The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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...

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

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

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

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...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on...

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of...

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

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...

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

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

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

The science of Psychiatry is now where the science of Medicine was before germs were...

The science of Psychiatry is now where the science of Medicine was before germs were...