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LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.
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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It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.
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The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has.
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He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor.
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The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
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A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)
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One would think a writer would be happy here — if a writer is ever happy anywhere.
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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 good title is the title of a successful book.
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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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California, the department store state.
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However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
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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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