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• I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

  Raymond Chandler

  Gun, Needs, Said

  Raymond Chandler (2014). “The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words”, p.88, Vintage

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• She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.

  Raymond Chandler

  Fawns, Might, Ifs

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Lady in the Lake: The Little Sister ; The Long Goodbye ; Playback”, Everyman's Library

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• She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

  Raymond Chandler

  Smile, Laughter, Laughing

  Farewell, My Lovely ch. 18 (1940)

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• Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

  Raymond Chandler

  Hero, Mean, Men

  "The Simple Art of Murder," Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1944

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• When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

  Raymond Chandler

  Splits, Grammar, Damn

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• When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

  Raymond Chandler

  Writing, Gun, Men

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read.

  Raymond Chandler

  Years, Common Sense, Fifty

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• To say goodbye is to die a little.

  Raymond Chandler

  Goodbye, Littles, Chaos

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.336, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air.

  Raymond Chandler

  Air, Theatre, Four

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Big Sleep: A Novel”, p.5, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• 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

  Goodbye, Phrases, Littles

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.336, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.

  Raymond Chandler

  Morning, Writing, Typewriters

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• The streets were dark with something more then night.

  Raymond Chandler

  Dark, Night, Streets

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• 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

  Doors, Enough, Desks

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• The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.

  Raymond Chandler

  Reading, Character, Guy

  Raymond Chandler (1987). “Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler”, Delta

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• Nice: meaning I'm going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them - to you.

  Raymond Chandler

  Nice, Dating, Romance

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• Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men.

  Raymond Chandler

  Men, Police, Problem

  Raymond Chandler (2014). “The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words”, p.124, Vintage

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• There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream.

  Raymond Chandler

  Glasses, Talking, People

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.83, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.

  Raymond Chandler

  Heart, Men, Broken

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Big Sleep: A Novel”, p.42, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.

  Raymond Chandler

  Want

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Lady in the Lake: The Little Sister ; The Long Goodbye ; Playback”, Everyman's Library

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• There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.

  Raymond Chandler

  Husband, Party, Fighting

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “Trouble Is My Business: A Novel”, p.215, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.

  Raymond Chandler

  Useless

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “Trouble Is My Business: A Novel”, p.5, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead.
  Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already.

  Raymond Chandler

  Death, Dying, Littles

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.184, Univ of California Press

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• As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.

  Raymond Chandler

  Men, Style, Going Out

  "The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words".

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• There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

  Raymond Chandler

  Drinking, Alcohol, Whiskey

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• Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

  Raymond Chandler

  Girl, Drinking, Beer

  The Long Goodbye ch. 4 (1953)

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