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> [“It’s all very well to have your eight suspects parading in their endless ring-around-the-rosebush outside the library. That’s fine. But give some sensible reason why they were there. If you must shower the room with bus tickets, provide a reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/it-s-all-very-well-to-have-your-eight-suspects-parading-in-their/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

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## More by John Dickson Carr

> [“Alan Campbell opened one eye. From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or sound, his soul crawled back painfully, through subterranean corridors, up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/alan-campbell-opened-one-eye-from-somewhere-in-remote-distances/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

> [“I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/i-am-a-mathematician-sir-i-never-permit-myself-to-think/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

> [“I have committed another crime, Hadley,' he said. 'I have guessed the truth again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/i-have-committed-another-crime-hadley-he-said-i-have-guessed-the/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

> [“It’s all very well to have your eight suspects parading in their endless ring-around-the-rosebush outside the library. That’s fine. But give some sensible reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/it-s-all-very-well-to-have-your-eight-suspects-parading-in-their/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

> [“The poor fool hadn't realized that if all mankind shares a folly or an illusion, and likes to share it even knowing what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/the-poor-fool-hadn-t-realized-that-if-all-mankind-shares-a-folly-or/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

> [“We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/we-don-t-fall-in-love-with-a-woman-because-of-her-good-character/)

[John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/)

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