“I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“We merged our lonelinesses once again, in something less than love but sweeter than self. I didn’t get home to West Los Angeles after all.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“I’ve spilled all my secrets. How do you make people do it?” “I don’t. People like to talk about what’s hurting them. It takes the edge off the pain sometimes.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“What did the old man want?” “Your husband’s money, just like everyone else.” “But not you, eh?” Her voice was sardonic. “Not me,” I said. “Money costs too much.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“daughter?’ ‘She was a beautiful child.’ Mrs Williams’s eyes grew misty with the quasi-maternal feelings of a procuress.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“That isn’t your real motivation. I know your type. You have a secret passion for justice. Why don’t you admit it?” “I have a secret passion for mercy,” I said. “But justice is what keeps happening to people.”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
“I’m sick of always doing the professional thing for prudential reasons.’ I”
― Ross Macdonald, quote from The Goodbye Look
Ross Macdonald
Born place: in Los Gatos, California,, The United States
Born date December 13, 1915
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“I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.”
― Judy Blume, quote from Forever . . .
“When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from Boy: Tales of Childhood
“an apple is an apple whoever bites it.”
― Jeffrey Archer, quote from As the Crow Flies
“You don’t know what you are.”
― Holly Black, quote from The Iron Trial
“دمی با غم به سر بردن جهان یک سر نمیارزد
به می بفروش دلق ما کز این بهتر نمیارزد
به کوی می فروشانش به جامی بر نمیگیرند
زهی سجاده تقوا که یک ساغر نمیارزد
رقیبم سرزنشها کرد کز این باب رخ برتاب
چه افتاد این سر ما را که خاک در نمیارزد
شکوه تاج سلطانی که بیم جان در او درج است
کلاهی دلکش است اما به ترک سر نمیارزد
چه آسان مینمود اول غم دریا به بوی سود
غلط کردم که این طوفان به صد گوهر نمیارزد
تو را آن به که روی خود ز مشتاقان بپوشانی
که شادی جهان گیری غم لشکر نمیارزد
چو حافظ در قناعت کوش و از دنیی دون بگذر
که یک جو منت دونان دو صد من زر نمیارزد”
― Hafez, quote from The Divan
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