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Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.

Rex Stout

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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions - is he tall, is he short? - he had better quit.
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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 mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.
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I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.
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We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.
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Dignities are like faces no two are the same.
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I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.
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It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.
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God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
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I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
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As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
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I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.
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