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“There was a long dark hair on one of the pillows. There was a lump of lead at the pit of my stomach.”
― Raymond Chandler, THE LONG GOODBYE

“The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“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, The Long Goodbye