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“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”
― Double Indemnity
― Double Indemnity
“Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.”
― The Postman Always Rings Twice
― The Postman Always Rings Twice
“Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?”
― The Maltese Falcon
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?”
― The Maltese Falcon
“...I guess I can put two and two together."
"Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...”
― The Thin Man
"Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...”
― The Thin Man
“When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere.
Sam Spade”
― The Maltese Falcon
Sam Spade”
― The Maltese Falcon
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