A Quote by John Mortimer

I found criminal clients easy and matrimonial clients hard. Matrimonial clients hate each other so much and use their children to hurt each other in beastly ways. Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.

John Mortimer

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John Mortimer
English - Writer
April 21, 1923 - January 16, 2009

Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.

John Mortimer

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