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"Trials, temptations, disappointments: all these are helps
instead of hindrances if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before." --James Buckham |
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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ------------------------ A really good detective never gets married. ------------------------ Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ------------------------ Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off. ------------------------ At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. ------------------------ Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. ------------------------ Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ------------------------ From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. ------------------------ He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. |
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