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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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Raymond Thornton Chandler
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Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality: there are no dull subjects, only dull minds.
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Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be.
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She was kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts.
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Nice: meaning I'm going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them - to you.
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