Ross Thomas Quotes

#1. The rain was steady and unrelenting and, like all steady and unrelenting things, boring.

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#2. The laugh came then, a marvelous honking hoorah so infectious that Dill felt it should be quarantined.

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#3. I think she must have lived where all the sad poets live, in that secret place where everything hurts all the time.

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#4. Very well, sir, to crime.

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#5. She was wearing a dark-red swimsuit consisting of two small triangles up above and a mere suggestion of something down below. If she took everything off, Dill thought, she would look a lot less naked.

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#6. They were the only kind he ever wore, primarily because they were all exactly alike and when he reached into the sock drawer, he didn't have to worry about whether they matched.

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#7. The eyes were large and gray and in a certain light looked soft, gentle, and even innocent. Then the light would change, the innocence would vanish, and the eyes looked like year-old ice.

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#8. Dying in vain isn't really all that bad since nearly everyone does it. It's the living in vain you really have to watch out for.

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