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She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.
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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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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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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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)
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