The walking stick, like a burqa, conferred protective status...

Robert Galbraith
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  1. How easy it was to capitalize on a person’s own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life.

  2. There are always loose ends in real life.

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  4. The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.

  5. ...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.

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