burglars

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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. Elias Canetti

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like burglars who secretly wish to be caught, we leave our fingerprints on broken locks, our voiceprints in bugged rooms, our footprints in the wet concrete. Ross Macdonald

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on. Bob Woodward

We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture. Robin Williams

Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault. James Chiles

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. Miles Kington