I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside i…

Raymond Chandler
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I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny. The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar -- that's wonderful. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.24, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny. The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar -- that's wonderful. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.24, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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