If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I…

Raymond Chandler
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If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). Playback: A Novel, p.200, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). Playback: A Novel, p.200, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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