“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."Mario Puzo was an American author and screenwriter best known for his novel "The Godfather," which vividly portrays the life o...
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"...but I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn’t reach is the one the dime rolled to.”
"...but I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn’t reach is the one the dime rolled to.”From "Fer de Lance", by Rex Stout.Rex Stout was a prolific American mystery writer be...
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“It was the code of Harlem for one brother to help another lie to white cops.”
“It was the code of Harlem for one brother to help another lie to white cops.”From "A Rage in Harlem", by Chester Himes.Chester Himes was a prolific African American writer known for his hard-boiled c...
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“He killed her and I made a mess of his head. Even the devil won't recognize him now.”
“He killed her and I made a mess of his head. Even the devil won't recognize him now.”From "My Gun Is Quick", by Mickey Spillane."My Gun Is Quick" is a hard-boiled detective novel by Mickey Spillane, ...
10 Juli 20241min
"I killed him for money and a woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman."
"I killed him for money and a woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman."James M. Cain, "Double Indemnity"James M Cain's "Double Indemnity", published in 1943, is a classic noir novel t...
9 Juli 20241min
"The world is full of evil, and lies, and pain, and death, and you can't hide from it; you can only face it."
"The world is full of evil, and lies, and pain, and death, and you can't hide from it; you can only face it."Phil Coulson in Seeds, by Clark Gregg’s TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Clark Greg...
8 Juli 20241min
“Jude taught me what love was- to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it."
“Jude taught me what love was: to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it."Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly."The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly" is a gripping novel by Steph...
7 Juli 20241min
"Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?"
"Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?"The 1958 film "Vertigo", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was based on the 1954 Fre...
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