Stephen Sondheim Quotes

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.

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• I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.

  

  Stephen Sondheim
  • Kind
  • Mystery
  • Murder