"I'd never trust anyone who hadn't spent at least one night of his youth in the local jail. The more hell you raise as a teen-ager, the sweeter your memories will be."

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“Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.”

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“pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.”

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— Francis Bacon

Literature1909–1992

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