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Raymond Chandler
“It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.”
Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

William Faulkner
“Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.”
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

Michael Chabon
“But the first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart.”
Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Michael Chabon
“When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin, noticed a shade of yellow, even simply sat, with greater lust and hopefulness - and that I lusted with greater faith, hoped with greater abandon. The people I loved were celebrities, surrounded by rumor and fanfare; the places I sat with them, movie lots and monuments. No doubt all of this is not true remembrance but the ruinous work of nostalgia, which obliterates the past, and no doubt, as usual, I have exaggerated everything.”
Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Truman Capote
“It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty.”
Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

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