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Young men kill someone for a handful of coins, then are remorseless, even casual: Hey, man, things happen. And their parents nab the culprit: it was the city, the cops, the system, the crowd, the music. Anyone but him. Anyone but me.

Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen (b. 1952), U.S. journalist, columnist, author. (September 20, 1990). Thinking Out Loud, p. 86, Random House (1993).

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