“There is no greater bore than perfection.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game
“Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game
“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game
“Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game
“It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids--”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
Born place: in Poughkeepsie, New York, The United States
Born date October 17, 1893
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“No need to act, i let my fear show "He killed himself," i whispered.
Eve raised an eyebrow. "Fourteen times?"
"He had bad aim.”
― Maria V. Snyder, quote from Spy Glass
“Mais il y a des moments où le cœur voit mieux et plus loin que les yeux les plus perçants”
― Hector Malot, quote from Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille)
“Si vivís hasta los ochenta, habréis dormido treinta años, ido a la escuela y hecho deberes cerca de nueve años y trabajado casi catorce años. Como ya habéis empleado más de seis años en ser niños y jugar, y después gastaréis, como mínimo, doce años en limpiar, hacer la comida y cuidar a los hijos, os quedarán como máximo nueve años para vivir. Y todavía osaréis emplear esos nueve años en fingir que tenéis éxito actuando en este teatro sin sentido, cuando en lugar de ello podríais disfrutar de esos años inmediatamente.”
― Janne Teller, quote from Nothing
“Italians give their city sexes, and they all agree that the sex for a particular city is quite correct, but none of them can explain why. I love that. London's middle-aged and male, respectably married but secretly gay.”
― David Mitchell, quote from Ghostwritten
“The human mind has a way of punishing itself for killing a fellow man. It remembers and relives the incident again and again.”
― Tom Clancy, quote from Patriot Games
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