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“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend ...”
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“A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, any more than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.”
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“We are always bargaining with our feelings so that we can live from day to day.”
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“Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can find it in shreds of cloth, in the interstices of floor boards, on the iron of a heel, and can measure it and swear to it and weave it into a rope to hang a man.”
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“Human hearts are never strangers. Go past manners, customs, clothes, language to his heart and you will find a brother who will recognize, welcome and love you when he discovers you have faith in him.”
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“All autobiography is self-indulgent.”
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“And Mr. Shelby, not knowing any other way of enforcing his ideas, raised his voice, — a mode of arguing very convenient and convincing, when a gentleman is discussing matters of business with his wife.”
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“Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. ”