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There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.

— Jim Thompson The Killer Inside Me (1952)

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If I had to marry someone, it wouldn't be a bossy little gal with a tongue like barbed-wire and a mind about as narrow.

The Killer Inside Me (1952)

I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.

The Killer Inside Me (1952)

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I've used every one, but there is only one plot—things are not as they seem.

It’s easy as nailing your balls to a stump and falling off backwards.

The Killer Inside Me (1952)

What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.

Nothing More Than Murder (1949)

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