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“An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.”

Raymond Chandler · Age

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Raymond Chandler

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

Smile

Raymond Chandler

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

Attitude

Raymond Chandler

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Intelligence

Raymond Chandler

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

Love