The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake. - Ross Macdonald

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The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.

Ross Macdonald

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About Ross Macdonald

Kenneth Millar (December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983), who wrote under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of mystery fiction and detective fiction.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Kenneth Millar • John Macdonald • John Ross Macdonald

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Nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean wouldn't cure.

Deep feeling sounded in her voice. I had no doubt that the feeling was partly sincere. Still, there was something unreal about it. I suspected that she'd been playing tricks with her emotions for a long time, until none of them was quite valid.

The moral beatings that people took from their children, I was thinking, were the hardest to endure and the hardest to escape.