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The Book Case (John Corey, #0.5) The Book Case by Nelson DeMille
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“The window on the right featured contemporary bestselling authors like Brad Meltzer, James Patterson, David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, and others who make more money writing about what I do than I make doing what I do.”
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“Never have sex with a woman who has more problems than you do.”
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“Sometimes I think being a cop is less dangerous than being married.”
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“On the subject of motive, there are, generally speaking, six major motives for murder. Ready? They are profit, revenge, jealousy, concealment of a crime, avoidance of humiliation or disgrace, and homicidal mania.”
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“Motive is tricky, and you can’t ascribe a motive and then try to make it fit the crime.”
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“Most accidents, I’m convinced, are God’s way of getting rid of stupid people. Or if you believe in Darwinism, you wonder why there are any stupid people left in the world. Well, I guess they can reproduce before they remove themselves from the gene pool.”
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“If men listened to their wives, they’d live longer and better lives. But married men, I think, have a death wish. That’s why they die before their wives. They want to.”
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“Well, aside from money, you have what I call dick crimes. Dicks get you in trouble.”
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“I was about to rule this a dumbicide,”
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“On the subject of motive, there are, generally speaking, six major motives for murder. Ready? They”
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“Me, Mia. Mama mia, Mia. Otis is rigor mortis.”
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“There were two display windows, one on each side of the door, and in the windows were…well, books. What this street really needed was a bar.”
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