“Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and satisfying noise in a moment of passion and requires no agility and very little strength. How many murders wouldn't happen, if they all had to use hammers and knives?” IfsWayLittlesCountryMomentsUseHappensPassionHalfGunMurderCommittedNoiseLoudSatisfyingKnivesHammersClose FriendsAgilityDeceased Author:John D. MacDonald
“Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.” WaySelfNightMusicEssentialsFindingsSettingSettingsFinding YourselfLayersBullshitClingingGinPeeling Author:John D. MacDonald
“Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I am turned off by humorless fanaticism, whether it's revolutionary mumbo-jumbo by a young one, or loud lessons from scripture by and old one. We are all comical, touching, slapstick animals, walking on our hind legs, trying to make it a noble journey from womb to tomb, and the people who can't see it all that way bore hell out of me.” PeopleWayTryingYoungAnimalHellJourneyWalkingLessonsLegsNobleScriptureFormerLoudRevolutionaryTouchingBoresWombFanaticismTombsOld FriendsComicalYoung And OldTurned OffYoung OnesSlapstick Author:John D. MacDonald
