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“They look better as ruins,” insisted Dr. Talbot. “We would never come to appreciate them if they had survived intact.”

Hollis Beddoes, Counting the Magpies.

“Of the two, opportunity is the only objective—or verifiable—matter. Motive is often absurdly subjective….”

Allison Cowling, Night of the Detective.

In the card games, I am usually quick to fold, so I can sit back and watch the others. I mean watch their idiosyncrasies on display. What I think of as their “nonsense”.

Roger Boylan, ed., The Diary of Darius William Dunne.