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Quote by Donald E. Westlake

“When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.”

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Donald E. Westlake was an American author born on July 12, 1933, and passed away on December 31, 2008. Known for his crime and detective novels, his works have been widely appreciated by readers. more

“I was on a walking tour of Oxford colleges once with a group of bored and unimpressable tourists. They yawned at Balliol's quad, T.E. Lawrence's and Churchill's portraits, and the blackboard Einstein wrote his E=mc2 on. Then the tour guide said, 'And this is the Bridge of Sighs, where Lord Peter proposed (in Latin) to Harriet,' and everyone suddenly came to life and began snapping pictures. Such is the power of books.”

Said Book Lord Groups College Walking Guides Bridges Bored Latin Peter Portraits Sigh Tourists Oxford Snapping Blackboard Tour Guides Quads

Author:Connie Willis

“But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.”

People Able Asks Laughing Noses Private Life Making People Laugh

Author:Carol Burnett

“Man’s wants remain unsatisfied till death. Then, when his soul is naked, is he one With the man in the wind, and the west moon, With the harmonious thunder of the sun”

Men Want Soul Sun Wind Moon West Naked Thunder Harmonious Unsatisfied

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Every good writer I know needs to go into some deep, quiet place to do work that is fully imagined. And what the Internet brings is lots of vulgar data. It is the antithesis of the imagination. It leaves nothing to the imagination.”

Knows Needs Imagination Internet Quiet Data Vulgar Good Writers Antithesis Quiet Place

Author:Jonathan Franzen

“Trapped for days, years, centuries maybe. Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead. So alone that anyone, anything no matter how loathsome would be welcome.”

Years Matter Would Be Dies Alive Century Welcome Trapped

Book:Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)

Source: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)

“The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look at each other, the way she relaxes when you put your hand on her back, the way you both seem to know what the other is always thinking, it's always struck me as extraordinary. That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that, they say anything's possible, right?”

Thinking Knows Way Want Love Looks Mean Two Reason Hands Seems Age Found Share Extraordinary Not Sure Relax Say Anything Want Something Always Thinking Uncanny

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“My heart hurts that means I’m alive.”

Heart Mean Hurt Alive Broken My Heart I'm Alive Heart Hurts My Heart Hurts

Author:Kazuya Minekura

“All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left out the commandment about keeping the Sabbath, and in its place would have said: "Thou shalt not enslave thy fellow-men." He would have omitted the one about swearing, and said: "The man shall have but one wife, and the woman but one husband." He would have left out the one about graven images, and in its stead would have said: "Thou shalt not wage wars of extermination, and thou shalt not unsheathe the sword except in self-defence.”

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