Ross Macdonald Quotes

1915–1983

Kenneth Millar (December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983), who wrote under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of mystery fiction and detective fiction.

Random Ross Macdonald quote

10 quotes

Every witness has his own way of creeping up on the truth.

Sleeping Beauty (1973)

The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.

The Way Some People Die (1951)

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.

The Way Some People Die (1951)

Nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean wouldn't cure.

The Moving Target (1949)

When your income passes a certain point you lose touch. All of a sudden the other people look like geeks or gooks, expendables.

The Goodbye Look (1969)

The moral beatings that people took from their children, I was thinking, were the hardest to endure and the hardest to escape.

The Goodbye Look (1969)

"You have a secret passion for justice. Why don't you admit it?"
"I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people."

The Goodbye Look (1969)

There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns — different states, if possible — and write each other letters once a year.

The Blue Hammer (1976)

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves.

Sleeping Beauty (1973)

We went inside and I kissed her. Not only my temperature rose.

The Blue Hammer (1976)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ross Macdonald (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.