Quotes from the King of Detective Fiction, Raymond Chandler. Enjoy!

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate,
the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on
principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

It is not a fragrant world.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained
glass window.

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let
us behave as though we were dead already.

However top lofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always
rationalize his right to earn money.

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is
fresh out of ideas.

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