Circumstances Quote by Gladys Mitchell

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“In a sense, all murderers are lunatics. Killing is a not a sane reaction to the circumstances of life.”

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“I am bubbled, I’m bubbled, O how I am troubled! Bamboozled and bit, my distresses are doubled!” John Gay”

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