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She is in full delirium. But delirium is the antithesis of death; it is the body's
struggle to survive. ("Jane Brown's Body") — Cornell Woolrich
struggle to survive. ("Jane Brown's Body") — Cornell Woolrich
There was no time to weigh chances. There was no such thing as chances anyway, in the distorted perspective of the weed fumes.
— Cornell Woolrich
The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")
— Cornell Woolrich
Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")
— Cornell Woolrich
The story thread suddenly dropped in a hopeless snarl, just as he was about to get it through the needle's eye of the first line.
— Cornell Woolrich
She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer.
— Cornell Woolrich
Keep her downstairs a minute!' I breathed desperately. I don't know why; you don't want your agonies of soul witnessed by a woman. ("Nightmare")
— Cornell Woolrich
The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")
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And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")
— Cornell Woolrich
You can always tell a car door, no other door sounds quite like it.
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich
There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two of them.
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Like the playwrights of the Absurd, Woolrich recognized that a senseless story best mirrors a senseless existence.
— Francis M. Nevins Jr.
How simple death without weapons was. How safe for the killer.
("Mind Over Murder") — Cornell Woolrich
("Mind Over Murder") — Cornell Woolrich
It was male, of course; menace is always male. ("Nightmare")
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Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")
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Being broke didn't seem so awful as it had yesterday, being broke but being at peace with the world.
("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight") — Cornell Woolrich
("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight") — Cornell Woolrich
All a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty ... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")
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Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")
— Cornell Woolrich
It's six o'clock; my drink is at the three-quarter mark - three-quarters down not three-quarters up - and the night begins.
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich
The white moth of hope fluttered before her face.
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Murder is such an elastic term, isn't it?
("Mind Over Murder") — Cornell Woolrich
("Mind Over Murder") — Cornell Woolrich
Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die")
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All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich
("New York Blues") — Cornell Woolrich