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> [“And you can sit out here in the hour before dawn, boy, and think virtuous thoughts and tell yourself how noble you are and all that shit, and you are going to lay back and hang on to the money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-macdonald/and-you-can-sit-out-here-in-the-hour-before-dawn-boy-and-think/)

[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/)

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

> [...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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [“...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/)

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

> [“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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