“[Michael's pre-signed confession note] I, Michael O'Hara, in order to live in peace with my God, do freely make the following confession...We arrived at the boat landing at approximately 10:20. Mr. Grisby said he heard a sound, something suspicious. He said he was frightened of a hold-up and asked me to get the gun out of the side pocket of the car just in case. I reached in and got the gun, but I had hardly taken hold of it when the gun went off by accident in my hand, and I saw that Mr. Grisby was all covered with blood. It took me a minute to realize that Mr. Grisby was dead, to realize that I, Michael O'Hara, had killed him.”
“I've always found it very... sanitary to be broke.”
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“New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be.”
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“When I start out to make a fool of myself, there's very little can stop me. If I'd known where it would end, I'd never let anything start, if I'd been in my right mind, that is. But once I'd seen her,...”
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“That's how I found her, and from that moment on, I did not use my head very much, except to be thinking of her.”
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“Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.”
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