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1 " The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks ― or something tells it ― that the remembering can be handled. "
― Robert Ludlum , The Matlock Paper
2 " And then the earth, the world, the planet, the galaxy, and the entire solar system went crazy. "
3 " Truth is neither joyful nor sad, neither good nor bad. It is simply truth. "
4 " There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running ― unless it is a woman. "
5 " When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying. "
6 " Strangers should meet in unfamiliar areas. It's comforting. "
7 " A corruption of intentions. "
8 " I fought...I fought and I fought...until I...couldn't remember any more. "
9 " Nothing is so convincing as someone who's a bewildered injured party and lets everybody know it. "
10 " We're a couple of ciphers who got pushed around. We don't know what happened; just that we don't like it. "
11 " Reputations were made quickly over the green felt tables ― with the roll of the dice or a turn of a card. "
12 " He was a relieved man; he was an angry man. "