good-By

Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Vulnerability is the curse of the thinking classes.

It is one thing to look at a mistreated boat and another to look at a tomb. The silence of the bay s...

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The Lonely Silver Rain

When you look at pictures of people you know are dead, there is something different about the eyes. ...

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The Lonely Silver Rain

In all emotional conflicts, the thing you find the most difficult to do, is the thing that you shoul...

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Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is y...

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When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at you...

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At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special fre...

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The Lonely Silver Rain

Education is something which should be apart from the necessities of earning a living, not a tool th...

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Please not yet. Those are the three eternal words. Please not yet.

A Deadly Shade of Gold

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John D. MacDonald

Writer

Born: 1916-07-24

Died: 1986-12-28

John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories, most famous for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee.More