The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1)
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Read between September 18 - October 7, 2020
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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
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She gave me one of those smiles the lips have forgotten before they reach the eyes.
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She smiled at me, as if I was nice to be with.
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Cops get very large and emphatic when an outsider tries to hide anything, but they do the same things themselves every other day, to oblige their friends or anybody with a little pull.
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I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets. I went out to the kitchenette and drank two cups of black coffee. You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women. Women made me sick.