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If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death. — George Pelecanos

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal. — John Wilkes Booth

The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices. — Will Cuppy

Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. — Martin Luther King Jr.

A pistol ain't good for nothin' but killing other human beings, man. — George Pelecanos

Uhm, let go of that bossy vine, Tarzan, this Jane don't swing that way. I said I'm not
going. — Inez Kelley

The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same. — George Pelecanos

Relax and take notes while I take tokes of the marijuana smoke — The Notorious B.I.G.

We get schooled by the people around us, and it stays inside us deep. — George Pelecanos

You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man. Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash. — George Pelecanos

Love is a better way. — John Lewis

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart? — William Makepeace Thackeray

Don't think of me too often ... Just live well. Just live — Jojo Moyes

Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime. — George Pelecanos

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch. — Horace Walpole

I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care. — George Pelecanos

The crime part is the engine that moves the narrative and allows me to write the other things I want to write about. — George Pelecanos

I'm proud to be a crime novelist. What I've chosen is the best way to convey the questions I'm trying to raise. — George Pelecanos

I'm just a man, no more enlightened than any other. — George Pelecanos

She raised (all) spirits towards the hope of better times — Regine Pernoud

Name and fame! to fly sublime Through the courts, the camps, the schools Is to be the ball of Time, Bandied in the hands of fools. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books. — George Pelecanos

Why charge we Heav'n in those, in these acquit?
In both, to reason right is to submit. — Alexander Pope

And Constantine thought: So this is how it is, at the end. — George Pelecanos

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series. — Joe Torre