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> [“Sister, I do what I do, and I do it better than most, and I take some satisfaction in that. I am like a very dependable dog. They throw a stick into a jungle and I can go in there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/sister-i-do-what-i-do-and-i-do-it-better-than-most-and-i-take-some/)

[John D. MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-macdonald/)

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## More by John D. MacDonald

> [“Please not yet. Those are the three eternal words. Please not yet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/please-not-yet-those-are-the-three-eternal-words-please-not-yet/)

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> [...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/it-isn-t-foolish-or-wicked-to-enjoy-wickedness-is-hurting-people-on/)

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> [“Ask for two, and they give you the third free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/ask-for-two-and-they-give-you-the-third-free/)

[John D. MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-macdonald/)

> [“It was to have been a quiet evening at home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/it-was-to-have-been-a-quiet-evening-at-home/)

[John D. MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-macdonald/)

> [Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly what some other damn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/now-it-stands-to-reason-mister-any-damn-fool-stares-into-the-sun-long/)

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> [You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/you-have-to-start-knowing-yourself-so-well-that-you-begin-to-know/)

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> [“Victims, he thought, were birds and animals and people who arrived at the wrong place at the wrong time, usually in too big a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/victims-he-thought-were-birds-and-animals-and-people-who-arrived-at/)

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> [ The dividing line \[between friends and acquaintances\] is communication, I think. A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/the-dividing-line-between-friends-and-acquaintances-is-communication/)

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> [I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/i-want-story-wit-music-wryness-color-and-a-sense-of-reality-in-what-i/)

[John D. MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-macdonald/)

> [ \[To\] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, \[is\] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/to-me-organized-religion-the-formalities-and-routines-is-like-being/)

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> [Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/old-friend-there-are-people-young-and-old-that-i-like-and-people-that/)

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> [Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/way-over-half-the-murders-committed-in-this-country-are-by-close/)

[John D. MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-macdonald/)

> [“Bugs would eat the wax. Chaw the old canvas. And one day there will be a mutation, and we will have new ones that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/bugs-would-eat-the-wax-chaw-the-old-canvas-and-one-day-there-will-be/)

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> [“...her dark eyes were like twin entrances to two deep caves. Nothing lived in those caves. Maybe something had, once upon a time. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/her-dark-eyes-were-like-twin-entrances-to-two-deep-caves-nothing/)

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> [“She went inside and watched him walk back toward sixteen,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/she-went-inside-and-watched-him-walk-back-toward-sixteen/)

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