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There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories.

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Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's why they're still the best ones.

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Bosh. I find a rival — but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner — I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you...

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Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
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Rex Stout

Rex Stout

Born: December 1, 1886
Died: October 27, 1975 (aged 88)
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