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Originally Posted by crich70
Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" is a good one.
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Yeah, that is a good one, and Chandler has some of the best one-liners in the biz:
"To say goodbye is to die a little." ~
The Long Goodbye
"I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it." ~
The Big Sleep
"From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away." ~
The High Window
Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her." ~
The Big Sleep
"He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor." ~
Pearls Are a Nuisance