You his brother?'

'Yes, damn it!' I burst out. "And all I want is to get my hands on whoever did this to him!'

'Funny,' said a dick dryly, 'but so do we.'

I didn't like him much after that. Sarcasm is out of place when a man has just been brought face to face with personal tragedy.

("Walls That Hear You")

Author: Cornell Woolrich