From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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

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

So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never...

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food

Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought...

Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought...

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third...

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third...

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

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

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

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...

That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate...

That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate...

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except...

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except...

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature