As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of…

Raymond Chandler
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As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style. ✨ The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words.
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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2014). The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words, p.88, Vintage
I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, … ▶
Dead men are heavier than broken hearts. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Big Sleep: A Novel, p.42, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Big Sleep: A Novel, p.34, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a matter of style, situation, character, emotional tone, or idea, or h … ▶

As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style. ✨ The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words.

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