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Detectives Quotes by Rex Stout
- As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
- If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered…
- To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
- The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.
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