"Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death."
― Walter Benjamin
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- "I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it."― John Grisham