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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.