Black Money Quotes

“Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“The sun burned like a fire ship on the water, sinking slowly till only a red smoke was left trailing up the sky. A fishing boat was headed into the harbor, black and small against the enormous west. Above its glittering wake a few gulls whirled like sparks which had gone out.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“The sun, heavy and red, was almost down on the horizon now. Its image floated like spilled fire on the water. The”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“A little pale moon hung in a corner of the sky, faint as a thumbprint on a windowpane.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“Bess came out of her room. She had changed into a dress which had to be hooked up the back and I was elected to hook it up. Though she had a strokeable-looking back, my hands were careful not to wander. The easy ones were nearly always trouble: frigid or nympho. schizy or commercial or alcoholic, sometimes all five at once. Their nicely wrapped gifts of themselves often turned out to be homemade bombs, or fudge with arsenic in it.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“You understand my idea of a happy marriage is essentially anything that works.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“We treat the crime capital of the United States as if it was a second Disneyland, smelling like roses, a great place to take the family or hold a convention.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money

“innocent, as if they perceived only pre-selected facts.”
― Ross Macdonald, Black Money