Terry PratchettOh, he did his best to make their short lives miserable, because that was his job, but nothing he could think up was half as bad as the stuff they thought up themselves.
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Coincidentally, this quote was written by Agatha Christie, the first female detective. But, her job wasn’t to make people miserable; it was to make them think and investigate and figure out things for themselves. Her job description is that of a detective; one who watches and waits and solves mysteries. If you ask her, she’ll tell you that she probably should have kept her day job as a professional crime-fighter instead of writing mysteries!
Source: Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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