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S. S. Van Dine, pseudonimo di Willard Huntington Wright , è stato uno scrittore e critico d'arte statunitense, noto autore di gialli. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. Ottobre 1888 – 11. Aprile 1939
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S. S. Van Dine Frasi e Citazioni

“Non può essere vero - protestò rivolto a se stesso. - È troppo incredibile, troppo diabolico, troppo assolutamente assurdo. Una favola scritta col sangue, un mondo in anamorfosi, un sovvertimento di ogni razionalità. È impensabile, senza senso, come la magia nera e la stregoneria. È pazzia bella e buona.”

S. S. Van Dine

da L'enigma dell'alfiere, capitolo 1

“Non può essere vero – protestò rivolto a se stesso.”

S. S. Van Dine

È troppo incredibile, troppo diabolico, troppo assolutamente assurdo. Una favola scritta col sangue, un mondo in anamorfosi, un sovvertimento di ogni razionalità. È impensabile, senza senso, come la magia nera e la stregoneria. È pazzia bella e buona. (da L'enigma dell'alfiere, capitolo 1)

S. S. Van Dine: Frasi in inglese

“I trust the clergy are not involved in this problem. They‘re notoriously unscientific. One can‘t attack them with mathematics.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 5
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“Only, as long as we‘re going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 1
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“Oh, my dear fellow! I’m not indulgin’ in implications. I’m merely givin’ tongue to my youthful curiosity, don’t y’ know.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 22
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“As I understand it, your policemen are chosen by their height and weight; they must meet certain requirements as to heft—as thought the only crimes they had to cope with were riots and gang feuds. Bulk—the great American ideal, whether in art, architecture, table d‘hôte meals, or detectives. An entrancin‘ notion.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Benson Murder Case

Ch 25
The Benson Murder Case (1926)

“Anyway, you know full well I never wear boutonnieres. The decoration has fallen into disrepute. The only remaining devotees of the practice are roués and saxophone players.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Benson Murder Case

Origine: The Benson Murder Case (1926), Ch. 2

“Circumstantial evidence, Markham, is the utt‘rest tommyrot imag‘nable. Its theory is not unlike that of our present-day democracy. The democratic theory is that if you accumulate enough ignorance at the polls, you produce intelligence; and the theory of circumst‘ntial evidence is that if you accumulate a sufficient number of weak links, you produce a strong chain.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Benson Murder Case

Origine: The Benson Murder Case (1926), Ch. 22

““Good God!” he mummered. “I don‘t know what to believe.”
“In that respect,” returned Vance, “you‘re in the same disheartenin‘ predic‘ment as all the philosophers.””

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Benson Murder Case

Origine: The Benson Murder Case (1926), Ch. 23

““Do you play chess, by the by?” asked Vance.
“Used to. But no more. A beautiful game, though—if it wasn't for the players.””

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 11
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“He spent considerable time at his clubs; his favorite was the Stuyvesant, because, as he explained to me, its membership was drawn largely from the political and commercial ranks, and he was never drawn into a discussion which required any mental effort”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Benson Murder Case

Origine: The Benson Murder Case (1926), Ch. 1

“You’re probably right,” sighed Vance. “I haven’t any coruscatin’ arguments to combat you with. Only, I’m disappointed. I don’t like anticlimaxes, especially when they don’t jibe with my idea of the dramatist’s talent. Pardee’s death at this moment is too deuced neat—it clears things up too tidily. There’s too much utility in it, and too little imagination.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 22
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“A fairy tale in terms of blood—a world in anamorphosis—a perversion of all rationality.… It’s unthinkable, senseless, like black magic and sorcery and thaumaturgy. It’s downright demented.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 1
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

“Giving full rein to one‘s cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.”

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S. S. Van Dine libro The Bishop Murder Case

Ch 26
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

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