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![“To the police," Lily said [speaking of five murders], "these five brutal murders are less than coincidence. One of them told me, 'There's no conspiracy, Lily. It's just life.' How do they come to think this way--that death is life? That unnatural death and murder are somehow a natural part of life?” quote by Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/dean-koontz-118_art-of-life_to-the-police-lily-said-speaking-of-five_884534.jpg)