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Cornell Woolrich quotes: She is in full delirium. But delirium is the antithesis of death; it is the body's struggle to survive. ("Jane Brown's Body")

She is in full delirium. But delirium is the antithesis of death; it is the body's
struggle to survive. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: There was no time to weigh chances. There was no such thing as chances anyway, in the distorted perspective of the weed fumes.

There was no time to weigh chances. There was no such thing as chances anyway, in the distorted perspective of the weed fumes.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")

The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Time is strange. A moment can be as short as a breath, or as long as eternity.

Time is strange. A moment can be as short as a breath, or as long as eternity.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: The story thread suddenly dropped in a hopeless snarl, just as he was about to get it through the needle's eye of the first line.

The story thread suddenly dropped in a hopeless snarl, just as he was about to get it through the needle's eye of the first line.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer.

She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Keep her downstairs a minute!' I breathed desperately. I don't know why; you don't want your agonies of soul witnessed by a woman. ("Nightmare")

Keep her downstairs a minute!' I breathed desperately. I don't know why; you don't want your agonies of soul witnessed by a woman. ("Nightmare")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")

And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: You can always tell a car door, no other door sounds quite like it.("New York Blues")

You can always tell a car door, no other door sounds quite like it.
("New York Blues")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two of them.

There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two of them.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: How simple death without weapons was. How safe for the killer.("Mind Over Murder")

How simple death without weapons was. How safe for the killer.
("Mind Over Murder")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: It was male, of course; menace is always male. ("Nightmare")

It was male, of course; menace is always male. ("Nightmare")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Being broke didn't seem so awful as it had yesterday, being broke but being at peace with the world.("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight")

Being broke didn't seem so awful as it had yesterday, being broke but being at peace with the world.
("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: All a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty ... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

All a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty ... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: It's six o'clock; my drink is at the three-quarter mark - three-quarters down not three-quarters up - and the night begins.("New York Blues")

It's six o'clock; my drink is at the three-quarter mark - three-quarters down not three-quarters up - and the night begins.
("New York Blues")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: The white moth of hope fluttered before her face.

The white moth of hope fluttered before her face.

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Murder is such an elastic term, isn't it?("Mind Over Murder")

Murder is such an elastic term, isn't it?
("Mind Over Murder")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die")

Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.("New York Blues")

All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.
("New York Blues")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: I hate the world. Everything comes into it so clean and goes out so dirty. (from COVER CHARGE - currently not listed)

I hate the world. Everything comes into it so clean and goes out so dirty. (from COVER CHARGE - currently not listed)

Cornell Woolrich quotes: That's a man's vital spot, the helpless thing he loves. ("Jane Brown's Body")

That's a man's vital spot, the helpless thing he loves. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Cornell Woolrich quotes: A slight concussion of the brain simplifies matters so beautifully.("Three O'Clock")

A slight concussion of the brain simplifies matters so beautifully.
("Three O'Clock")