The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
There are one hundred and ninety ways of being a bastard and Carne knew all of them.
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
You got no guts, no brains, no connexions, no savvy, so you throw out a phony attitude and expect people to cry over you. Tarzan on a big red scooter.’ He smiled a small weary smile. ‘In my book you’re a nickel’s worth of nothing.’
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
it was like just after the conductor taps on his music stand and raises his arms and holds them poised.
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
‘Need a ride home?’ In the bleak light he looked young-old, tired, and cynical, but he didn’t look like a grifter. ‘For how much?’
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
They were young, dark, eager, and full of vitality. They put as much muscular activity into a telephone conversation as I would put into carrying a fat man up four flights of stairs.
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
He had short red hair and a face like a collapsed lung. He was as ugly a guy as I ever saw. He
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
He was like somebody you meet on board ship and get to know very well and never really know at all.
Raymond Chandler • The Long Good-bye (Philip Marlowe Series Book 6)
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