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Raymond Chandler quotes: The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love. The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.
Raymond Chandler quotes: He didn't know the right people. That's all a police record means in this rotten crime-ridden country. He didn't know the right people. That's all a police record means in this rotten crime-ridden country.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Thick cunning played on her face, had no fun there and went somewhere else. Thick cunning played on her face, had no fun there and went somewhere else.
Raymond Chandler quotes: She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound. She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling. I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Writers who have the vision and the ability to produce real fiction do not produce unreal fiction. Writers who have the vision and the ability to produce real fiction do not produce unreal fiction.
Raymond Chandler quotes: It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I bet she snaps a mean garter. I bet she snaps a mean garter.
Raymond Chandler quotes: There are days like that. Everybody you meet is a dope. You begin to look at yourself in the glass and wonder. There are days like that. Everybody you meet is a dope. You begin to look at yourself in the glass and wonder.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Her hand was small and had shape, not the usual bony garden tool you see on women nowadays. Her hand was small and had shape, not the usual bony garden tool you see on women nowadays.
Raymond Chandler quotes: That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference. That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference.
Raymond Chandler quotes: She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam. She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk. I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.
Raymond Chandler quotes: It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone. It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated. The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin. I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.
Raymond Chandler quotes: If you liked a book, don't meet the author. If you liked a book, don't meet the author.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Time passed again. I don't know how long. I had no watch. They don't make that kind of time in watches anyway. Time passed again. I don't know how long. I had no watch. They don't make that kind of time in watches anyway.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The challenge is to write about real things magically. The challenge is to write about real things magically.
Raymond Chandler quotes: LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup. LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.
Raymond Chandler quotes: You know who they are?" Tony said softly. "I could maybe give nine guesses. And twelve of them would be right." (I'll be waiting) You know who they are?" Tony said softly. "I could maybe give nine guesses. And twelve of them would be right." (I'll be waiting)
Raymond Chandler quotes: Coffee was overtrained and the sandwich was as full of rich flavor as a piece torn off an old shirt. Coffee was overtrained and the sandwich was as full of rich flavor as a piece torn off an old shirt.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back. The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me. The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality; there are no dull subjects, only dull minds. Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality; there are no dull subjects, only dull minds.
Raymond Chandler quotes: And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles. And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Hair like steel wool grew far back on his head and gave him a domed brown forehead that might at careless glance seemed a dwelling place for brains. Hair like steel wool grew far back on his head and gave him a domed brown forehead that might at careless glance seemed a dwelling place for brains.
Raymond Chandler quotes: You're not human tonight, Marlowe. You're not human tonight, Marlowe.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Velma you says? No Velma heah, brother. No hooch, no gals, no nothing. Jes' the scram, white boy, jes' the scram. Velma you says? No Velma heah, brother. No hooch, no gals, no nothing. Jes' the scram, white boy, jes' the scram.
Raymond Chandler quotes: You talk too damn much and too damn much of it is about you. You talk too damn much and too damn much of it is about you.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.
Raymond Chandler quotes: There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a haircut. The voice was cool, drawling, and insolent, but the eyes were something else. She looked about as hard to get as a haircut.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Ohls showed the motor-cycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night's hard rain hadn't even dented. Ohls showed the motor-cycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night's hard rain hadn't even dented.
Raymond Chandler quotes: He looked earnestly at me, as if that was important to me. He looked earnestly at me, as if that was important to me.
Raymond Chandler quotes: An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.
Raymond Chandler quotes: He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway. He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard. I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I wasn't doing any work that day, just catching up on my foot dangling. I wasn't doing any work that day, just catching up on my foot dangling.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I didn't have anything really exiting to drink, like nitroglycerin or distilled tiger breath. I didn't have anything really exiting to drink, like nitroglycerin or distilled tiger breath.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time. The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.
Raymond Chandler quotes: His blue eyes frosted. 'Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir?''No. But I'm having a lot of fun trying to guess what they are. His blue eyes frosted. 'Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir?'
'No. But I'm having a lot of fun trying to guess what they are.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A really good detective never gets married. A really good detective never gets married.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Sooner or later I may figure out why you like being a kept poodle. Sooner or later I may figure out why you like being a kept poodle.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The streets were dark with something more then night. The streets were dark with something more then night.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty. I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty.
Raymond Chandler quotes: His clothes looked as if they had cost a great deal of money and had been slept in. (Guns at Cyrano's) His clothes looked as if they had cost a great deal of money and had been slept in. (Guns at Cyrano's)
Raymond Chandler quotes: She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets. I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets.
Raymond Chandler quotes: So is he gonna wake up from that nap yet or what? So is he gonna wake up from that nap yet or what?
Raymond Chandler quotes: When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split. When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I'm not a young man. I'm old, tired and full of no coffee. I'm not a young man. I'm old, tired and full of no coffee.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Anybody home, son?" "You ought to know." "How would I know?" "Go - yourself." "That's how people get false teeth." He showed me his in a tight grin. Anybody home, son?" "You ought to know." "How would I know?" "Go - yourself." "That's how people get false teeth." He showed me his in a tight grin.
Raymond Chandler quotes: If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive.If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive. If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive.
If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.
Raymond Chandler quotes: There was a time when actors went in at the back door. Most of them still should. There was a time when actors went in at the back door. Most of them still should.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I'm rich. Who the hell wants to be happy? I'm rich. Who the hell wants to be happy?
Raymond Chandler quotes: Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard. Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard.
Raymond Chandler quotes: However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money. However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
Raymond Chandler quotes: There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I hung up and fed myself a slug of Old Forester to brace my nerves for the interview. I hung up and fed myself a slug of Old Forester to brace my nerves for the interview.
Raymond Chandler quotes: She was kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts. She was kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A occasional whiff of his personality drifted back to me. A occasional whiff of his personality drifted back to me.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The thin man had a tight voice that expected to be lied to. (The King in Yellow) The thin man had a tight voice that expected to be lied to. (The King in Yellow)
Raymond Chandler quotes: You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women. You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The same broken promise of a life of ease. I The same broken promise of a life of ease. I
Raymond Chandler quotes: I got down there about nine, under a hard high October moon that lost itself in the top layers of a beach fog. I got down there about nine, under a hard high October moon that lost itself in the top layers of a beach fog.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Two very simple rules: A. You don't have to write. B. You can't do anything else The rest comes of itself. Two very simple rules:
A. You don't have to write.
B. You can't do anything else
The rest comes of itself.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Her teeth had the nice shiny look that comes from standing all night in a glass of solution. Her teeth had the nice shiny look that comes from standing all night in a glass of solution.
Raymond Chandler quotes: You have to hold your teeth clamped around Hollywood to keep from chewing on stray blondes. You have to hold your teeth clamped around Hollywood to keep from chewing on stray blondes.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon. Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Lois Magic was not listed in the phone book. Lois Magic was not listed in the phone book.
Raymond Chandler quotes: He (The Agent) just takes ten per cent of your life. He (The Agent) just takes ten per cent of your life.
Raymond Chandler quotes: If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive. If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it
Raymond Chandler quotes: The room was empty. It was full of silence and the memory of a nice perfume. The room was empty. It was full of silence and the memory of a nice perfume.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I don't like your manner," Kingsley said in a voice you could have crack a Brazil nut on."That's all right," I said. "I'm not selling it. I don't like your manner," Kingsley said in a voice you could have crack a Brazil nut on.

"That's all right," I said. "I'm not selling it.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more. I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
Raymond Chandler quotes: She'd make for a jazzy week-end, but she'd be wearing for a steady diet. She'd make for a jazzy week-end, but she'd be wearing for a steady diet.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know. Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The minutes went by on tiptoe, with their fingers to their lips. The minutes went by on tiptoe, with their fingers to their lips.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron. Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.
Raymond Chandler quotes: When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A good title is the title of a successful book. A good title is the title of a successful book.
Raymond Chandler quotes: Dead men are heavier than broken hearts. Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.
Raymond Chandler quotes: The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little. The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles) A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)
Raymond Chandler quotes: Manhattan is a small town. It has to be. Only half a dozen places in Kansas are anything else. Manhattan is a small town. It has to be. Only half a dozen places in Kansas are anything else.
Raymond Chandler quotes: You can't tell a doper well under control from a vegetarian book-keeper. You can't tell a doper well under control from a vegetarian book-keeper.
Raymond Chandler quotes: I was in the deep water. It was dark and unclear and the taste of the salt was in my mouth. I was in the deep water. It was dark and unclear and the taste of the salt was in my mouth.
Raymond Chandler quotes: A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness. A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness.
Raymond Chandler quotes: She was thinking. i could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother for her. She was thinking. i could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother for her.
Raymond Chandler quotes: However hard I try to be nice I always end up with my nose in the dirt and my thumb feeling for somebody's eye. However hard I try to be nice I always end up with my nose in the dirt and my thumb feeling for somebody's eye.

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