One of the hardest things to ...

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don\'t, the story is spoiled.
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.
 Rex Stout

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
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 John Shelby Spong
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The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off
 Rex Stout
I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity.
 Rex Stout
The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking.
 Rex Stout
Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.
 Rex Stout
The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.
 Rex Stout