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The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.
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She bent over me again. Blood began to move around in me, like a prospective tenant looking over a house.
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