“The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered”
― The Continental Op
― The Continental Op
“She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight.”
― The Little Sister
― The Little Sister
“Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead.”
― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
“I'm not a young man. I'm old, tired and full of no coffee.”
― Playback
― Playback
“I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.”
― The Maltese Falcon
― The Maltese Falcon
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