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The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before you can project it. It is the product of emotion and perception.

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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I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
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I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don't hate them very long.
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