“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Farewell, My Lovely
― Farewell, My Lovely
“Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.”
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“As honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where its going out of style.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
“Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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