John D. MacDonald

Quotes

• “At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact th...”
• “Education is something which should be apart from the necessities of earning a living, not a tool therefor. It needs con...”
• “When you look at pictures of people you know are dead, there is something different about the eyes. As if they anticipat...”
• “Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of y...”
• “I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering top-heavy structure th...”
• “It's a tricky, complex, indifferent society, Puss. It's a loophole world. And there are a lot of clever animals who know...”
• “It is one thing to look at a mistreated boat and another to look at a tomb. The silence of the bay seemed more intense. ...”
• “In all emotional conflicts, the thing you find the most difficult to do, is the thing that you should do."--Meyer's Law”
• “Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.”
• “Please not yet. Those are the three eternal words. Please not yet.”
• “Vulnerability is the curse of the thinking classes.”