Top 21 John Dickson Carr Quotes

#1. For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot.

John Updike

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#2. When I was working on a Victorian-era novel, to get in the mood, I read several historical novels set in approximately the same period and place, and really enjoyed the detective novels of John Dickson Carr.

Tim Pratt

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#3. No wonder many people dare not look closely at life: It's a horrible sight.

Bangambiki Habyarimana

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#4. I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think.

John Dickson Carr

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#5. Use negative situations to gain experience

Sunday Adelaja

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#6. Nothing weighs more heavily on age than time. Nothing has more meaning ... Now time becomes, with a kind of ruthless honesty, what it has always been: life's most precious commodity. The only difference is that, finally, we know it.

Joan D. Chittister

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#7. I have committed another crime, Hadley,' he said. 'I have guessed the truth again.

John Dickson Carr

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#8. Paperchase. And it is on a deduction drawn from

John Dickson Carr

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#9. We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character.

John Dickson Carr

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#10. What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you care about in this world. That's what counts in this life.

Brian Dennehy

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#11. Nothing in this world compares to writing and being read.

Daniel Waters

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#12. And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

James Weldon Johnson

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#13. Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

Justine Bateman

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#14. Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

Aravind Adiga

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#15. If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive.

Win Butler

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#16. The poor fool hadn't realized that if all mankind shares a folly or an illusion, and likes to share it even knowing what it is, then the illusion is much more valuable and fine a kind of thing than the ass who wants to upset it.

John Dickson Carr

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#17. Alex let out a sigh, pushing down a swell of jealousy. He didn't want Michael to like Tessa so much. His brother's affection would only complicate matters when Alex finally swept Tessa off her feet.

Jody Hedlund

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#18. It's not the desires that count efforts. It's the efforts that count desires.

Na

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#19. Nothing worthwhile comes easy ... a worthy pursuit, for the right reasons, is more precious than gold!

Chris Vonada

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#20. To write good history is the noblest work of man.

John Dickson Carr

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#21. And my arms will be wide open to catch you. Always.

Lorelei James

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