Sam Spade

“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“A half smart guy," she said with a tired sniff. "That's all I ever draw. Never once a guy that's smart all the way around the course. Never once.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

“Hell is repetition”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

“I certainly wish you would have invented a more reasonable story. I felt distinctly like an idiot repeating it."
Joel Cairo to Sam Spade”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon