The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.
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The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
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Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.
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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.
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