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“Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.”

Quote by Rex Stout

Book:The Red Box

Work

The Red Box is a fictional narrative that delves into a past era, focusing on the significance of a red box that holds a pivotal role in the story's unfolding events. more

Author

Rex Stout was an American writer renowned for his detective novels. His works, featuring the character of Nero Wolfe, have won the hearts of many readers. Stout's writing career spanned half a century, and his contributions had a profound impact on the genre of detective fiction. more

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“I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.”

“I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have been detective stories until there were democracies, because the very foundation of the detective story is the thesis that if you're guilty you'll get it in the neck and if you're innocent you can't possibly be harmed. No matter who you are.”

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“I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of my books into a foreign language. Have you ever seen a murder story printed in Singhalese? Wow!”

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“Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.”

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“The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.”

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“The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.”

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“There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.”

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Source: A Family Affair: A Nero Wolfe Novel

“What do I believe in? Belief means faith, and there's only one damned thing in the world I have any faith in. That's the idea of American democracy, because it seems to me so obvious that that's the only sensible way to run human affairs.”

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