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Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist renowned for her psychological thrillers. Her works often delve into the darker aspects of human nature, particularly themes of loneliness and fear. Her most famous works include 'The Price of Salt' and 'The Glass House'.

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“I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.”

Ifs Knows Film Hitchcock

Author:Patricia Highsmith

“I know you have it in you, Guy," Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.”

Knows Said Ends Guy Silence Capacity Train

Author:Patricia Highsmith

“They were not friends. They didn't know each other. It struck Tom like a horrible truth, true for all time, true for the people he had known in the past and for those he would know in the future: each had stood and would stand before him, and he would know time and time again that he would never know them, and the worst was that there would always be the illusion, for a time, that he did know them, and that he and they were completely in harmony and alike. For an instant the wordless shock of his realization seemed more than he could bear.”

People Knows Past Known Worst Bears Illusion Harmony Horrible All Time Realization Instant Shock Toms Not Friends

Book:Talented Mr. Ripley ; Ripley under ground ; Ripley's game

Source: Talented Mr. Ripley ; Ripley under ground ; Ripley's game

“I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.”

Knows Want Mines Directors Interfere Movie Director

Author:Patricia Highsmith

“If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies”

People Ifs Knows Writing Mines Decline Aggravation

Author:Patricia Highsmith

About the Author

Born: January 19, 1921
Died: February 4, 1995
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 98

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