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The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
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The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.
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A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
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Tall, aren't you? she said. I didn't mean to be. Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.
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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.
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The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount [of art], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes can be produced and packaged.
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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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A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)
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I certainly admire people who do things.
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The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are your friends. I don't mean the ones that hang on forever. There aren't any of those.
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An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.
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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.
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